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William Black, The Penance of John Logan
Black, William (1841-1898)
1887
Manuscript copy, autograph, of his novel "The Penance of John Logan", which was first published in 1889. The novel is written on the recto side of each leaf of the volume in a small, condensed hand in...
Peter Rushforth Archive
Rushforth, Peter Scott (1945-2005)
1967-2006
Original deposit of 43 boxes includes: (a) "Kindergarten" drafts, including sections titled 'Shadows of the Living' and 'The Other Side of Silence', TS and galley proofs of final version, with relate...
Graham Greene, drafts of two novels with literary contracts and film rights
Greene, Graham (1904-1991)
1935-1980
(1) A series of versions of Greene's late novel 'Doctor Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party', including a complete signed autograph manuscript, a series of TS versions with MS corrections, proofs, and...
Glyn Hughes, literary papers with related material
Hughes, Glyn
1975-1999
Comprises: (1) 39 autograph manuscript notebooks containing many drafts of Glyn Hughes' poems, research notes for novels, and numerous personal notes, partly dated between ca. 1979 and 1999, with so...
William Trevor, three literary manuscripts with a postcard
Trevor, William (1928-2016)
c.1973
Comprises: (1) Three autograph typescripts of literary works by Trevor with many manuscript revisions, namely fragments of two plays and one piece of fiction, undated and not identified; and (2) An au...
Elizabeth Gaskell manuscripts and correspondence
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (1810-1865)
1757-1914
A significant collection of material relating to Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (ECG). The collection includes a nearly complete manuscript draft for ECG's novel 'Sylvia's Lovers', several manuscript frag...
Stan Barstow Archive
Barstow, Stan (1928-2011)
1956-1996
Comprises: (1) Autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of Barstow's writings, including: 'A brother's tale'; 'A kind of loving'; 'A raging calm'; 'A season with Eros'; ' About the novel'; 'Ask me t...
William Boyd, literary manuscript notebook with a related letter
Boyd, William (1952-)
1984-1987
Comprises the autograph manuscript notebook of William Boyd in which he drafted his short story entitled 'Alpes maritimes', dated 'Tuesday. 16. Oct. 1984.' at the beginning, followed by notes written ...
Barbara Taylor Bradford Archive
Bradford, Barbara Taylor (1933-)
c.1940-2019
Includes typecript copies of her novels, some with manuscript annotations, printers' proofs, published novels, press cuttings and magazines featuring articles about Taylor Bradford, papers relating to...
Bram Stoker correspondence and manuscripts
Stoker, Bram (1847-1912)
1866-1997
Comprises: (1) Correspondence dated between 1866 and 1911; (2) Autograph literary manuscripts by Bram Stoker: (i) Lecture 'Personal impressions of America', delivered at the London Institute (and else...
Joseph Conrad, correspondence of, or relating to, and materials concerning the production of a dramatised version of his 'The secret agent'
Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924)
1895-1956
Comprises: (1) Vol.1: 14 autograph manuscript letters from Conrad to his publisher, T. Fisher Unwin, dated 9 July 1895-8 August 1898, and 1 typescript letter with manuscript name and signature from Un...