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Total number of records: 120

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Books and printed items73
Archives47

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Brotherton Collection117
Herbert Read Collection116
English Literature11

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art18
english poetry15
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Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)120
Read, Herbert17
Dobree, Bonamy (1891-1974)9
Dobree, Bonamy6
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-18244
Beaumont Press3
White, Ethelbert3
White, Ethelbert (1891-1972)3
Columbiad Club2
Hayter, Stanley William (1901-1988)2

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Books and the child

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

1 typescript carbon copy titled 'Books and the Child', 5ff.

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Talking of Books

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

Typescript carbon copy titled 'Talking of Books: Unbounded and Immortal Things', 5ff. Regards 'The Golden Legend' (1483).

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The Modern Art Book

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1945 - 1968

Typescript carbon copy titled 'The Modern Art Book', 10ff. Regards the development, since the Second World War of 'a new creation', the modern art book.

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World Book Encyclopedia

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1966 - 1967

Correspondence, typescripts and associated material relating to the'Sculpture' (and 'Painting'?) entry for the 'World Book Encyclopedia of Culture', for which Herbert Read acted in an advisory capacit...

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Eclogues : a book of poems

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); White, Ethelbert (1891-1972); Beaumont Press

1919

"30 copies have been printed on Japanese vellum signed by the author and artist and numbered 1 to 30. 50 copies on cartridge paper numbered 31 to 80 and 120 copies on hand-made paper numbered 81 to 20...

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Eclogues : a book of poems

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); White, Ethelbert (1891-1972); Beaumont Press

1919

"30 copies have been printed on Japanese vellum signed by the author and artist and numbered 1 to 30. 50 copies on cartridge paper numbered 31 to 80 and 120 copies on hand-made paper numbered 81 to 20...

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The modern art book

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); Columbiad Club

[1965?]

"Fifty copies of this booklet have been printed as keepsake 78 of the Columbiad Club..."-colophon.

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The modern art book

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); Columbiad Club

[1965?]

"Fifty copies of this booklet have been printed as keepsake 78 of the Columbiad Club..."-colophon.

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Eclogues : a book of poems

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); White, Ethelbert (1891-1972); Beaumont Press

1919

"30 copies have been printed on Japanese vellum signed by the author and artist and numbered 1 to 30. 50 copies on cartridge paper numbered 31 to 80 and 120 copies on hand-made paper numbered 81 to 20...

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Book reviews: A-F

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

c.1914-1968

This file contains book reviews by Herbert Read. The majority of reviews are carbon copies of typescripts; any manuscripts or corrections are noted in the list below. Publications are by UK and overse...

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London Book of English Prose

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

c. 1931

Quartette Index book with manuscript notes relating to the London Book of English Prose. 'English Prose Anthology' is written at the beginning. The book has been divided into 4 sections. The first ...

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London Book of English Verse

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); Dobrée, Bonamy (1891-1974)

1944 - 1951

File contains manuscript and typescript lists, correspondence, and associated material relating to the anthology the London Book of English Verse, co-edited by Herbert Read and Bonamy Dobree, and publ...

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