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Total number of records: 44

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Books and printed items35
Archives9

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Brotherton Collection28
English Literature11
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society5
Herbert Read Collection3
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1
Leeds Poetry1

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english literature44
letters7
folk literature, english4
legends4
english drama3
english fiction3
english poetry3
french literature3
idealism in literature2
literature2

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Cornwall (England)3
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Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)10
Pope, Alexander, 1688-174410
Roscoe, William10
Roscoe, William (1753-1831)10
Roby, John (1793-1850)4
Bagehot, Walter (1826-1877)3
Boase, George Clement (1829-1897)3
Bridges, Robert (1844-1930)3
Courtney, William Prideaux3
Courtney, William Prideaux (1845-1913)3

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Archive File

Longmans, Green & Co.

1956-1969

Letter from Berry to Mr Blagden, dated 7th January 1956. Letter from Blagden to Berry rejecting for publication Berry's "Poets' Grammar". Request to publish Berry's essay "Restoration of Grammar"...

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Attingham Park

1953

Reply to letter from Berry. Thanks for giving lecture at Attingham Park and for description of the Green Man.

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The spirit of man : an anthology

Bridges, Robert (1844-1930); Auden, W H (1907-1973)

1973

Reprint of 1st ed., London, Longmans Green, 1916.

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Rogues, vagabonds, & sturdy beggars : a new gallery of Tudor and early Stuart rogue literature exposing the lives, times, and cozening tricks of the Elizabethan underworld

Kinney, Arthur F (1933-); Lawrence, John (1933-)

1973

Limited edition of 1950 copies signed by the author. Reprint of 1552-1612 ed. In slip case.

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From the Third Programme : a ten-years' anthology : imagination, argument, experience, exposition

Morris, John (1895-1980)

1956

The descent into the cave / James Kirkup -- The heart of the king / William Plomer -- Maisie / V.S. Pritchett -- Antigone / Henry Reed -- Syler's green / Stevie Smith -- The artist in society / Graham...

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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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William Makepeace Thackeray, correspondence and literary manuscripts with related material

Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863)

c.1835-1860

Comprises: (1) 26 letters and manuscripts dated 1835-1860, guarded in order and bound in 1 vol., accompanied by an annotated typed list of contents by Dr Eric Millar and the bill for the cost of bindi...

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Lascelles Abercrombie manuscripts

Abercrombie, Lascelles (1881-1938)

1881-1940

Comprises: (1) Drafts of many of Abercrombie's own publications held in box files individually-labelled; (2) Drafts of literary material in folders; (3) Lecture notes, including those of his own lectu...

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Dora Sigerson Shorter, a play, a story and a volume of press notices about her.

Shorter, Dora Sigerson (1866-1918)

1895-1914

Comprises: 1) Typescript of a play 'The Other Woman's Child', in two acts, 36 ff., typed in black ink, with underlining in red, on sheets interleaved with thick paper, bound in blue cloth; 2) Carbon c...

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Robert Southey, correspondence, literary manuscripts and printed works

Southey, Robert (1774-1843)

c.1797-1839

Comprises: (1) A collection of autograph letters written by Robert Southey to John May and others, together with manuscript poems and notes by Robert Southey, and autograph letters to John May from T...

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Bonamy Dobrée Archive

Dobrée, Bonamy (1891-1974)

1912-1973

Comprises: (a) 19 boxes of Bonamy Dobrée's autograph manuscript correspondence arranged A-Z by the names of the correspondents and dated between 1912 and 1973, including a large number of letters fro...

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The Blavatnik Honresfield Library : saved for the nation

Hoare, Nell; Sutherland, Kathryn; Winterkorn, Joan; Friends of the National Libraries (Great Britain); Friends of the National Libraries (Great Britain)

2023

Cover title. "This commemorative book tells the exraordinary story of one of the most dramatic funding battles in the art world--a battle fought successfully by a small charity to save a national lit...

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