Typed Letter Signed ('V.G.') to Daniel George.

4to, 2 pp. Postscript ends abruptly ('I have read innumerable books on Italy, <...>'), suggesting a page lacking. Good, on lightly aged and creased paper. An interesting letter shedding light on Gollancz's attitude to the practice of sending out advance copies of books for review. Addressed to 'My dear Daniel'. Further to a report he has received from 'Hilary' (his nephew Hilary Rubinstein) regarding a conversation with George 'at John Coates's party', Gollancz assures him that there is no 'personal reason' why he is no longer receiving 'a stream of advance copies'. 'I have never known how people regard the receipt of personal copies: and I am always torn between the desire to send them, and the feeling that the recipient will be bored, or even misinterpret the reason for which they are sent.' He has been 'specifically and somewhat sharply asked [...] to drop the practice' by 'at least two people of influence [...] during the last year'. 'My reluctance is based on the uneasy feeling that the recipient may feel a sort of obligation to write something favourable about a book he doesn't like'. He will resume sending advance copies ('everything, except highly specialised books') 'immediately'. Postscript expresses surpise that 'apparently you didn't care for Kubly's book on Italy. I know Italy extremely well - in fact, taking the country as a whole (apart from particular towns), I suppose I really know it better than England'.