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Jackson, Holbrook (1874-1948)3
Barker, George (1913-1991)1
Beaty, Betty1
Beaty, David (1919-1999)1
Berry, Francis1
Bridgen, John William1
Guppy, Henry (1861-1948)1
John Rylands University Library of Manchester1
Knight, G Wilson (1897-1985)1
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Fin de siècle : a selection of late 19th century literature and art

Wallis, Nevile; Jackson, Holbrook (1874-1948)

1947

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Lucia Krasnik

1948

Letter commenting on Berry's "Murdock", dated 8th February 1948.

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The windmill

[v.1, no.1] (1944); v.1, no.3-4 (1946); v.1, no.5 (1947); v.2, no.7 (1947); v.3, no.9 (1948)

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Edmund Blunden

1935-1952

Letters to Berry thanking him for sending various pieces and providing comment and response. Two photocopies of letters from Blunden sent from Tokyo (dated 14th March 1948) commenting on the new bo...

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Howard Sergeant

1948-1981

One letter refers to Sergeant's forthcoming anthology Northern Writing and asks if Berry's family are northerners or if Berry has spent any considerable time in 'The North', dated 12th May 1948. On...

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Routledge and Keegan Paul

1944-1992

Various correspondence relating to the publication of Berry's work with Routledge and Keegan Paul including: Several letters from Margaret Sackville to Berry. Memorandum of agreements and statemen...

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John F Danby

1948-1966

Letters and a postcard from Danby to Berry including a loose leaf handwritten poem 'Advent and Xmas'. Another handwritten poem 'Christened Time' is mounted on cardboard with 'Xmas 1948' and a charcoal...

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John Braine manuscript and typescript drafts

1943-1985

(b) 22 boxes containing autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of his novels, stories, playscripts, articles, broadcasts, and poems. 'These golden days' (boxes 1-3), 'The two of us' (boxes 4-6)...

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George Barker, miscellaneous literary papers and letters

Barker, George (1913-1991)

1935-1987

Comprises: (1) 3 letters to or from George Barker, including 1 undated and 2 dated 1977 and 1981 respectively, held in an envelope with typed drafts of his 'Critical sonnet for William Shakespeare', ...

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Lectures to living authors

Lacon (1865-1948); Quiz (1899-1982)

1925

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The eighteen-nineties : prelude to the nineteen-hundreds; the recapture of something of a remarkable era

Jackson, Holbrook (1874-1948)

1964

"Edition limited to 60 copies for private distribution."

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