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Total number of records: 11336

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Indexes25
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Brotherton Collection11336
English Literature2446
Leeds Poetry1788
Rudolf Laban Collections1060
Herbert Read Collection446
Letters Database366
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections260
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse30
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection9
Medieval Manuscripts6

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english poetry324
letters281
english drama268
correspondence251
english literature236
english fiction225
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)187
proofs (printing)89
teaching aids and86
notebooks74

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Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)499
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)403
Laban, Rudolf Von (1879-1958)262
Rudolf Laban262
Rudolf Jean-Baptiste Attila Von Laban262
Rudolf Johann Baptiste Attila262
Lay, Cecil Howard240
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)229
Crossley-Holland, Kevin163
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)149

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1/20 : poems

Cummings, E E (1894-1962)

1936

"A selection made by the author."

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Learn Romani : a correspondence course (lessons 1 to 20)

Lee, Ronald (1934-); Kenrick, Donald

[between 1972 and 1989]

"Reprints from the half-yearly journal Roma."

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Somme théologique : La pénitence. Supplément, questions 1-20 (t.2)

Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274); Hugueny, E

[1931]

At head of title: Éditions de la Revue des Jeunes.

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Drawings by André Masson : May 1st - 20th, 1944 : Buchholz Gallery

Masson, André (1896-1987); Buchholz Gallery (New York, N.Y)

[1944]

Catalogue of an exhibition held May 1st - 20th, 1944, Buchholz Gallery.

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1. Salone "i 4 soli" : in collaborazione con la galleria Il Grifo, dal 20 giugno al 20 luglio 1959

Galleria d'arte "Il Grifo" (Turin, Italy)

[1959]

Catalogue of an exhibition at the Galleria Il Grifo.

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Title: Upon the death of my deare and lovely daughter JP [with added note: Jane Pulter, baptized May 1 1625, buried Oct 8 1645, aet. 20].

Author: Pulter, Lady Hester

Attribution: Hadassas

Date(s): 1645 ?

Manuscript: Lt q 32

Contents: Elegiac lament for the death of a daughter, Jane Pulter; with some revisions

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Page Proofs

2006

3 sets of page proofs for Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus the Corduroy Kid, accompanied by 1 ms and 2 ts letters from the proof reader to Armitage (19 January - 8 February 2006). The first set of proofs incl...

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Amber: Drafts

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1986-1987

Ms and typescript drafts of the poem 'Amber', including drafts titled 'Whatever you decide', 'A poem based on the principles of seduction', and 'Heat'. The drafts are undated, but Silkin's use of the ...

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The soldier and death: a Russian folk tale

1920

The soldier and death: a Russian folk tale told in English by Arthur Ransome. London: Wilson, 1920.

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Eurythmics and Rhythmic Gymnastics

1920-1929

(1) Three page typed article and note in German on "Die Schule fur Eurhythmie (sic) in Zurich" by Kathe Wulff March 1920 and photocopy of same. note on front: "1920 (1)" and in red ink: Tape H 2:4; ...

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