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Total number of records: 22

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Archives	5

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Herbert Read Collection	22
Brotherton Collection	21
English Literature	1

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anarchism	1
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english essays	1
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De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)	2
Benda, Julien	1
Benda, Julien (1867-1956)	1
Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941	1
Brett, Guy (1942-)	1
Brown, G Baldwin (1849-1932)	1
Davidson, Angus (1898-1982)	1
Eliot, George (1819-1880)	1
Lardera, Berto	1
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Edward Lear : landscape painter and nonsense poet (1812-1888)

Davidson, Angus (1898-1982)

1938

Published works: p. 273.

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Poems

Yeats, W B (1865-1939)

1912

Contents: The Countess Cathleen.--The rose.--The land of heart's desire.--Crossways. --The wanderings of Usheen.

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Eugene Onegin (v.1)

Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich (1799-1837); Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich (1899-1977)

[1964]

Contents: v.1. The translation. -- v.2. Commentary on preliminaries and chapters 1-5. -- v.3. Commentary on chapters 6-8, "Onegin's Journey" and "Chapter Ten", appendixes. -- v.4. Index. Evgeniy Onegi...

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Essays of George Eliot

Eliot, George (1819-1880); Pinney, Thomas

1963

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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The Times and The Sunday Times

Brett, Guy (1942-)

31 Oct 1956 - 14 May 1967

This file contains correspondence and associated material relating to The Times and The Sunday Times newspapers. Correspondence includes letters to/from Herbert Read from/to A. P. Ryan, Assistant a...

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Christopher Derrick

14 Jul 1964 - 11 May 1966

This file contains 5 signed typescript letters to Herbert Read from Christopher Derrick. 1 carbon copy response from Read is typed onto the verso of the letter dated 14 July 1964. The file also includ...

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Benedict William Read

Read, Benedict (1945-2016)

1964-1966

This file contains 2 manuscript letters from Benedict Read to his parents while he was at Queen's College, Oxford. One includes an adaptation of a Horace Ode, which Benedict Read was revising at the ...

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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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