Edward Harry William Meyerstein typescript and related materials, 1931-1957.

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Edward Harry William Meyerstein typescript and related materials, 1931-1957.

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The collection consists of six items: typescript of Geomagog and Corineus, a verse play, inscribed to A.I.E. (Arthur Isaac Ellis) 30 May, 1931, typed in red ink, based upon the English legend of the Trojan warriors Brut and Corineus arriving in Britain and fighting giants, led by Geomagog; postal card to Meyerstein from E.H. Blakeney, 30 Oct. 1935, commenting on his note about one of Blakeney's works; newspaper clipping reviewing Meyerstein's Of My Early Life, headed A Season in Hell, by John Wain, from the Observer, 15 Dec. 1957; also, three offprints, including: Berlioz, An Ode, reprinted from The Music Review, vol. IV, no. 4, inscribed to Dorothy and Arthur Ellis, 30 Nov. 1943; The Problem of Evil and Suffering in Beethoven's Pianoforte Sonatas, reprinted from The Music Review, vol. V, no.2, p. [96]-111, inscribed to Arthur and Dorothy Ellis, June 1944; Thomas Lovell Beddoes, reprinted from English, vol. III no. 13, p. 8-15, inscribed to A.I.E., no. 3 of 26 copies.

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