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Books and printed items11
Archives9

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Brotherton Collection9
English Literature9
Leeds Poetry9
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History6

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japanning11
decoration and ornament5
poetry readings japan4
little magazines japan3
printing3
cabinetwork2
chinoiserie (art)2
furniture making2
lacquer and lacquering2
upholstery2

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England5
Great Britain1

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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)11
Pillement, Jean (1728-1808)4
Sayer, Robert (1725-1794)4
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)4
Dean & Munday2
Jones, Yvonne2
Parker, George2
Stalker, John2
Stokes, J2
Antonie, William Lee (1764-1815)1

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A treatise of japanning and varnishing, 1688

Stalker, John; Parker, George; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1960

With facsim of original title page.

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Letters to and from Jon Silkin

October 1993 - 14 May 1995

3 word-processed letters and 1 fax from Taylor Mignon, poet and editor of the literary newsletter 'Living Room,' to Jon Silkin; and 1 carbon copy typescript letter from Silkin to Mignon. Mignon's lett...

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Pontypool and Usk japanned wares : with the early history of the iron and tinplate industries at Pontypool

John, W D (1898-); Simcox, Anne; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1966]

Includes index.

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Letters to Jon Silkin

7 November 1991

1 typescript letter to Jon Silkin from Kazuko Takemura at the University of Tsukuba, accompanied by a ts schedule for a 1-day conference on 'The Autobiographical Mode' (including a paper by Silkin).

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Japanned papier mâché and tinware, c. 1740-1940

Jones, Yvonne; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

2012

Includes bibliographical references and index. From imitation to innovation : the origins of japanning in the West -- Enter the dragon : tinplate working and the japanning trade -- A lion of the dis...

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The ladies amusement, or, Whole art of japanning made easy : illustrated in upwards of fifteen-hundred different designs on two hundred copper plates (oversize)

Pillement, Jean (1728-1808); Sayer, Robert (1725-1794); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[2000?]

Facsimile reprint. Originally published: 2nd ed. London : Robert Sayer, [1762?]. Reprinted from the only surviving perfect copy of The Ladies amusement, 1762. Reprinted from a copy of the 2nd editio...

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The ladies amusement, or, Whole art of japanning made easy : illustrated in upwards of fifteen-hundred different designs on two hundred copper plates (oversize)

Pillement, Jean (1728-1808); Sayer, Robert (1725-1794); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[2000?]

Facsimile reprint. Originally published: 2nd ed. London : Robert Sayer, [1762?]. Reprinted from the only surviving perfect copy of The Ladies amusement, 1762. Reprinted from a copy of the 2nd editio...

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The Unresolved Conflict: Reference Material

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1990-1991

Photocopied articles and essays used by Silkin in his research for The Life of Metrical and Free Verse. Includes Silkin's 'An Idea of 'Moses' and Martin Taylor's' '

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Japan (General)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1991-1993

Items relating generally to Jon Silkin's activities during his time in Japan. Includes posters/flyers for a poetry reading at Tsukuba by Silkin and Japanese poets; invoices from Silkin's publishers re...

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Letters to and from Jon Silkin

4 November 1992 - 16 April 1993

4 ms letters and 1 ms postcard from the poet and translator William (Bill) I. Elliott (Kanto Gakuin University, Japan) to Jon Silkin; and 1 carbon copy ts letter from Silkin to Elliott.

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Letters to and from Jon Silkin

22 December 1992 - 24 November 1993

1 photocopied ts letter from Jon Silkin to Tetsuya Taguchi, editor of the journal 'Electric Rexroth', with Silkin's ms annotations; 1 word-processed letter from Taguchi to Silkin. Also 1 circular lett...

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Letters to and from Jon Silkin

6 June 1991 - 30 September 1993

2 word-processed letters and 3 ms letters from Stephen Forster, editor of 'Printed Matter' (Japan), to Jon Silkin; 1 carbon copy ts letter from Silkin to Forster, and a cc ts 'blurb' by Silkin on Fors...

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