Norman Colbeck collection of English literary manuscripts, 1718-1725 ; 1822- 1928.

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Norman Colbeck collection of English literary manuscripts, 1718-1725 ; 1822- 1928.

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Letters, poems, essays, and other items chiefly relating to lesser-known English literary figures, 1822-1928, purchased from Norman Colbeck, dealer in literary manuscripts, of Vancouver, B.C. There are only a few items, usually letters or handwritten poems, for most of the writers represented. These writers include Laurence Binyon (1869-1943), Mathilde Blind (1841-1896), Gordon Bottomley (1874-1948), William Broome (1689- 1745), Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), William Dyce (1806-1864), Florence Farr (1860-1917), including references to W.B. Yeats and essays on the social status of women, Samuel Ferguson (1810-1886), Robin Ernest William Flower (1881-1946), including eleven letters apparently to John Freeman (1880-1929), Richard LeGalliene, Augustus Septimus Mayhew (1826-1875), Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols (1893-1944), Winthrop Mackworth Praed, (1802- 1839), and William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863). Other items include a 183-page typescript autobiography by W.J. Ibbett; an annotated copy of "The Song of the Stars and other Poems," by Alpha Crucis (London: Cassell, Petter, Galphin & Co., ca. 1882), with letters from R.D. Smith; an unascribed handwritten collection of hymns and poems, 1822, some designated for particular Sundays and holy days; a family history and genealogy of the Grant family, 1718; a 189-page volume of handwritten poems by Emily Sarah Holt (b. 1836); and handwritten diary entries, 1896-1900, probably by William Canton (1845-1926) and his wife, chiefly recording and reflecting on activities and conversations of their young children, Winifrid V. Canton (b. 1890) and Guy Canton (b. 1896).

ca. 95 items (1.0 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Praed, Winthrop Mackworth, 1802-1839

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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to the Rev. Hastings Robinson, 1838 Apr. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618926 From the description of There hangs a portrait in an ancient hall : autograph poem, unsigned, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618920 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Haymarket, to an unidentified correspondent, 1835 Jan. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618930 From the ...

Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943

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Laurence Binyon was an English writer. The University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections has a mandate to acquire literary papers. From the description of Laurence Binyon fonds. [1941]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 660202804 Binyon was born Aug. 10, 1869 in Lancaster, England; British Museum official for 40 years, as well as art historian, critic, translator, playwright, and poet; author of numerous works on art, including Painting in the Fa...

Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930

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British author, best known for his stories about detective Sherlock Holmes. From the description of Letter : South Norwood, to Major Pond, 1894 May 31. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 57008581 English physician, novelist and detective-story writer. From the description of Papers of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [manuscript], 1893-1985 (bulk 1893-1927). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816353 Doyle was an English mystery writer perh...

Bottomley, Gordon, 1874-1948

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Gordon Bottomley was an English author, known primarily for his verse plays. Born in Yorkshire, he took a job as a bank clerk, but had to give it up due to a tubercular condition, which contributed to his comparatively quiet life. He was an accomplished poet, and devoted himself to reviving the art of verse drama, writing some thirty plays, almost all of them in verse. He remains a gifted and visionary Georgian author. Bottomley married painter Emily Burton, and their home, The Sheiling, was a p...

Flower, Robin, 1881-1946

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English librarian, scholar of Irish literature and poet. From the description of Tomás : place not specified : autograph manuscript of the poem signed, 1927 Oct. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270539220 ...

Colbeck, Norman, book and manuscript dealer

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Epithet: book and manuscript dealer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x000331 ...

W. V. (Winifred Vida), 1890-1901

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Freeman, John, 1880-1929

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John Freeman, British poet and critic, published his first work, Twenty poems in 1909. He subsequently published 10 more volumes of poetry. Freeman has written several works of literary citicism including, The moderns (1916) Herman Melville (1926), and several introductions. He has also published reviews in journals including the Bookman, The Spectator and the London Mercury. Freeman was awarded the Hawthornden Prize for Best Work in Imaginative Literature, published in 1920. From th...

Ferguson, Samuel, 1810-1886

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Canton, William, 1845-1926

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Epithet: poet and journalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000562.0x000259 Canton was a poet, journalist, and historian, much noted for his works related to children. Miss L (Alice Lachmund, 1877-1973) attended Smith College, but graduated from the University of Chicago (Ph.B.). From the description of William Canton's letters to Miss L, 1913-1916. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 184841452 ...

Ibbett, William Joseph, 1858-

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Ibbett, a prolific but "unfashionable" English poet, worked in the General Post Office. Many of his works were published privately, either printed by himself on his own press or sometimes, as shown here, in small manuscript editions. A.H. Bullen of the Shakespeare Head Press published at least two of Ibbett's works. From the description of William Joseph Ibbett collection, 1903-1917. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 177649544 ...

Farr, Florence, 1860-1917

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Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939

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W.B. (William Butler) Yeats (1865-1939), poet and dramatist, born in County Sligo, Ireland. From the description of W.B. Yeats collection, 1875-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863171 British poet. From the description of Letter : to William Weber, Brooklyn, New York : holograph, 12 May [no year]. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18786005 William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist. From t...

Le Gallienne, Richard, 1866-1947

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Richard Le Gallienne, British journalist and author, was a prolific writer during the late 19th and early 20th century. His early mentor was Oliver Wendell Holmes. Le Gallienne wrote My ladies' sonnets (1887), and the romantic novel, The quest of the golden girl (1896). He published The romantic nineties (1926), while working as a journalist in New York. In 1927 Le Gallienne emigrated to France where he lived out the remainder of his life. From the description of Manuscript-Letters, ...

Blind, Mathilde, 1841-1896

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Mathilde Blind, German-born British poet and biographer. She wrote several books of poetry and the first full-length biography of George Eliot (1883). Blind was a member of the Shelley Society and gave public lectures on Shelley. In 1886 she edited the poems, letters, and journals of Byron, and her essay on Mary Wollstonecraft's educational theories was published in 1878 in the New Quarterly Magazine. From the description of Mathilde Blind manuscript material : 6 items, ca. 1875-1893...

Canton, Guy, b. 1896.

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Smith, R. D., 1914-1985

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Broome, William, 1689-1745

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Mayhew, Augustus, 1826-1875

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Nichols, Robert, 1893-1944

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English author Robert Nichols was known as a World War I poet and playwright. Educated at Winchester College and Oxford, he served as an artillery officer in World War I, before being discharged with shell shock. He wrote poetry, giving readings to large crowds, and was part of a group of British artists sent to America. After the war, he became part of England's literary circle, served as professor of English literature at the University of Tokyo, and lived for a time in Austria and France. He ...

Dyce, William, 1806-1864

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English painter. From the description of Letters, 1843-1859. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82257497 Scottish painter. From the description of Autograph letter in third person, not signed : Norwood [London], to Mr. and mrs. Bicknell, 1852 May 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270742738 William Dyce, Scottish painter and educationist. From the guide to the William Dyce manuscript material : 1 item, 1848, (The New York Public L...

Holt, Emily Sarah, 1836-

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Grant family

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Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863

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Amy Crowe (1831-1865) was a family friend who lived with Thackeray as his adopted daughter and later married Thackerays̓ cousin Edward Talbot Thackeray. From the description of [Letter] to Amy Crowe, 27 September [1854], 36 Onslow Sqr. Brompton. [1854] (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 35091085 Thackeray was an English novelist and satirist. J. Pearson and Co. and George William Childs were booksellers in London. Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchi...