Holroyd, Michael, 1935-

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Exchange regarding Ellmann's interest in seeing Hesketh Pearson's Wilde materials; other topics.

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"Dear Julia, I like it - it's well researched (look at those notes!), soundly structured, and written with sensitivity and humour. It's informative and enjoyable..."

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"Dear Julia, Your letters terrify me because they corner me on references. Were you to open up a challenge on some philosophical or aesthetic matter, I could perhaps respond - but references silence me..."

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Consists of a mixture of materials that belonged to Edith Nesbit, her biographers (Doris Langley Moore and Julia Briggs), her daughter-in-law Gertrude Bland, and others. Includes correspondence, work product, original manuscripts, artifacts, photographs, clipping albums, oversized artwork, and a wooden writing case.

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"Dear Julia, (yes, I think we may) Thanks for returning the letter - here is another I came across after you'd left (you needn't return it as it's a copy of a copy). I also very much enjoyed our talk, though I'm distraught at the "preface and book" comment being so unsupported..."

Scope and Contents Contains office copies of books published by Secker into which a variety of materials were laid in, tipped in, or pasted in to many of them. These materials include handwritten and typed cards, letters and royalty receipts; Richards Press and Martin Secker publication announcements; press cuttings of book reviews and articles; photographs and clipped photographic illustrations; handwritten poems and essays; and fragments of dust jackets and dust jacket blurbs.Items which could...

Scope and Contents An artificial collection that consists of single and/or small groups of letters, small groups of related literary materials, individual or small groups of manuscripts such as poems and similar individual pieces which were deemed at one time to be of sufficient bulk to be placed into separate collections. These materials were acquired independently of larger collections. The period covered is primarily the first half or so of the twentieth century, but there are selected items dating well...