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BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950). Licensing agreement betw...

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BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950). Licensing agreement between A. C. McClurg and Grosset & Dunlap over rights and royalties of ?The Bandit of Hell?s Bend?. October 6, 1925. 2 pp. typed, rectos only, 4to (330 x 215 mm). Hand annotations and revisions in red ink by a later hand, original cancelations with publisher?s initials signed in acknowledgment at outer margin. Signed by both publisher?s presidents and two witnesses. The contract states that a total of 20,000 copies are to be published by Grosset & Dunlap with a royalty of 10 cents to be paid for each copy sold.