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Drafts and Proofs (Book)
Crossley-Holland, Kevin
c.1992-1993
These 3 files contain drafts and proofs towards Crossley-Holland's children's book 'The Labours of Herakles' . Includes: - Draft 1. Ts with ms corrections (20 ff.) plus 21 smaller fragments of text,...
Northern House Invoice Books
1968-1995
Invoice books for orders of Northern House pamphlets. Each of the books contains inserts in the form of purchase orders, remittance advice, and some correspondence.
Letter to Geoffrey Hill
1992
1 typescript letter from Lawrence Goodman to Geoffrey Hill regarding the Book of Common Prayer, in particular the history of the inclusion of the 'prayer for all conditions of men' (20 September 1992)...
Proofs of The Old Stories
Crossley-Holland, Kevin
1997-1999
These files contain a clean (revised) proof copy of 'The Old Stories', dated 30 April 1997, with covering letter from Linda at Colt Books Ltd (2 May 1997) and a proof copy of 'The Old Stories', dated ...
Queries and Bibliography
December 1977
Ms letter to Silkin from Lucy Pinney (5 December 1977), accompanying ms and photocopied lists of queries relating to the Introduction to the 'Penguin Book of First World War Poetry,' and a carbon copy...
Proofs
Crossley-Holland, Kevin
c.1977-1983
Proofs, drafts and research notes relating to Crossley-Holland's 'Norse Myths' Includes: - Bound uncorrected proof copy (Pantheon), 1980 ([i-xiv], 247 pp.) - 1 file containing final ts with ms amen...
The Making of The Wildman : Drafts
Crossley-Holland, Kevin
1993-1995
This file (originally numbered '10' by Crossley-Holland) contains papers relating to the programme for the production of The Wildman at the Aldeburgh Festival. Includes ms and ts drafts of the Introdu...
Drafts, Proofs and Artwork
Crossley-Holland, Kevin
1999
These files contain drafts towards 'The New Exeter Book of Riddles,' and examples of Simon Drew's artwork. Includes sample book covers; a small amount of correspondence between Drew, Lawrence Sail and...
Berserkers
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1983
Annotated ts and photocopied drafts of the section on Berserkers for the Introduction to 'The Penguin Book of First World War Prose,' and an ms letter from Henry Merritt to Silkin commenting on berser...
Response to Karl Miller
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1975-1976
Items relating to Silkin's response to an article (possibly a review) on Rosenberg by Karl Miller that appeared in 'The New York Review of Books' (16 October 1975). Includes 3 annotated typescript dra...
Correspondence
Crossley-Holland, Kevin
1981-2014
Correspondence and related material concerning Kevin Crossley-Holland's 'The Anglo-Saxon World' (1982), containing manuscript and typescript letters and emails, some annotated, between Kevin Crossley-...
Reprint Corrections
Penguin Books
December 1987
Corrected proofs of pages from the 1987 reprint of the 'Penguin Book of First World War Poetry,' including some ms additions and corrections in Silkin's hand. The proofs are accompanied by a letter fr...