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Total number of records: 31

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Brotherton Collection26
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Herbert Read Collection1

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english literature31
english poetry19
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Ashley Library11
Wise, Thomas James (1859-1937)11
Brown, Thomas (1663-1704)2
Dobree, Bonamy (1891-1974)2
Barker, George (1913-1991)1
Barton, Bernard (1784-1849)1
Bussy, Dorothy1
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope (1694-1773)1
Cobden-Sanderson, Richard1
Dobree, Valentine (1894-1974)1

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David Abercrombie

1962

Reply to Berry's query on "tables of frequency" of letters in English.

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F.W. Bateson

1953-1962

Letters and postcards from F.W. Bateson (Editor) to Francis Berry, including correspondence relating to the publication of articles by Berry in Essays in Criticism. Postcard from L.G. Martin (Assistan...

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Catalogue of nineteenth-century & modern English & French literature, autograph letters & literary manuscripts : comprising first editions or presentation copies of Barrie... Which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co.... at their large galleries, 34 & 35, New Bond St., W.1, on Monday, the 11th May, 1964

Sotheby & Co. (London, England)

1964

Cover title: Catalogue of nineteenth-century & modern English & French literature, autograph letters & literary manuscripts, comprising the property of... Philippa Strachey ... Margaret Sackville ... ...

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Departure

1952-1957

v.1, no.3 "A magazine of literature and the arts." The bidden guest / Geoffrey Hill.

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The works of Mr. Thomas Brown : serious and comical, in prose and verse... with the life and character of Mr. Brown, and a key to all his writings (v.1)

Brown, Thomas (1663-1704)

1715-1720

Title pages in black and red. General index to all four vols in vol. 1. The above title is prefixed to v. 1 only: each volume has special t.-p.

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The works of Mr. Thomas Brown : serious and comical, in prose and verse... with the life and character of Mr. Brown, and a key to all his writings (v.1, [10] p. of General I)

Brown, Thomas (1663-1704)

1715-1720

Title pages in black and red. General index to all four vols in vol. 1. The above title is prefixed to v. 1 only: each volume has special t.-p.

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A biographical dictionary of the living authors of Great Britain and Ireland : comprising literary memoirs and anecdotes of their lives : and a chronological register of their publications, with the number of editions printed : including notices of some foreign writers whose works have been occasionally published in England

Watkins, John (fl. 1792-1831); Shoberl, Frederic (1775-1853); Upcott, William (1779-1845)

1816

"Mr. [Frederic] Shoberl proceeded to assure me, in the presence of his son, that the work was written by [John] Watkins as far as the letter F -- that some dispute with the publisers then arose -- tha...

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John Drinkwater, literary papers with related material

Drinkwater, John (1882-1937)

1906-1939

Comprises: (a) 11 large decorated folders containing reviews of his poetry, plays, prose works, lectures, films, and acting, and reports of national events and obituaries on him; (b) 1 box containing ...

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Maarten Maartens Manuscripts

Maartens, Maarten (1858-1915)

1882-1930

Comprises: Boxes of manuscripts, as follows: (1) 'Dorothea', MS 958pp. in 6 envelopes, and first MS drafts I-III in 3 envelopes, held in 2 boxes; (2) 'Eve', MS 510pp. in 4 envelopes, and sections rewr...

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Miscellaneous papers of Bonamy Dobrée

Dobrée, Bonamy (1891-1974)

c.1925-1975

Comprises: (1) Typescript recollections, 1974; (2) Correspondence of Bonamy and Valentine Dobrée; (3) 3 pencil sketches by Mondrian; (4) Manuscript and typescript poems; (5) Notebooks, 1915-1974; (6)...

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The Great Bell

Montague, John (1929-)

2015

Author's name at head of title. Title page printed in green and black. Mounted portrait on frontispiece. Photograph of David Jones by Raymond Moore, c. 1960. Typeset in 11pt Garamond (156), Monotyp...

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