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Total number of records: 85

Count of Record type

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Books and printed items74
Archives11

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Herbert Read Collection85
Brotherton Collection84
English Literature4

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
english poetry16
ballads, english5
folk songs, english5
anarchism4
art4
art, modern4
modernism (art)4
sculpture, modern4
chinese poetry3
painting, chinese3

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France2
Italy2
Scotland2
Switzerland2
China1
Durham (England : County)1
Northumberland (England)1
Spain1
United States1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)5
Belloc, Hilaire (1870-1953)2
Chambers, E K (1866-1954)2
Chambers, E. K2
Donne, John (1572-1631)2
Elwin, Verrier (1902-1964)2
Lear, Edward (1812-1888)2
Palgrave, Francis Turner2
Palgrave, Francis Turner (1824-1897)2
Percy, Thomas (1729-1811)2

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From 190075

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Up to 199979

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Song

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

Manuscript 8 line poem with correction, titled 'Song'. Begins 'So long my heart / My little polished ball of blood'.

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Songs

Payne, Robert (1911-1983)

1948

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Songs of Chaos

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

c. 1915

Fair copy unbound manuscript of poems from 'Songs of Chaos', with title page and striking illustrations in black (ink?) drawn by Read, 19ff. As per the published copy, the manuscript is dedicated to W...

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Songs of chaos

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915

Poems.

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The song of the world

Giono, Jean (1895-1970)

1938

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Sonnets & songs

Petrarca, Francesco (1304-1374)

1946

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Songs of childhood

De La Mare, Walter (1873-1956)

1918

First published 1902.

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Nonsense songs

Lear, Edward (1812-1888)

[1894?]

"All the original pictures and verses".

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"Song in storm."

Gibson, Douglas (1910-)

[194-?]

Caption-title.

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The book of songs

Waley, Arthur

1960

Originally published: 1937.

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A song for Simeon

Eliot, T S (1888-1965); Kauffer, E McKnight (1890-1954)

[1928]

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The song of Roland

Crosland, Jessie Raven

1907

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