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Cyclostyled typescript of Adam’s Island, a play by Nevill Coghill

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MS. Eng. c. 8259
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Cyclostyled typescript of Nevill Coghill's Adam's Island, A Play, signed and dated by the author, with covering letter. Includes:

  1. (fol. ii) a letter from Coghill to Mrs Sandford, 23 Apr [1937]
  2. (fol. iii) inscribed by Coghill to Mr and Mrs Sandford. A note by the donor (2013) reads ‘The Sandfords were parents of Mick Sandford, a student of NC’. Nevill Coghill and Mick Sandford co-edited New Oxford Poetry, 1936 and 1937
  3. (fol. 18) an envelope addressed to Mrs Sanford by Coghill. The stamps(?) have been cut off

Dates

  • Creation: 1937

Extent

18 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. c. 8259].

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Shelfmark:

MS. Eng. c. 8259

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 8281

Abstract

Cyclostyled typescript of Nevill Coghill's Adam's Island, A Play, signed and dated by the author, with covering letter

Biographical / Historical

Nevill Henry Kendal Aylmer Coghill (1899 – 1980) was an English literary scholar and fellow of Exeter College, Oxford.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Piers Plumridge, 20 May 2013.

Related Materials

Printed copies of New Oxford Poetry 1936-1937, signed by all the contributors, were given by the same donor in September 2013.

Title
Cyclostyled typescript of Adam’s Island, a play by Nevill Coghill
Status
Published
Author
Finding aid prepared by Original catalogue by Judith Priestman. EAD version by Harriet Costelloe
Date
2016
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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