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Total number of records: 115

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Brotherton Collection115
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Leeds Poetry115

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proofs (printing)115
correspondence35
books reviews14
book covers13
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)8
authors and publishers5
book jackets3
illustration of books2
artists' contracts1
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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)37
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)26
Crossley-Holland, Kevin22
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)6
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn6
Penguin Books2
Redgrove, Peter (1932-2003)2
Harrison, Tony (1937-)1
Pybus, Rodney (1938-)1
Wright, David (1920-1994)1

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Proof of Preghiere

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1964

This file contains a proof of 'Preghiere' with Geoffrey Hill's ms corrections. The proof comprises of printed pages attached to plain paper with sellotape, and held together as a pamphlet with cotton.

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Proofs of Mercian Hymns

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

c.1966-1967

This file contains photocopies of 2 sets of proofs for Geoffrey Hill's poetry collection 'Mercian Hymns.'The first set includes a photocopied page from C.H. Sisson's 'Essays' (privately printed by Sis...

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Proofs of Tenebrae

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

c.1977-1978

This file contains proofs for the collection 'Tenebrae', with Geoffrey Hill's ms corrections and ms mark-up for the printer. The proofs do not include a contents page: this is supplied as typescript, ...

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Péguy Draft and Proofs

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1982-1983

Complete typescript draft of 'The Mystery of the Charity of Charles Péguy', with some ms revisions/corrections. The draft is signed and dated in ms at the end 'Cambrai: Cambridge 1.9.80: 23.7.82'; th...

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Speech! Speech!: Draft and Proof

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1999-2000

This file contains a clean typescript draft of 'Speech! Speech!', and page proofs for 'Speech! Speech!' as published by Counterpoint (Washington D.C.) in 2000, with Geoffrey Hill's ms corrections and ...

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Proofs for The Orchards of Syon

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

2001

This file contains page proofs for 'The Orchards of Syon' as published by Counterpoint (Washington D.C.) in 2001. Comprises a complete set of corrected page proofs ([1], 77 ff), with a colour draft of...

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Page Proofs: A Treatise of Civil Power

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

2007

This file contains 2 sets of proofs for Geoffrey Hill's 'A Treatise of Civil Power'. The first set (ii-xii, 56 ff) is dated 6 March 2007, is marked 'author's set' in ms, and includes Hill's ms notes o...

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Proof Copy

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

c.1970-1972

Proofs for the preliminaries of the collection 'A Beach of Stones,' a previous working title of 'The Rain Giver'; jacket proofs for 'The Rain Giver'.

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Proofs

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1983

This file contains the following items: - 1 setting copy of Time's Oriel, 64 ff with annotations

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Proofs

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

c.1985

Proofs and drafts of the 'Oxford Book of Travel Verse,' including the following typescripts and manuscripts: - Draft contents, 78 ff. - Material for Introduction and drafts 1, 2 and 3 of Introducti...

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Proofs

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1995-1997

Includes material relating to Kevin Crossley-Holland's poetry collection titled 'The Language of Yes' (1996), containing: Drafts, notes and ts poems relating to 'The Language of Yes' (23 ff); 1 settin...

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Proof

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1996

Corrected proof copy of 'Swarm and Honeycomb.'

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