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Total number of records: 103

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Archives94
Books and printed items9

Count of Collection group

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English Literature96
Brotherton Collection94
Leeds Poetry94
Leeds Russian Archive3
Herbert Read Collection1

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SubjectCount
authors and publishers103
correspondence40
publishers and publishing25
literary agents16
artists' contracts10
book proposals8
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)5
proofs (printing)5
illustration of books3
novelists, english3

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Soviet Union2
Africa1
Afrika1

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Crossley-Holland, Kevin30
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)12
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn12
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)6
Lane, John (1854-1925)3
Lane, John, 1854-19253
Rolfe, Frederick William (1860-1913)3
Rolfe, Frederick, 1860-19133
Woolf, Cecil3
Penguin Books2

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From 1900100
From 20003

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Up to 199993
Up to latest10

Archive Sub-collection

Publications

1963-1992

This subfonds comprises papers relating to the publishing activities of Northern House. Includes draft poems and collections, production papers, correspondence, and reviews.

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On Approval

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1960-1961

This series comprises a single file of papers relating to Kevin Crossley-Holland's collection 'On Approval' (1961). Includes 6 letters to Crossley-Holland from Howard Sergeant, editor of Outposts Publ...

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My Son

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

c.1965-1968

This series comprises a single file of papers relating to Crossley-Holland's collection, 'My Son' (1966). Includes: - 4 undated typescript and manuscript letters from Edward Lucie-Smith concerning p...

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The Seafarer

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1986-1988

This series comprises a single file of correspondence relating to 'The Seafarer,' a poem translated from Old English by Crossley-Holland. Includes 19 items of correspondence, including letters to and ...

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Oenone in January

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1986-1989

This series comprises a single file of correspondence relating to the publication of Crossley-Holland's poem 'Oenone in January' in pamphlet form, including letters to and from the publishers (Frances...

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Eleanor's Advent

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1988-1992

This series comprises a single file of papers relating to the poem 'Eleanor's Advent' (1992), written by Crossley-Holland for one of his daughters. Includes 20 items of correspondence, including lette...

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Contracts and Royalties

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

1966-1976

This series comprises a single file containing the following items: - Contract with Putnam & Co. Ltd for An Anthology of English Verse 1945-60. - Contract (28 February 1966) for an untitled literar...

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André Deutsch

André Deutsch Ltd

3 April 1957 - 22 December

7 files containing over 600 items of correspondence relating to the publication of works by Geoffrey Hill by publishers Andr&#233 Deutsch; and related correspondence, chiefly concerning to rights and ...

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Houghton Mifflin

21 February 1974 - 3 December

171 items of correspondence chiefly between Geoffrey Hill and correspondents at Houghton Mifflin publishers, including Jonathan Galassi, concerning the publication of Hill's poetry in the United State...

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Penguin Correspondence

Penguin Books

17 February 1961 - 6 June

7 files containing over 160 items of correspondence, chiefly between Geoffrey Hill and correspondents at Penguin publishers. The correspondence includes discussion of the publication of poems by Hill ...

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Drafts

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1966-1968

Includes draft material relating to Kevin Crossley-Holland's limited edition poetry anthology 'Alderney, the Nunnery' (1968).

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Correspondence

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1970-1978

This file contains the following correspondence, some of which includes letters concerning previous circulations of 'The Rain Giver,' under previous titles: - 3 letters from Oxford University Press ...

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