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Letter from Queenie Campbell

28 Feb 1918

MS letter from Queenie Campbell at 9 Beaufort Mansions SW3, dated 28/02/1918.

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All about me : poems for a child

Drinkwater, John (1882-1937); Brock, H M (1875-1960)

c1928

Indexed in: Pearce, 104(a).

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The poems of Selwyn Image

Image, Selwyn (1849-1930); Mackmurdo, A H

1932

Edited by A.H. Mackmurdo.

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Common sense, or The Englishman's journal

1738-9 First year: Feb. 5, 1737-Jan. 28, 1738. This vol. includes papers from Fog's Journal for Jan. 17, Jan. 24 and Apr. 10, 1736. Seond year: Feb. 4, 1738-Jan. 27, 1739, omitting nos. for Apr. 29,...

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Other poetry

no.1 (1978); 8 (summer 1982); 27/28 (1989); v.2 no.4, 6-10 (1996-1998) 2 copies of 2:8-9; letter from Richard [Kell] to 'Philip' (11 Apr. 1998) inserted in 2:9 Place of publication varies. Publica...

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Frederick Rolfe, Baron Corvo : a biography

Benkovitz, Miriam J

1977

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Concerning Intrinsic and Extrinsic Value

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1996-1998

2 legal notepads, one with Hill's ms notes/draft of seminar paper with title'ID 500 Intrinsic/Extrinsic Value' ([15] ff); and one with an ms version of the seminar paper titled 'Concerning Intrinsic a...

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Proof of Selected Poems

1987

Bound page proofs for 'Selected Poems' (1988), dated 9th September 1987, and with Jon Silkin's ms corrections. Inserted in the front are a proof of the index of first lines with Silkin's ms correction...

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The true-born Englishman : a satyr

Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731)

[s.n.]1701

A piracy (see Moore 28). Collation: A-C4. A2 and A3 signed A3 and A2 respectively.

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Edited Copy and Correspondence

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1992-1995

This file contains a copy-edited ts of Crossley-Holland's autobiographical memoir (41 ff.), with covering letter from Joyce Nakamura (9 April 1993); 4 further letters from Joyce Nakamura to Crossley-H...

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The British essayists : with prefaces biographical, historical, and critical (v.1)

Lynam, Robert (1796-1845)

1827

v.1-3. Tatler. -- v.4-9. Spectator. -- v.10-11. Guardian. -- v.12-13. Rambler. -- v.14-15. Adventurer. -- v.16-17. World. -- v.18-19. Connoisseur. -- v.20. Idler. -- v.21. Goldsmith's essays. Citizen ...

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