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Total number of records: 58

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items51
Archives7

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection23
Herbert Read Collection10
English Literature7
Leeds Poetry5
Art and Antique Market4
LGBTQ4
Leeds Russian Archive4
Incunabula1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
illustration of books58
illustrated books12
printing8
correspondence4
illustrators4
authors and publishers3
book covers3
book design3
decoration and ornament3
drawing, british3

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PlaceCount
Great Britain3
Soviet Union1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Crossley-Holland, Kevin5
Pollard, Alfred W (1859-1944)5
Chris Beetles Limited3
Crane, Walter (1845-1915)3
Kornfeld Und Klipstein3
Lanckoronska, Maria Grafin3
Maximilian-Gesellschaft, Berlin3
Oehler, Richard (1878-1948)3
Shakespeare, William, 1564-16163
De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)2

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From 18007
From 190049
From 20002

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Up to 18997
Up to 199948
Up to latest3

Archive Collection

Delires Press, Liverpool, Archive

1980s

Comprises (1) publications of the press: 'Clinical Notes' by John Wilkinson, the first publication of the press in an edition of 1000 copies in 1980 (3 copies); 'Comeuppance' by Geoffrey Ward, publish...

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HOFFMANN, E T A; TOLSTOI, Aleksei

1955-1956, 1973

Postcards of illustrations to E T A Hoffmann's "Shchelkunchik i myshinyi korol'" by N G Gol'ts /1-12/ and A K Tolstoi's "Zolotoi kliuchik" by L Vladimirskii /13-27/ and A M Kanevskii /28-36/.

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Correspondence

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1987-1989

Correspondence relating to the publication of 'The Anglo-Saxon Elegies'; previously held in a file 'Publication folder'. Includes letters to and from literary agents Rogers, Coleridge & White, and the...

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Correspondence

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1987-1993

This file contains correspondence and other papers relating to the publication of 'Long Tom and the Dead Hand', grouped as follows: - Papers marked Deutsch, including 29 items of correspondence betw...

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Drafts, Proofs and Artwork

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1999

These files contain drafts towards 'The New Exeter Book of Riddles,' and examples of Simon Drew's artwork. Includes sample book covers; a small amount of correspondence between Drew, Lawrence Sail and...

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Correspondence : Green Children 1996 edition

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1965-1997

The first file contains correspondence and other papers relating to the 1996 edition of Kevin Crossley-Holland's children's book 'The Green Children.' The file in which these items were originally hel...

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Poem Drafts

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

c.2000

This file contains manuscript and typescript poem drafts, including: - Nothing - Crossing - Novice - First Thaw - The Desert Singer - Anasazi

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Archive Print Item

Italian book illustrations : chiefly of the fifteenth century

Pollard, Alfred W (1859-1944)

1894

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Archive Print Item

Italian book illustrations : chiefly of the fifteenth century

Pollard, Alfred W (1859-1944)

1894

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Archive Print Item

The Boydell Shakespeare prints

Boydell, John (1720-1804); Boydell, Josiah (1752-1817); Santaniello, A E

[1968]

Facsimile reprint of the 2-volume work published by John and Josiah Boydell, 1803, "Collection of prints, from pictures painted for the purpose of illustrating the dramatic works of Shakespeare, by th...

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Archive Print Item

Modern illustration

Pennell, Joseph (1857-1926)

1898

[2nd ed]. "Errata slip inserted."

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Archive Print Item

Room and book

Nash, Paul (1889-1946)

1932

Includes index.

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