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BC MS Lt 98, final flyleaf: Joseph Sparrows poem
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Didactic and religious verse and prose by Joseph Sparrow, written in at the front and back of Elizabeth Joceline's 'The mothers legacy to her unborn child', 1684.

Joceline, Elizabeth

c.1705-1706

Comprises the complete printed 1684 edition of Joceline's work, with 16 English religious poems and other didactic material added before and after its text.

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Peter Dale, materials relating to the composition and publication of 'Da Capo: a sequence of poems [by] Dale, with Back for somehow on: an essay on Da Capo [by] Philip Hoy' (London, 1997).

Dale, Peter John (1938-)

1993-1998

Principally comprises autograph manuscript drafts of poems by Peter Dale for 'Da Capo', a manuscript notebook belonging to Peter Dale entitled 'Notes/ Da Capo/ 1993-96', several autograph typescript d...

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Killhope wheel

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997); Mid Northumberland Arts Group

1971

Photograph (of Killhope Wheel, Co. Durham?) on front and back covers.

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The London book of English verse

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); Dobrée, Bonamy (1891-1974)

1953

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New year letter

Auden, W H (1907-1973); Bridgen, John William

1941

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BC MS Lt 24, f. 29v: The opening of Thomas D'Urfey's song
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Poetical commonplace book, compiled by Benjamin Coles

Coles, Benjamin

c.1730-1741

The volume also contains some prose

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Printed poems and articles scrapbook

c.1915-1919

Scrapbook with cuttings of articles and poems by Herbert Read, as well as book reviews of books by Read. Clippings are from publications including the Gryphon and the New Age. Loose pages of the Egois...

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Language as gesture : essays in poetry

Blackmur, R P (1904-1965)

[1952]

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BC MS Lt 8, f. R6r:
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Commonplace book compiled by William Stone

Stone, William

c.1748

Ownership inscriptions and family details inside front covers. Ff.1-17r: medical recipes preceded by alphabetical index. From back: inside back cover, note on 'climatic' years, etc. Remainder inverted...

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Unidentified: The Story of Narks

Read, Benedict (1945-2016)

n.d.

Manuscript children's story called The Story of Narks (4ff). A note that accompanied the manuscript to Special Collections suggested that the story may have been written for John Read by his father, H...

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