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Brotherton Collection10
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Herbert Read Collection3
Leeds Russian Archive1

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P'U, Sung-Ling (1640-1715)2
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Barstow, Stan (1928-2011)1
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Beaty, David (1919-1999)1
Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich (1870-1953)1
Gosse, Edmund (1849-1928)1
Keown, Anna Gordon (1902-)1
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Morgan, W G Curtis1

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Two poems: 'The Year of Love' and 'Love and Sleep'

1865 - 1866

The original manuscripts for 'The Year of Love' and 'Love and Sleep', written on verso fragments of the manuscript for 'Chastelard'. Contained in a volume bound in full blue morocco gilt by Riviere. F...

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Chinese ghost & love stories

P'u, Sung-ling (1640-1715); Quong, Rose

c1946

"A selection from the Liao-chai stories by P'u Sung-ling, translated by Rose Quong."

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Chinese ghost & love stories

P'u, Sung-ling (1640-1715); Quong, Rose

c1946

"A selection from the Liao-chai stories by P'u Sung-ling, translated by Rose Quong."

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The gentleman from San Francisco, and other stories

Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich (1870-1953); Sansom, William (1912-1976)

1975

'... drawn from three collections of short stories by Ivan Bunin : "The Gentleman from San Francisco and other stories" (English translation 1922), "Grammar of love" (1935), and "Dark avenues" (1949)'...

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Algernon Charles Swinburne manuscripts

Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909)

1851-1999

Comprises a substantial collection of manuscripts (many of them autographs), typed or pencilled transcriptions, and some printed proofs and early editions of literary works by Swinburne, including poe...

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Stan Barstow Archive

Barstow, Stan (1928-2011)

1956-1996

Comprises: (1) Autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of Barstow's writings, including: 'A brother's tale'; 'A kind of loving'; 'A raging calm'; 'A season with Eros'; ' About the novel'; 'Ask me t...

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David and Betty Beaty Archive

Beaty, David (1919-1999)

1939-2004

Comprises: (a) 2 boxes of correspondence between David and Betty Beaty and several publishers, friends, and others, mainly concerning their respective publications, dated between 1939 and 1998, inclu...

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W.G. Curtis Morgan, literary papers and publications with some letters and personal and financial items

Morgan, W G Curtis

1922-1991

Comprises: (1) 3 boxes of literary papers by Morgan, including (a) Mainly typescript drafts with autograph manuscript revisions of 12 plays, namely, 'The Squire of Darkfield' (4 drafts), 'The Jurado R...

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Angela Thirkell Archive

Thirkell, Angela Margaret

1895-2004

Comprises: (1) 12 boxes of material catalogued by David Gilson, namely, autograph manuscript notebooks containing drafts of the novels 'Love among the Ruins', 'The Old Bank House', 'Morning, afternoo...

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Keown (Anna Gordon), literary papers with related material, including some correspondence

Keown, Anna Gordon (1902-)

1934-1959

Comprises: (1) Autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of some of Anna Gordon Keown's literary works, including at least 9 short stories or plays, dated ca. 1948-1955, and held in a red folder; at ...

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