Curtis Brown Ltd. papers, 1907-1935 1917-1935.

Caine, Hall, 1853-1931

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Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine, usually known as Hall Caine, was a British novelist, dramatist, short story writer, poet, and critic. Caine's popularity during his lifetime was unprecedented; he was the most highly paid novelist of his day. The Eternal City is the first novel to have sold over a million copies worldwide. He is the author of more than a dozen plays and adapted several of his novels for stage. Most of Caine's novels were adapted into silent black and white films. Caine was born 14...

Dukes, Ashley, 1885-1959

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Epithet: author and dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000111 British producer and playwright. From the description of Ashley Dukes papers, [ca. 1932-1942]. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122502153 ...

Maxwell, W. B. (William Babington), 1866-1938

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Voronoff, Serge, 1866-1951

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Curtis Brown, Ltd. (London)

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English literary agency founded in 1899 by the American literary agent, Curtis Brown. From the description of Curtis Brown Ltd. papers, 1907-1935 1917-1935. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 489376526 ...

Le Queux, William, 1864-1927

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British author known for writing some of the first spy novels. His ideas and books lead to the British Secret Service being formed. From the description of Unpublished manuscript. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 55151976 ...

Arlen, Michael, 1895-1956

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Michael Arlen was an Anglo-Bulgarian novelist, short-story and film-script writer. From the description of Michael Arlen collection of papers, 1921-[1953]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485081 From the guide to the Michael Arlen collection of papers, 1921-[1953, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) ...

Coke, Desmond, 1879-1931

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Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937

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Amphion Glee Club.

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Trench, Frederic Herbert, 1865-1923.

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Yeats-Brown, Francis, 1886-1944

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Nichols, Beverley, 1898-1983

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English essayist, novelist and playwright. During World War II Nichols spent a year in India as a correspondent of the British syndicate of the Allied newspapers. From the description of Verdict on India : [London], [1944]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84554522 From the description of Verdict on India : [London], [1944]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702146653 Novelist, playwright, journalist, composer, and political activist John Bev...

Brown, Curtis, 1866-1945

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Literary agent. From the description of Typed letter signed with initials : London, to Crosby Gaige, 1928 Feb. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 606925094 ...

Mais, S. P. B. (Stuart Petre Brodie), 1885-1975

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Thorndike, Russell, 1885-1972

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Browning, Oscar, 1837-1923

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Oscar Browning (1837-1923), historian, was born in London on 17 January 1837. He attended Eton from 1850, and entered King's College, Cambridge, in 1856, where he became a fellow in 1859. He was assistant master at Eton, 1860-1875, before returning to King's, where he was appointed a lecturer in history in 1880. He became a university lecturer in 1883, and was principal of the Cambridge University day training college for teachers, which he was chiefly responsible for founding, 1891-1909. He lef...

Malleson, Miles

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Webb, Mary, 1881-1927

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English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hampstead, to an unidentified "Dear Madam", 1925 Jan. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270587517 Webb, an English writer, wrote novels, poetry, essays, stories, sketches and review articles. From the description of Mary Webb papers, 1898-1926. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 52752538 Mary Webb was born in Leighton-under-the-Wrekin, Shropshire, England, on March 25, 18...

Graham, Stephen, 1884-1975

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The British writer travelled extensively in Russia and Central Asia on foot, chronicling his experiences in "A Vagabond in the Caucasus" and "Undiscovered Russia." From the description of Correspondence, 1918-1926. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122582517 Author. Stephen Graham was born in 1884, the son of Anderson Graham. As a world traveler who felt especially drawn to Russia and Central Europe, he wrote more than fifty books. M...

Roberts, Cecil Edric Mornington, 1892-

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Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess, 1879-1964

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Born Nancy Witcher Langhorne, of Richmond, Va., and "Mirador," Albemarle co., Va. Married Robert Gould Shaw, 1897; divorced, 1903; one son, Robert Gould. Married Waldorf Astor (1879-1952) of Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, Eng., 1906; five children: William Waldorf (b. 1907), Nancy Phyllis Louise (b. 1909), Frances David Langhorne (b. 1912), Michael (b. 1916), and John Jacob (b. 1918). Elected first woman to Parliament, 1919, serving twenty-five years. From the description of Pa...

Waugh, Alec, 1898-1981

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Alec Waugh, elder brother of Evelyn Waugh, had a long and productive career as a writer. He fought in France in World War I, and was a prisoner of war; his first novel, the controversial Loom of Youth, was published during the war. After the war, he lived an itinerant lifestyle, and his travels supplied him with story ideas for his fiction and served as the basis of his popular travel books. A self-described 'minor writer, ' he also wrote essays and several popular memoirs of his life and family...