R. A. Walker papers, 1930-1936.

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R. A. Walker papers, 1930-1936.

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Consists of Walker's related correspondence, his annotated typescripts, and galleys--as well as photostats of Aubrey Beardsley's letters in the Huntington Library--for the First Edition Club's edition of the LETTERS OF AUBREY BEARDSLEY TO LEONARD SMITHERS (1937), which was edited, with notes and an introduction, by Walker.

1.35 cu. ft. (3 boxes)

Princeton University Library

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Princeton University Library

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Derry, Georges, 1886-1960.

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Alphonse James Albert Symons was born in a suburb of London and privately educated, until apprenticed to a furrier at age fourteen. With little experience in the book trade, he founded the First Editions Club, and soon published a bibliography of William Butler Yeats. An avid collector, he was editor of the Book-Collector's Quarterly, establishing himself as an authority on literature of the 1890s with essays and lectures. He wrote several biographies, notably The Quest for Corvo, an innovative ...