Authors By Profession: How Authors And Dramatists Have Practised Their Profession; Their Contractual And Personal Relations With Patrons, Publishers And Promoters; Their Situation Under The Law Of Copyright; Their Standing With The Public; Their Part In The Trade Of Books And Periodicals And Presentation Of Stage Plays; Their Professional Organisations. Volume One, From The Introduction Of Printing Until The Copyright Act 1911 . . . Volume Two, From The Copyright Act 1911 Until The End Of 1981 Victor BONHAM-CARTER

2 vols, the first published 1978, the second 1984. Dustwrapper of vol. i a little darkened at spine, that of vol. ii a little faded. Both volumes inscribed by the author to (Sir) Michael Holroyd, the first, "Michael with gratitude & good wishes Victor 1978"; the second, "Michael with my best wishes from Victor 1984". The first with Holroyd's pencilled notes in the text and on the rear endpapers; the second with a presentation autograph letter signed, 1p. 8vo, London, 2 May 1984 ("I owe you so much for the way you have encouraged & sustained me all these years"), and, loosely inserted, a Bodley Head review slip, an autograph letter signed from Sean French at The Sunday Times, 1p. 8vo, 11 April 1984 ("Claire [Tomalin] told me she'd arranged with you that you would review this . . ."), and a carbon-copy typescript, 4pp. 4to, of Holroyd's review, printed in The Sunday Times (as "The save-the-writer campaign"), 20 May 1984.