Letters and cards from Peter Parker (author of the entry for Upward in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, and biographer of Christopher Isherwood).
Edward Upward: Correspondence (Katherine Bucknell)
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Various letters from Katherine Bucknell, including some letters from Upward in autograph draft. The correspondence begins with a letter from Bucknell (1986) soliciting Upward's support for the founding of the W. H. Auden Society, and thereafter traces Bucknell's growing interest in Upward's work.
Letters from the British Library regarding the initial acquisition of Edward Upward's papers, with a few letters from Upward in autograph draft. The folder includes some correspondence between Upward and Bertram Rota Ltd regarding the valuation of his papers. For convenience, these have been in...
1. Letters from The Hogarth Press (1937-51). Includes: signed covering letter from Leonard Woolf (5 November 1937) enclosing 'two copies of the agreement' for the publication of 'The Border-Line' (agreement not present); statements of account for Journey to the Border for various years; and vari...
Letters from Quartet Books, William Heiemann Ltd, Chatto & Windus/The Hogarth Press, and Penguin Books Ltd. With a few letters in autograph draft by Upward. Includes (as a corrected word-processed document) a 'New Introduction' by Humphrey Carpenter to The Railway Accident and Other Stories...
Letters from William Heinemann Ltd, Penguin Books Ltd, and George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, with speculative letters from Carcanet Press Ltd and Hutchinson. The folder includes some letters from Upward in autograph draft. Also, in draft, a short memoir note (1987) by Upward on Christopher ...
Edward Upward: Correspondence (Publisher: Alan Ross)
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Correspondence with Alan Ross, who championed and published Upward's stories in London Magazine. Includes some letters from Upward in autograph draft, and also Upward, 'What Christopher Isherwood Has Meant to Me' (1986) in autograph draft and in typescript. Many communications from Ross are on ...