Category: publishing

  • Harry Clarke & John Austen

    After their joint exibition with Odle at the St George’s Gallery in 1925, both John Austen & Harry Clarke tried to get commissions for Alan. In 1928 Austen introduced Alan to his agency Sharmid, run by the Misses Sharman & Middleton. He also tried to interest the publisher Geoffrey Bles, who had published Austen’s Manon…

  • Gustave Flaubert

    The Manuscripts entry book of the Chatto & Windus archive at the University of Reading records a manuscript submission in 1919 by Dorothy Richardson of a translation of Flaubert’s “The Legend of Saint Julian, Hospitaler” with illustrations by Alan Odle. It was declined, but there is no reader’s report extant to give a reason. Yet…

  • Letter to John Lane

    32 Queens Terrace St Johns Wood Nov. 24th 1913 To John Lane Esq Dear Sir, I am thinking of paying you a visit today (Wednesday) Probably about 11.15 Yours very truly Allan Odle The mind boggles at the efficiency of the postal system if this could be posted then delivered before the appointed time. The…

  • Early Letter

                                                                                                                                                  32 Queen’s Terrace                                                                                                                                                     St John’s Wood                                                                                                                                                                 Saturday                                                                                                                                                                    4.2.11 Dear Mr Richards                                      I have some drawings (as yet in the initial stages) which I should like you see and approve before completion. I have been confined to my rooms for some time past with a bad cold – hence the delay.           …