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Total number of records: 85

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Archives82
Books and printed items3

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Brotherton Collection82
English Literature82
Leeds Poetry82
Herbert Read Collection1

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authors and publishers85
correspondence37
publishers and publishing21
literary agents16
book proposals8
artists' contracts4
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)3
illustration of books3
novelists, english3
proofs (printing)3

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Crossley-Holland, Kevin28
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)6
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)6
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn6
Lane, John (1854-1925)3
Lane, John, 1854-19253
Rolfe, Frederick William (1860-1913)3
Rolfe, Frederick, 1860-19133
Woolf, Cecil3
Blackburn, Margaret Mcguire1

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Letter

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

6 May 1976

This file contains 1 letter to Thomas Blackburn from Trevor Kneale concerning the editing of 'Post Mortem' in preparation for publication.

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Letters

Various publishers etc

25 November 1974-1 August 1977

This file contains: - 1 letter from Anthony Sheil Associates Limited terminating their representation of Thomas Blackburn and returning the script of Blackburn's autobiographical sequel The Last Far...

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Contract and Letter

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1964-1966

This file contains a publishing contract for 'A Breathing Space' (1964) signed on behalf of Putnam & Co; and a letter concerning sales of the same collection.

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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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Letters to Thomas Blackburn

8 July 1958

This file contains a letter from Clement Alexandre at the publishers Doubleday and Company, Inc in New York requesting Blackburn's business.

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Letters to Thomas Blackburn

Marx, Erica

4 February 1957

This file contains correspondence from Erica Marx at the Hand and Flower Press to Thomas Blackburn. It concerns a poetry reading given by Blackburn to the Epsom Poetry Society whilst he was Gregory Fe...

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Letters to Thomas Blackburn

Smith, John

c.1950-1970

1 letter from the director of Christy & Moore, Ltd., John Smith, to Thomas Blackburn concerning the purchase of one of Blackburn's books by MacGibbon & Kee.

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Letters to Jon Silkin

9 May 1962

1 typescript letter from publisher John Calder to Jon Silkin.

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Letters to Jon Silkin

18 September 1979 - 15 August 1989

16 letters from various correspondents at Routledge in the United States to Jon Silkin; and 5 carbon copy letters from Silkin to Routledge USA. The correspondence from Routledge includes 12 ts letters...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

19 January 1967 - 16 December 1996

1 typed letter from Tom Maschler, 1 typed letter from Sarah Wiesendanger, and 1 word-processed letter from Robin Robertson at publishers Jonathan Cape to Jon Silkin.

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Letters to Jon Silkin

17 June 1986 - 13 January 1997

Correspondence from various at publishers Faber and Faber to Jon Silkin. Includes 1 ms postcard from Connie Mitchell; 2 typescript letters from Craig Raine; 1 ts letter from Christopher Reid; 1 ms pos...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

2 July 1972 - 3 August 1973

Correspondence from the publishers Victor K. Gollancz. Includes 2 typescript letters from Kevin Crossley-Holland, 1 ts letter from Helen Tuschling and 1 acknowledgement card.

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