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Needham/NRI2/SCC7/1 contains:
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27 Letter from Yabuuti Kiyosi of Kyoto, Japan, about the Japanese translation of 'Science and Civilisation in China' to be published by Shisakusha
28 Printed Chinese translation of the contents of the whole of 'Science and Civilisation in China' prepared by Huang Wen-Shan [??? / Huang Wenshan] of Hong Kong
29 Letter from George Shen of the College of Engineering, Univeristy of Illinois, U.S.A., enquiring about Chinese translations of 'Science and Civilisation in China' and courses based on the work
30 Letter from T. S. Cheng of the Department of Biology, Trent University, Peterborough, accompanying copies of articles published in «????» [Chung Yang Jih Pao / Zhong Yang Ri Bao], Taiwan, relating to Joseph Needham's work
31 Photocopy of a letter from Shigeru Wakimoto of Kyoto University, Japan, to Joseph Needham, asking for help with Chinese characters for place names in maps for his translation of 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 1'
32 Letter from Charles Elliott of Alfred A. Knopf, Publishers of New York City, U.S.A., about the possibility of a one-volume abridgement of 'Science and Civilisation in China'
33 Letter from Nakayama Shigeru of Tokyo, Japan, about a biography of Joseph Needham to accompanying the Japanese translation of 'Science and Civilisation in China' and other matters
34 Circular letter from Dr. Jean-Paul Rochat Translation Agency, Zurich, Switzerland, advertising the services of the agency
35 Letter from Peter Burbidge of Cambridge University Press, about progress the Italian translation of 'Science and Civilisation in China' and other matters
36 Letter from Kay McKechnie of Cambridge University Press, about arrangments for the Spanish translation of the chapater of Taoism from 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 2'
37 Two letters from Lynette Owen of Cambridge University Press, about the French translation of 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 2'
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title Letter from Charles Elliott of Alfred A. Knopf, Publishers of New York City, U.S.A., about the possibility of a one-volume abridgement of 'Science and Civilisation in China'
Reference SCC7/1/32
Creator Elliott, Charles; Burbidge, Peter.
Covering Dates 11 May 1973–17 May 1973
Extent and Medium 2 sheets; Paper
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The documents also include a copy of a letter from Peter Burbidge of Cambridge University Press, to Elliott, responding to the letter of behalf of Joseph Needham. Burbidge advises the Press has already made arrangements for an abridgement.

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