Correspondence primarily between Phipson, McElderry and Judy Long, regarding this novel. Methuen's UK and Australian offices joined in the print run, generating correspondence between Atheneum representatives and Methuen's Bill Gobbe and Elizabeth Fulton in Australia, and Annabelle Pangborn in the UK. Phipson's used agents Curtis Brown for the project. Correspondence topics include discussion of the work's title, scientific facts about the albatross (Phipson's working title was The Wandering Albatross), differences between American and British spelling, concerns about projection and shipping, and edits to the manuscript. The dust jacket is also discussed: Methuen's edition had artwork by Ron Brooks, who did other Phipson covers, but McElderry found him unreliable and had separate cover art done by Joseph Ciardiello. Correspondence between McElderry, Long and Phipson includes personal updates, including discussion of IBBY conferences, travel, Irene Haas, Patricia Wrightson, Yoshiko Uchida's A Jar of Dreams, and the Australian filming of Phipson's novel The Cats. There is also a letter from from one Johanna Halbeisen expressing concern about the characterization of disabled people in the novel, as the main supporting character is quadraplegic. File includes a full typscript of the novel edited in pencil, dust jacket mockups and other production material.