Robert Aickman Personal Correspondence: Felice Pearson - part 7
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Correspondence of Felice (Felix) Pearson, including one telegram from Aickman, 25 May 1958. The file also includes the minutes of the Theatre Censorship Reform Committee, for which Felice Pearson was secretary, 11 December 1958.
Robert Aickman Literary Correspondence: 'Correspondence (literary, rejections etc.)'
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Correspondence (29 letters) and other papers relating to Aickman literary works and his interest in paranormal incidents, including: letters to Aickman from agents, editors and publishers acknowledging receipt of manuscripts or rejecting them (rejections includes 'Bathwater' and 'Panacea') and s...
Robert Aickman Literary Correspondence: It is Later Than You Think
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Correspondence (10 letters) between Aickman and Penguin Books, Constable and Robert Hale regarding a proposal for a book of ghost stories, edited by Aickman, tentatively entitled 'It is later than you think'. Also includes autograph notes and a draft list of stories to be included in the book....
Robert Aickman Literary Correspondence: 'Assorted Letters of Interest'
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Correspondence of Robert Aickman including: letters from Phyllis Carew and Clifford Bax regarding an article about Bax in The Nineteenth Century and After, March 1946; correspondence with Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd. regarding a book for secondary school on the British Waterways by Aickman, ...
Invitations to Aickman to prepare and deliver BBC talks (live or recorded) on canals and ghosts, 1948-1956. Script for 'Roses and Castle', a BBC radio talk about canals in which Aickman took part, 1949.
Robert Aickman Literary Correspondence: The Visiting Moon
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Cover letter from Aickman to Messrs Longmans, Green & Co. sending a copy of his fiction 'The Visiting Moon' for their consideration, together with reviews of We Are For The Dark.
Robert Aickman Literary Correspondence: 'Rejections'
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16 letters from various publishers to Aickman rejecting his works, including the fiction 'The Visiting Moon' and 'Black Christmas', a collection of nine strange stories.
Robert Aickman Literary Correspondence: 1954-1977 - part 1
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Correspondence between Aickman and agents, editors, publishers, journals, magazines and other authors, mostly regarding his literary works, including: 1954: Time & Tide, Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd., Atlantic Books Ltd., Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd., The Spectator, Curtis Brown Ltd.,...
Robert Aickman Literary Correspondence: 1954-1977 - part 2
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Correspondence between Aickman and agents, editors, publishers, journals, magazines and other authors, mostly regarding his literary works, including: 1962: Watersport, Miles Henslow Publications, The Allied Circle, The Society of Authors, Coram Publishers, The Observer, Time & Tide, Daily E...