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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'.
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...
Commonplace book
c.1719-1742
Contains Latin and English prose and poetry in several hands, c.1719-1742 or earlier, the main verse hand probably of the 1730s. Flyleaf recto "An account of the Beans", verso "Quaestiones quarum ment...
Book reviews
c.1914-1968
This series comprises book reviews written by Herbert Read. These reviews are chiefly typescript carbon copies with some manuscripts.
Commonplace book
c.1716-c.1736
Diary of important public and private events, 1 August 1714 to May 1728; single satirical verse item, "The British ambassadress's speech to the French king"; notes of account and payment, 3 January 17...
Cookery book
c.1805
At one end of the book are cookery receipts, medicinal remedies, and instructions for general household management, preceded at the beginning by a poem in a later hand and, after some blank pages, an ...
Book contracts and agreements A
1929 - 1970
This file contains originals and copies of UK and overseas book contracts, agreements, and some associated correspondence relating to the following books by Herbert Read. Some agreements were made pos...
The Forward book of poetry (2003)
"A collection of the best poems of the year from the Forward Poetry Prize".
The Forward book of poetry (1995)
"A collection of the best poems of the year from the Forward Poetry Prize".
The Forward book of poetry (2007)
"A collection of the best poems of the year from the Forward Poetry Prize".
Poetical commonplace book
c.1710-c.1820
Large collection of satires, ballads, and songs (with a few pieces in prose), apparently compiled by members of the Smyth family of Heath, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire. At least the first 260 pp. we...