[Wordsworth's butter knife] / Margaret Drabble. [1966]

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[Wordsworth's butter knife] / Margaret Drabble. [1966]

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This essay on books as objects was originally untitled and is dated Paris, 1966. In May 1979 Drabble provided a title; the text was then published by the Catawba Press, Northampton, Mass., in 1980. Drabble's letters, concerning the essay, are to Ruth Mortimer, then the curator of the Rare Book Room of Smith College. -- Letter, 1979 Mar. 24, London, England grants permission to reprinted the then untitled essay. -- Letter, 1979 May 15, London, England suggests two possible titles for her essay.

[2] p. ; 25 cm. 2 letters

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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Drabble, Margaret, 1939-....

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English authors. From the description of Margaret Drabble collection, 1963-1982. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70962613 Author. From the description of Letters, ca. 1974-1975. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 237005957 Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000499.0x000205 ...

Mortimer, Ruth.

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Mortimer was educated at Smith College (A.B., 1953) and Columbia University. From 1957-1975 she worked at the Houghton Library at Harvard University. In 1975 she returned to Smith as curator of rare books where she served until her death in January 1994. She was fascinated with the publishing history of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and collected editions of the text, secondary sources and the materials in this collection. From the description of Ruth Mortimer Frankenstein collection, ...