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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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1890's Literature (Brotherton Collection)

1890s

Literary works published in the final decade of the 19th century. The collection also contains a small number of more recent works surveying the literary and artistic movements and ideas of the closin...

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A child of the age

Adams, Francis William Lauderdale (1862-1893); Beardsley, Aubrey (1872-1898)

1894

Design on cover and title page by Aubrey Beardsley.

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The British barbarians : a hill-top novel

Allen, Grant (1848-1899); Beardsley, Aubrey (1872-1898)

1895

Catalogue for Keynote series: 14 p. at end. Catalogue for John Lane: 16 p. at end.

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Patience Sparhawk : and her times

Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn (1857-1948)

1897

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A yellow aster

Caffyn, Mrs Mannington (1926)

1894

Iota = Mrs Mannington Caffyn.

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Ballads & songs

Davidson, John (1857-1909)

1894

Pages [1]-4 and [1]-16 at end contain advertising matter.

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Fleet Street eclogues

Davidson, John (1857-1909)

1896

Contents: New Year's day.--St. Valentine's eve.--Good-Friday.--St. Swithin's day.--Michaelmas.--Queen Elizabeth's day.--Christmas eve.

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Yellow and white

Dawe, Carlton (1865-1935)

1895

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Poor folk

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor (1821-1881); Milman, Lena; Beardsley, Aubrey (1872-1898); Moore, George (1852-1933)

1894

Cover and title-page design by Aubrey Beardsley.

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Young Ofeg's ditties

Hansson, Ola (1860-1925); Egerton, George (1859-1945)

1895

In prose.

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Rosa Amorosa : the love-letters of a woman

Egerton, George (1859-1945)

1901

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