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CBE , awarded 1 January 1953, together with booklet
01 January 1953
CBE , awarded 1 January 1953, together with booklet 'Statutes of the Order of the British Empire', 1948.
A hundred years of children's books
04 December 1953
A hundred years of children's books. 1953. From The spectator, December 4, 1953, pp.668.
Librarians and booksellers
1953
Librarians and booksellers. [An address given at the opening of Woodfield's Children's Bookshop in London, 1953.] 1953. TS Together with assorted MS notes, a cutting of the address from the Bookseller...
Lottie Blossom log
1953
Lottie Blossom log, II 1953. MS and TS 134ff. Looseleaf notebook. Continues from log I to 20 September 1953. Some loose material including log notes in Evgenia's hand, dated June-July 1953.
The compleat angler
1953
The compleat angler: Arthur Ransome on the tercentenary of Izaak Walton's book. 1953. Extracted from The listener, May 7, 1953, pp.756-7.
Izaak Walton Text of radio broadcast
1953
Izaak Walton. 1953. TS 3ff. Text of radio broadcast, June 1953. With accompanying letter from Beryl Kay, secretary to Donald Boyd of the Talks Department, BBC Later used to form ch.20 of Mainly about ...
Temporary membership cards for the Yacht-Club de Cherbourg
1953-1954
Temporary membership cards for the Yacht-Club de Cherbourg for 'Lottie Blossom' for 1953 and 1954.
Two certificates of 'pratique' (i.e. giving clearance from infectious diseases)
1953
Two certificates of 'pratique' (i.e. giving clearance from infectious diseases) issued at Southampton (1953) and Itchenor (1954) by the Preventive Officer of customs and Excise.
7. Notes for Autobiography
c.1949
[Notes for Autobiography.] [c.1949.] MS 68ff. Very brief outline notes for the years up to 1953. Notes for the earliest years mounted and inserted.
Lottie, 1954
1954
Lottie, 1954. [Log.] 1954, Mostly MS 104ff. Looseleaf, tied with string. Also 2 copies of Dover tide table for 1954 and one copy of the Portsmouth tide table for 1953 and 1954.
Lottie Blossom log
1952-1953
Lottie Blossom log, I 1952-3. MS and TS 89ff. Looseleaf notebook. Covers the period 27 March 1952 - 11 April 1953. Includes letter to Busk, 21 April 1952 (not sent).
5. B 1945
c.1953
B 1945. [1953?] MS 77ff. Outline chronological notes for the years 1919-1920; auto-biographical notes for the years 1945-53. Includes an account of a visit to the home of John Masefield in 1951, and 2...