Ric Hool: Letters and Cards Received from Lee Harwood (2004-06)
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The correspondence is preceded by the following photographs of Harwood and other poets occasionally referred to in communications. These comprise: a colour portrait (by Hool) of Harwood on the beach at Cuckmere Haven (180 x 240 mm, photograph encapsulated); six small colour photographs (printed ...
Ric Hool: Letters and Cards Received from Lee Harwood (2007-09)
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Letters and cards from Lee Harwood as follows: (1). 10 Jan 2007. Autograph postcard, sent from Dorset. 'Just off to St Ives to see the Roger Hilton exhibition there with Kelvin Corcoran. A nice January treat.' (2). 30 Jul 2007. Autograph letter (1 sheet). 'I've just got back from two weeks in ...
Ric Hool: Letters and Cards Received from Lee Harwood (2010-12)
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Letters and cards from Lee Harwood as follows: (1). 8 Jan 2010. Autograph postcard. (2). 9 Feb 2010. Autograph folding card. 'Thank you so much for your poem. I'm deeply touched and warmed by your dedication.' Harwood has just returned from Dorset, and from visiting John Hall 'on the edge of D...
Ric Hool: Letters and Cards Received from Lee Harwood (2013-15)
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Letters and cards from Lee Harwood as follows (and a copy letter from Hool to Harwood, 27 Apr 2015): (1). 2 Jan 2013. Autograph postcard with small additional PS sheet. (2). 11 Feb 2013. Autograph folding card. 'Though it's way ahead, thanks for the date - 17 Sept - for my Hen and Chicks readi...
Leaves from the manuscript of Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott
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Two folios of the autograph manuscript of Kenilworth, numbered 16 and 17 by Scott, with insertions and corrections on the versos. The two folios belong to chapter four of volume II of the manuscript, the greater part of which is found at Egerton MS 1661. The text begins halfway through chapter ...
Charlotte Brontë, 'Characters of the Celebrated Men of the Present Time by Captain Tree'
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Miniature book by Charlotte Brontë titled, 'Characters of the Celebrated Men of the Present Time by Captain Tree'. Written in ink on hand cut paper. In ten chapters, each signed by 'CB', 'Captain Tree', 'C. Tree' or 'CT' and dated between 12 and 17 December 1829. Contents: ‘Chapter the first C...
Charlotte Brontë, letter to William Smith Williams
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Charlotte Brontë, autograph letter signed 'C. Bell' to William Smith Williams, 10 November 1847. 4 pages. Subjects include reviews of Jane Eyre and speculation about the authorship of the novel and of Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell (1846), forthcoming novels by Charlotte's sisters Emily ...
Notebook containing 31 poems written in ink on lined paper by Emily Brontë, with some autograph revisions. Further revisions in pencil by Charlotte Brontë. The first poem is dated 11 November 1838 and the last 2 January 1846. On the first page (f. 4r) are the initials 'EJB' and 'Transcribed Febr...
The Boxer Rebellion: letters from missionary Fanny Lloyd
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Three autograph letters from the English missionary Fanny Lloyd to her nephew, Henry. Written from the inland mission at Chung King, the letters provide a first-hand account of the atmosphere and events of the early years of the Boxer Rebellion. (1). 24 May 1898. China Inland Mission, Chung Kin...
