Original contract for “Der Rote Kampfflieger”
Event ID: 797
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29 June 1917
Source ID: 71
ISBN: 978-1-964637-05-1
War Books 29 June 1917
Contract
Between First Lieutenant Baron Manfred von R i c h t h o f e n
and the firm Ullstein & Co, Berlin, the following agreement has been made:
§1. Mr. von Richthofen transfers to the firm Ullstein & Co the right of the sole book edition of his work, the sole and exclusive publishing rights of his work in progress about his flying experiences. (The determination of the title remains subject to mutual agreement).
The firm Ullstein & Co includes this work in its library “War Books”.
The date of publication is determined by the publisher.
The granting of the work for printing in newspapers and magazines is permitted only with the approval of to the publisher Ullstein & Co, and then only for excerpts of the work. Should fees be received for such printings, half of these fees must be paid to the author.
The manuscript should, if possible, be in the possession of the publisher by the end of April of this year.
§2. The author shall receive a royalty of 8 Pf. (8% of the retail price) from each copy sold for which a retail price of M. 1,- is set. The royalty is guaranteed to the author with Mark 8000 10000. (Ten Eightthousand mark). This guarantee is payable after censorship approval has been granted.
Further settlement of royalty-bearing copies will be made for each calendar year no later than April 15 of the following year. At the author’s request, Ullstein & Co will have the correctness of the royalty statement for the expired year confirmed by a court-appointed auditor.
§3. Should the scope of the work exceed 256 pages in the format of the War Books, the author undertakes to make appropriate cuts, or, in the event that he does not carry them out in time or in full, grants the publishing house permission to have these cuts made by a person deemed suitable.
§3. The final determination of the text with the publishing house is authorized to Captain von Salzmann.
§4. The publisher is entitled to sell the translation rights of the work to foreign countries as well as to grant reprint rights of the German text abroad, but is obliged to remit half of the fees received for this to the author.
§5. The author has the right to include his work in a complete edition of his works 10 years after the conclusion of this contract, but the retail price of the relevant volume may not be set below M. 2,-.
§6. The author is entitled to thirty free copies.
§7. For his next three works relating to the war, the author grants the firm Ullstein & Co the right of first refusal under the terms set out in this contract. The publisher must decide within 4 weeks of receiving the manuscript whether it wishes to exercise this right of first refusal or not.
Berlin, 29.6.1917
Ullstein & Co Baron von Richthofen
Captain.
Power of attorney for Captain (ret.) Erich von Salzmann, Berlin W., Meinekestrasse 16.
I hereby authorize Captain (ret.) Erich von Salzmann to independently make any changes or improvements that seem necessary to him in relation to the book “Der Rote Kampfflieger” to be published by Ullstein & Co, without consulting me beforehand, and likewise to represent my interests toward the firm Ullstein & Co or such persons who may be concerned with the completion of the book.
Mr. von Salzmann is authorized to independently regulate everything concerning the book in my name.
Baron von Richthofen
Captain and leader of Jagdstaffel 11.
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