Kingsmill Papers. Vol. vi (ff. ). Drafts of multiple works; circa 1934-1949. 1. 'The Casanova Fable'; with envelope annotated by Dorothy Kingsmill; circa 1934. 2. Preface to the 1924 edition of 'Dawn's Delay'; before 1924. 3. 'Progress of a Biographer'; 1949.
Kingsmill Papers. Vol. vii (ff. ). Drafts of novels, biography and essays; circa 1905 - circa 1910, n.d. 1. 'The Renaissance in Italy'. MS school essay, circa 1905. 2. Typewritten essay entitled, 'Travel'; 1907. 3. Typewritten playscript entitled, 'The Brigand Who Read Conan Doyle', by Kingsm...
Kingsmill Papers. Vol. viii (ff. ). Drafts of novels, biography and essays; 1930s - 1940s, n.d. 1. Drafts of letters on current affairs, headed 'Hitler' and 'Anthony Eden', by Kingsmill and William Gerhardie, intended as samples for a collaborative book; [1938]. Typewritten. 2. 'Introduction' ...
Kingsmill Papers. Vol. ix (ff. ). Literary works or fragments of works that are unattributed to Kingsmill;1940s, n.d. 1. Poems, unattributed, some annotated. Typewritten and MS; 1941-1945; n.d. 2. Typewritten draft, 'The Innocence of P.G. Wodehouse', not written by Kingsmill; late 1940s. 3. D...
Kingsmill Papers. Vol. v (ff. ). 'The table of Truth'; circa 1933. Drafts for a book of parodies. 1 'The Table of Truth' [introductory chapter]. 2. 'The Ruby of Khitmandu'. 3. 'Joseph (From 'Eminent Egyptians')'. 4. 'A Word to Mr Jones'. 5. 'Parodies … Remarks by Dr Johnson …'. 6. 'Some ...
Kingsmill Papers. Vol. ii (ff. ). 'Frank Harris'; 1931-1932. MS draft. Includes headings for chapters, foliation by Kingsmill and word counts. The first folio contains typewritten excerpts of letters from Frank Harris to Hesketh Pearson, 1926-1927. James Thomas Harris, alias 'Frank Harris'; aut...
Kingsmill Papers. Vols. iii-iv (ff. ). 'Samuel Johnson'; [1933?]. MS drafts. The volumes contain headings for chapters, discontinuous foliation by Kingsmill and some word counts.
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Samuel Johnson, LLD; lexicographer: Biography of Samuel Johnson: 1933?: Draft.
Kingsmill Papers. Vol. i (ff. ). 'Behind Both Lines'; before 1930. MS draft; with envelope annotated by Dorothy Kingsmill. Hugh Kingsmill, author: Alfred Leslie Rowse, historian: Correspondence between Alfred Leslie Rowse and Hugh Kingsmill: 1947.