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Total number of records: 242

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Books and printed items179
Archives63

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Brotherton Collection163
English Literature95
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society21
Herbert Read Collection13
Leeds Poetry4
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections2
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse1
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society1
Leeds Russian Archive1
Ripon Cathedral1

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english literature242
english poetry68
english drama49
letters49
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rare books24
books18
bibliography11
american literature9
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Great Britain17
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Wise, Thomas James (1859-1937)17
Brydges, Sir Egerton (1762-1837)14
Anderson, James (1739-1808)11
Ashley Library11
Beloe, William (1756-1817)6
Bibliographical Society (Great Britain)6
Bohn, Henry G (1796-1884)6
Bye and Law6
F. C. and J. Rivington (Firm)6
F., C. and J. Rivington (Firm)6

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From 180064
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From 20004

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Up to 189954
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The collector's book of books

Quayle, Eric (1921-2001)

1971

Includes bibliographical references.

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The Book of the Microcosm

Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)

[1927]

"... A few of the poems, articles, and pictures that [appeared in] 'The Microcosm'," a literary journal sold on behalf of North Country charities, privately printed, Leeds? 1914-25 (earlier numbers is...

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Books and Bookmen

1931-1994

One letter asking for corrected proof of Berry's submission. Manuscript notes. Issue of Books and Bookmen (April 1978) featuring Berry's article 'Denis Donaghue's Studies in Imagination'.

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Penguin Books

1953-1984

Correspondence on contribution to Guide to English Literature. Request help translating "The York Play of Crucifixion" and "Christ's Dying and Descent into Hell" into German. Lecture by Berry at c...

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The Legion book

Minchin, H Cotton; British Legion

[1929]

Contains material contributed by the leading writers and artists of the period. First printed, September 1929; Sixth impression, October 1929.

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Books reviewed

Squire, Sir John Collings (1884-1958)

[1922]

Contents: John Clare.--Miss Mansfield's stories.--A book-collector.--Editing Shakespeare.--William James's letters.--Baudelaire.--Keats.-Austin Dobson's essays.--Mr. George Moore's tapestry.--Andrew M...

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A catalogue of books

Bohn, Henry G (1796-1884)

The famous "Guinea catalogue." Appended is a catalogue of "New, valuable, and most important books, of which the advertiser has purchased the entire editions or remainders" (148, [4] p.).

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A catalogue of modern books (no.14, 1926)

Millard, Christopher (1872-1927)

[1919-1927.]

Complete set of catalogues issued by Millard between Dec. 1919-Sept. 1927. No. 1. A catalogue of modern books (Christmas 1919) - No. 2. A catalogue of modern books (1920) - No. 3. A catalogue of mod...

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Scrap-book of varieties

1859

Contains miscellaneous verse and prose quotations, with engravings, photographs, and other illustrations pasted in

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The delight of great books

Erskine, John (1879-1951)

1928

Contents: On reading great books.--Canterbury tales.--Malory's Le morte d'Arthur.--The Faerie queene.--Romeo and Juliet.--The tempest.--Paradise lost.--Walter Scott.--Don Juan.--Moby Dick.--The ordeal...

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Exhibition of books : arranged by the National Book League at the Victoria & Albert Museum

Hadfield, John (1907-); National Book League (Great Britain)

1951

At head of title: The Festival of Britain.

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Exhibition of books : arranged by the National Book League at the Victoria & Albert Museum

Hadfield, John (1907-); National Book League (Great Britain)

1951

At head of title: The Festival of Britain.

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