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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)5
Brussel, I R (1895-)1

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Permissions, Introduction, Etc.

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1987-1988

This file chiefly comprises correspondence and other papers relating to permissions and fees for extracts used in the 'Penguin Book of First World War Prose'. Includes 1 ts letter from Susan Piquemel ...

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The Peaceable Kingdom/Heron Press (1)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1969-1971

Ms draft letter from Jon Silkin to the Heron Press (?) following the issuing of a prospectus for the republication of 'The Peaceable Kingdom,' ca. 1969. The letter refers to the lack of permission to ...

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Millay Permissions

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1989-1990

Papers relating to Silkin's proposed use of a quotation from Edna St Vincent Millay's poem 'Conscientious Objector' in a reprint of the 'Penguin Book of First World War Poetry.' Includes a memo from J...

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Introduction, Etc.

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1977

Photocopied ts letters on Penguin headed paper regarding permissions for material used in the 'Penguin Book of First World War Poetry;' photocopied ts list 'Poems to be used for 'War Poets;'

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Revisions, Etc.

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1996-1997

Ms notes of titles to add to the Select Bibliography; ms list of sales of hard- and paperback copies of 'Out of Battle' worldwide (dated 27/6/97); ms list relating to permissions for Rosenberg text; c...

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Copyright and Legal Deposit

1989

Correspondence between Jon Silkin and Gene Berry of the Library of Congress Copyright Office relating to 'The Re-Ordering of the Stones' and deposit regulations (October-November 1989); and copies of ...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

2 March 1979 - 7 April 1995

Letters between various correspondents at publishers Routledge/Routledge & Kegan Paul and Jon Silkin. The correspondence relates to works by Silkin including 'The Psalms With Their Spoils,' 'Selected...

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