[Vwoolf] Proofs cont'd

[Stuart N. Clarke]

Found “A Room of One’s Own”:

Typesetting & dust-jackets £57.3.9
Alterations and proofs £17.2.6

Into today’s money: Typesetting & dust-jackets @ £57.3.9 = c. £4,539
Alterations and proofs @ £17.2.6 = c. £1,354


From: Stuart N. Clarke 
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2024 10:30 AM
To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu 
Subject: Proofs

Note from EUP:

“Please bear in mind that proofs are supplied so that we can pick up any typesetting errors or textual errors missed by the copyeditor. Any other amendments at proofs stage are strongly discouraged (and the cost can be charged back to the author if revisions are deemed excessive)”

Of course, times have changed from pre-typewriter days (e.g. Dickens), when the printers had to interpret handwriting, and then from VW’s time when the printers had to print from typescripts.  Not everyone had their books professionally typed, but VW usually did.

However, VW usually made substantial changes at the proof stage, and was charged accordingly and substantially by R. & R. Clark, her printer in Edinburgh.  In all the discussions of VW’s proofs, this expense does not seem to have been remarked upon.  “The Years” was exceptional, where she made huge changes to the galley proofs.  These cost a fortune.

I do not seem to have any costs readily to hand, except for “Jacob’s Room”, where there are, unfortunately, no proofs extant:

Typesetting £52.18.2
Extra for small type, etc. £4.5.0
Alterations and proofs £10.11.6

Trying to put that into today’s money: Typesetting @ £57.3.2 = c. £4,059
Alterations @ £10.11.6 = c. £748

Yikes!  I wouldn’t pay that.

Stuart

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