met John Lehmann. I had never
met any publisher and had no idea
what to expect. When I was shown
into his office, Mr Lehmann was
courteous but brisk. He would
publish my book, he would pay me
£100 advance, £50 on signature of
the contract, £50 on publication.
He was going to commission John
Minton – I hadn’t heard of him – to
illustrate the book and design the
jacket. Mr Lehmann showed me a
book about Corsica which he had
recently published. It was called
Time Was Away, and the
illustrations and jacket design were
by John Minton. The author was
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