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english poetry2
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Lefevre Gallery4
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Nicholson, Ben (1894-1982)2
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Reid, John Cowie2
Reid, Louis Arnaud2
Reid, Norman2
Anderson, Sir Colin (1904-)1

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British empirical philosophers : Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Reid and J. S. Mill

Ayer, A J (1910-1989); Winch, Raymond

1952

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The deserted altar and other poems

Posner, David Louis

1957

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S'un casto amor

Posner, David Louis

1953

"Edition limited to 30 copies for private circulation only" - title-page verso.

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Ben Nicholson

Nicholson, Ben (1894-1982); Reid, Norman; Harrison, Charles (1942-2009); Tate Gallery

[1969]

Introduction by Norman Reid; "Notes on Ben Nicholson's development and commentary on selected works", by Charles Harrison.

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Education

1953 - 1966

This file contains assorted statements, correspondence and carbon copies relating to education, including statements of school fees for Herbert Read's children Thomas Reid, Piers Paul Read, Sophie Rea...

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Roger de la Fresnaye

Seligman, Germain; La Fresnaye, Roger de (1885-1925)

1945

"First edition. Limted to seven hundred and seventy five copies."--T.p. verso.

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Arthur Segal

Jun - Jul 1968

Letters addressed to Read with copies of Read's responses. The file includes letters from Marianne Segal, widow of Arthur Segal, concerning attempted donations of Segal's work. The file also includes ...

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Peggy Guggenheim

Guggenheim, Peggy (1898-1979); Reid, Norman

1959 - 1967

This file contains 7 letters to Herbert Read from Peggy Guggenheim. The letters are brief but some refer to Guggenheim's alternating wishes for her collection after her death: one option being the...

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Graham Greene

Greene, Graham (1904-1991)

1918 - 1968

This file contains 11 letters to Herbert Read from Graham Greene, and 2 from his secretary Josephine Reid. The letters chiefly regard travel advice and arrangments. In the letters from 1966 Greene ...

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The Emerging world : Jawaharlal Nehru memorial volume

Nehru, Jawaharlal (1889-1964)

[1964]

The emerging world society, by S. Radhakrishnan. -- Universities then and now, by Lord Adrian. -- A balance-sheet for science and technology in Europe, by Sir E. Ashby. -- Is peaceful change possible?...

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Tate Gallery

Rothenstein, John (1901-1992); Guggenheim, Peggy (1898-1979); Gowing, Sir Lawrence (1918-1991); Anderson, Sir Colin (1904-)

1955 - 30 May 1968

This file contains correspondence, meeting minutes and associated material relating to the Tate Gallery. Herbert Read was a Trustee of the Tate Gallery from 1965 until his death in 1968. File 1 ...

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Horace Walpole's letters : a selection

Walpole, Horace (1717-1797); Reid, Stuart J (1848-1927)

[1904]

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