File FL0001 - Contracts and agreements. 1953-1956

1 file of textual material ; 5 items ; 8 pages on 5 leaves

• Consists of contracts (1953 October 2 - 1956 July 6), for publication of various novels written under the pseudonyms Bernard Mara and Michael Bryan; contracts between B. Moore and Fawcett Publications, Inc. and Western Printing & Lithographing Company.
• Item 1: Fawcett Publications, Inc. 1953 memorandum of agreement (1953 October 2), New York (New York), between Fawcett Publications, Inc., and Brian Moore for publication of The Frightened Mannequin.
• Typed document(s) signed (carbon copy) listing terms of the agreement for the publication of The Frightened Mannequin as a Gold Medal Book under the pseudonym Bernard Mara. Signed by Anne E. A'Hearn, and Carol Atkinson, Witnesses, Richard Carroll, Editor, Fawcett Publications, Inc., and Brian Moore. (1 page).
• Item 2: Fawcett Publications, Inc. 1954 memorandum of agreement (1954 July 23), New York (New York), between Fawcett Publications, Inc. and Brian Moore for publication of Die amigo.
• Typed document(s) signed (carbon copy) listing terms of the agreement for the publication of Die amigo as a Gold Medal Book under the pseudonym Bernard Mara. Signed by Carole Cleaner and J. S. (Jacqueline) Moore, Witnesses, Richard Carroll, Editor, Fawcett Publications, Inc., and Brian Moore. (2 pages on 1 leaf.)
• Item 3: Western Printing and Lithographing Company. 1955 contract (1955 May 23), Racine (Wisconsin) between Western Printing and Lithographing Company and Brian Moore for publication of Intent To Kill.
• Typed document(s) signed listing terms of the agreement for the publication of Intent To Kill under the pseudonym Michael Bryan. Signed by Jacqueline Moore, Margaret Henricksen and J.J. Barto, Witnesses, Brian Moore, Paul Lyle, Vice-President and Lloyd E. Smith, Assistant Secretary, Western Printing and Lithographing Company. (2 pages on 1 leaf.)
• Item 4: Fawcett Publications, Inc. 1955 memorandum of agreement (1955 July 28), New York (New York), between Fawcett Publications, Inc. and Brian Moore for publication of This Gun For Gloria.
• Typed document(s) signed (carbon copy) listing terms of the agreement for the publication of This Gun For Gloria as a Gold Medal Book under the pseudonym Bernard Mara. Signed by Gertrude Seeger and Jacqueline Moore, witnesses, Richard Carroll, Editor, Fawcett Publications, Inc., and Brian Moore. (1 page).
• Item 5: Western Printing and Lithographing Company. 1956 contract (1956 July 6), Racine (Wisconsin) between Western Printing and Lithographing Company and Brian Moore for publication of Free Ride Home.
• Typed document(s) signed listing terms of the agreement for the publication of Free Ride Home under the pseudonym Michael Bryan. Signed by Jacqueline Moore, Joy E. Joslyn and J.J. Barto, witnesses, Brian Moore, Paul Lyle, Vice-President and Lloyd E. Smith, Assistant Secretary, Western Printing and Lithographing Co. (2 pages on 1 leaf.)

This Gun for Gloria. New York: Fawcett, 1954. (as Bernard Mara).

Intent to Kill. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1956. (as Bernard Mara).