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Three copies of a typed script for Design for Living by Noel Coward. This folder contains one loose copy with typed amendments stuck into the script, and two bound volumes integrating the amendments.
Introductions to published works handwritten by John Osborne on headed paper. This folder includes an introduction to a printing of The Song of Soloman, and an introduction to a printing of A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift. This folder also includes the original brown envelope labelled with t...
One copy of The Farmer's Bride by Charlotte Mew (London: The Poetry Bookshop, 1916). Contents:The Farmer's Bride, p. 5.Fame, p. 7.The Narrow Door, p. 8.The Fete, p. 9.Beside the Bed, p. 14.In Nunhead Cemetery, p. 15.The Pedlar, p. 18.Pecheresse, p. 19.The Changeling, p. 21.Ken, p. 24.A Quoi Bon D...
One copy of The Rambling Sailor by Charlotte Mew (London: The Poetry Bookshop, 1929). Contents:Introductory Note, p. 7.In the Fields, p. 9.From a Window, p. 10.Not for that City, p. 11.Rooms, p. 12.Monsieur qui Passe, p. 13.Do Dreams Lie Deeper?, p. 14.Domus Caedet Arborem, p. 15.Fin de Fête, p. ...
Contents as follows:Two typescript drafts of 'V. R. I.' sonnets by Charlotte Mew, dated 22 Jan 1901 and 2 Feb 1901.One typescript draft of 'Song' by Charlotte Mew, undated.One manuscript draft of 'The Trees are Down' by Charlotte Mew, in her autograph, undated.One manuscript draft of 'On Youth St...
Contents as follows:One cutting (including duplicate) from the Observer, 12 May 1929. Review of The Rambling Sailor by Charlotte Mew.One cutting from the Manchester Guardian, 6 Jun 1929. Review of The Rambling Sailor by Charlotte Mew.Cuttings from Time and Tide, 21 Jun 1929, pp. 755-756. Reviews ...
Sailing directions, poem and recollections of foreign lands
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Contents as follows:Handwritten sailing directions for the Port of Heaneu[?]. An address given at the Bethel Ship Grove[?], Bristol, by Captain Samuel Williams in July 1862. The address was printed and distributed by Mr. Simon Short. The signature 'S. [Samuel] Williams' and the date '1904' can be...
Reminiscences of a voyage to the Patagonian Missions
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The handwritten text of a lecture given by Samuel Williams, Captain of the mission vessel Allen Gardiner. Neither the date nor the audience is known. The text describes his experiences on a tour of duty, sailing between the Falklands Islands, Terra del Fuego and Patagonia. The date of the voyage...
Miniature book entitled 'Lightning' created by Viviane Schwarz
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Miniature book entitled Lightning, created by the author Viviane Schwarz as part of the Discovering Children's Books project run by the British Library and partners.
Miniature book entitled 'Skyscraper' created by Viviane Schwarz
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Miniature book entitled Skyscraper, created by author, Viviane Schwarz, as part of the Discovering Children's Books project run by the British Library and partners.