Goodacre, Selwyn Hugh, 1940-

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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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Photocopy of a handwritten letter.

Scope and Contents "Dear Selwyn, I've now laid hands on Kirkpatrick's bibliography and am mightily clearer on one or two points, though I would stil like to know the sources of some of the material there, especially the play listings. Though the critical material is by DLM, I am very doubtful that she wrote the bibliography since, as you know, it embodies quite a list of new material of the sort she wouldn't have been capable of finding by 1978 (she is a very frail and tottery old lady) - if ever (she was...

Scope and Contents "Dear Julia, I am sending by separate post a whole mass of photocopies of the 1888 Weekly Dispatch Nesbit items, and the Daily Chronicle weekly articles. I think you will find them pretty interesting! Sorry for delay. The day at the Bodleian was fruitful - many thanks for finding the books for me. In the front of 'We've Tales to Tell' (1893) were pictures of all the books in the range, so I think the two not previously listed will be EN items - By the Nursery Lamp, and The Arabian...

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"Dear Julia, I must apologise for being so so slow in writing to you. First - may I say how very much I enjoyed the evening dining at Hertford it was a great treat and privilege for me, and I do appreciate your thought and kindness in letting me come. It was an evening to savour. And also very many thanks for putting me up overnight. It all made the whole weekend a time to remember..."

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"Dear Julia, Many thanks for your note. I am more than happy for the check list to be styled 'bibliography'. I can now give you some more details about some of the books I mentioned in my last letter. Though how much one can at this stage add to the final list I am not sure..."

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"Dear Julia, Many thanks for your letter - and for the very generous cheque, which is much appreciated. I enclose several sheets of corrections etc. for the prelim list. I hope you can follow it. Quite a lot of the notes are simply attempts to tidy it up, and make it more internally consistent..."

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"Dear Julia, Many thanks for your letter. I was relieved that your publisher thought the list O.K. I enclose the Guardian ref. I am not surprised you couldn't find it! It is rather tucked away. I love the idea of several copies of the book. I tend to give copies of any books in which I am involved to members of the family at Christmas, and it can get a mite expensive (the Steadman Alice retails at £15 - that multiplied a few times can certainly add up)..."