Penguin Terms of Trade negotiations, 27th January 1989
A very gentlemanly negotiation between Alan Preston and Tony Harkins of Penguin Books about credit, discounts and payment terms with regard to the opening of the Auckland shop.
A very gentlemanly negotiation between Alan Preston and Tony Harkins of Penguin Books about credit, discounts and payment terms with regard to the opening of the Auckland shop.
A notice for the “angry comedy” play Misandrist by Jean Betts, in which staff-member Susannah Radford was one of a handful of actors all playing multiple roles.
Invitation to and photographs from the launch of Real Modern: Everyday New Zealand in the 1950s and 1960s by Bronwyn Labrum, published by Te Papa Press and launched by Professor…
Sue Harris and Claire Ainsworth in the office at Perrett’s Corner.
An article in Harper’s Magazine on “disintermediation” asking questions about the meaning of the now almost fully commercialised internet. Do we need “gatekeepers”? Is specialist knowledge worth cultivating? Ellen Ullman…
Card from Hilary Robson Exnells from “Paradise”
Flier for the launch of The Book of Fame by Lloyd Jones, published by Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd and launched at Unity Books, 57 Willis Street.
An article about the state of New Zealand publishing and book-buying patterns in New Zealand in 1985, written by Mervyn Cull.
Letter of thanks from GAY BC thanking Unity Books for donating a prize for their fundraising raffle.