Four volumes of photograph album scrapbooks compiled by Brian Aldiss, containing original artwork for the covers of many of his books, with extensive authorial comments inserted throughout. [Unfoliated]
Dates
- n.d.
Extent
0.44 Linear metres (4 shelfmarks)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries MS. Eng. c. 8242
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Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. c. 8242-8245
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 9468
Abstract
Four volumes of photograph album scrapbooks compiled by Brian Aldiss, containing original artwork for the covers of many of his books, with extensive authorial comments inserted throughout.
Biographical / Historical
Brian Wilson Aldiss (b. 1925) is a writer best known for science-fiction novels and short stories.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The albums were presented to the Bodleian by the author of the occasion of Duke Humphrey’s Night 2013, ‘in gratitude for [the Library’s] wealth of learning and long endurance’.
- Title
- Catalogue of four albums compiled by Brian Aldiss
- 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
Contact:
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk