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Holograph poem by Hugo Manning, 'The Thorn and the Lotus'

Holograph poem by Hugo Manning, 'The Thorn and the Lotus', 1976.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. d. 258
Extents: 14 Leaves
Dates: 1976
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Ian Fleming, manuscript of 'Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang', the first two adventures [lacking 'Adventure 3']

Ian Fleming, manuscript of 'Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang', the first two adventures [lacking 'Adventure 3']
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2718
Extents: 74 Leaves
Dates: 1964
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Ian Hamilton, J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life

Ian Hamilton, J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life
Shelfmark: MS. Facs. c. 131
Extents: 358 Leaves
Dates: [1980s], n.d.
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Incomplete copy of 'The silver king' by H. A. Jones and Henry Herman

Incomplete copy of 'The silver king' by H. A. Jones and Henry Herman
Shelfmark: MS. Don. d. 12
Extents: 264 Leaves
Dates: 1907
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Interview of Philip Larkin with Miriam Gross, with correspondence

Typescript interview of Philip Larkin with Miriam Gross for The Observer, with manuscript corrections by Larkin, and associated correspondence.
Shelfmark: MS. 16084
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1979
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Iris Murdoch, holograph preface to Wendy Campbell-Purdie, Women Against the Desert (London, 1967)

Iris Murdoch, preface to Wendy Campbell-Purdie, Women Against the Desert (London, 1967).
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6859, fols. 12-13
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates: n.d. [c. 1967]
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Ivor Treby archive

Correspondence and papers of Ivor Treby, poet, gay literary activist and Michael Field researcher.
Extents: 4.5 Linear metres (30 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1884-2012
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J. G. Rideout, 'Byron's reading in English literature', typescript B. Litt. thesis, submitted unsuccessfully, Oxford

J. G. Rideout, 'Byron's reading in English literature', typescript B. Litt. thesis, submitted unsuccessfully, Oxford
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. d. 809
Extents: 204 Leaves
Dates: 1939
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J.G. Edwards, 'The novels of Susan Ferrier considered in relation to the work of some other women novelists of her period', MA thesis, University of Wales

J.G. Edwards, 'The novels of Susan Ferrier considered in relation to the work of some other women novelists of her period', MA thesis, University of Wales
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 444
Extents: 87 Leaves
Dates: 1953
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The John Ryder Archive

Papers and correspondence of John Ryder (1917–2001), book designer, art director, and typographer.
Extents: 156.22 Linear metres (440 boxes)
Dates: Majority of material found within [1548]-2001; [1890]-2001
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Jon Stallworthy, 'Confessions of a Literary Resurrection Man'

Jon Stallworthy, 'Confessions of a Literary Resurrection Man', amended typescript of a lecture given to the Friends of the Bodleian Annual General Meeting.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6825, fols. 8-40
Extents: 33 Leaves
Dates: 1999
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Joyce Cary's pencil sketches of illustrations for a limited edition of his novel, The Horse's Mouth (London, 1957)

Joyce Cary's pencil sketches of illustrations for a limited edition of his novel, The Horse's Mouth (London, 1957).
Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 179, fols. 18-25
Extents: 8 Leaves
Dates: 1957
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Jozef Stanowski, 'Upon ever shifting grounds', annotated typescript memoir

Jozef Stanowski, ‘Upon ever shifting grounds’, annotated typescript memoir
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. d. 1458
Extents: 470 pages
Dates: 1979
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'The Lambton Worm', libretto by Anne Ridler for opera by Robert Sherlaw Johnson

'The Lambton Worm', libretto by Anne Ridler for opera by Robert Sherlaw Johnson.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. d. 210
Extents: 34 Leaves
Dates: 1976-1978
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Langford Reed, My Limerick Book (1937): author's copy with associated correspondence and newspaper cuttings

Langford Reed, My Limerick Book (1937): author's copy with associated correspondence and newspaper cuttings.
Shelfmark: MS. 24100
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1928-1943; Majority of material found within 1937-1938
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Leaf from a sale catalogue of Maggs Bros., with a holograph note by Robert William Chapman to John Sparrow

Leaf from a sale catalogue of Maggs Bros., with a holograph note by Robert William Chapman to John Sparrow, 1944.
Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 202, fol. 23
Extents: 1.0 leaf
Dates: 1944
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Lecture by C. L. Morgan on 'The artist in the community'

Lecture by C. L. Morgan on 'The artist in the community'
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. d. 288
Extents: 45 Leaves
Dates: 1945
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Lectures and other papers by Sir Charles Harding Firth

Lectures and her papers by Sir Charles Harding Firth.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6055
Extents: 181 Leaves
Dates: Date not recorded at time of cataloguing
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Lectures, Essays, and Notes of D. Nichol Smith

Lectures, Essays, and Notes of D. Nichol Smith
Extents: 1.23 Linear metres (21 boxes)
Dates: 1895-1959
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Letter from a child, ‘Marcel’, Leavsden Green school, to C.S. Lewis

Letter from a pupil, 'Marcel', of Leavsden Green school sent in 2008 to C.S. Lewis.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6859, fols. 80-82
Extents: 3 Leaves
Dates: 2008

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20th century 567
Literature 277
English literature -- 20th century 130
English literature 119
Humanities 89
19th century 79
Letters 61
Poetry 61
21st century 46
English poetry -- 20th century 37
Poets 37
Children's literature -- 20th century 33
Literature -- 20th century 31
English Literature 30
Authors -- 20th century 28
Authors 21
English poetry 20
Correspondence 17
Novelists -- 20th century 17
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Authors, English -- 20th century 13
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Novelists -- 19th century 13
Manuscripts 12
Religion 12
Authors, English 10
Art 9
Classical literature 9
Lectures and lecturing 9
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17th century 8
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Women authors, English -- 20th century 8
Biography 7
English poetry -- Women authors 7
German literature 7
History 7
Music 7
Photographs 7
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Authors, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence 6
English language 6
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University of Oxford -- Intellectual life 6
World War, 1914-1918 6
Diaries 5
Diaries -- 20th century 5
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English poetry -- 21st century 5
Fantasy fiction 5
Publishers and publishing 5
Academic writing 4
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Artists 4
French literature 4
Germany 4
Greek literature 4
Illustration of books 4
Photography 4
Publishing 4
Radio broadcasting -- Great Britain 4
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Spanish literature 4
Theater -- England 4
Africa 3
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Africa -- History -- 20th century 3
Agriculture -- Kenya 3
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Inklings (Group of writers) 3
Ireland 3
Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 -- Exhibitions 3
Kenya -- History -- 1895-1963 3
Land settlement -- Kenya 3
Philosophy 3
Pioneers -- Africa, East 3
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Indexed names
Lewis | Clive Staples | 1898-1963 | writer 57
Auden | Wystan Hugh | 1907-1973 | poet and writer 14
Lawrence | Thomas Edward | 1888-1935 | Soldier, Author, and Archaeologist known as Lawrence of Arabia 12
Blunden | Edmund Charles | 1896-1974 | poet 11
Tolkien | John Ronald Reuel | 1892-1973 | philologist and author 11
Williams | Charles Walter Stansby | 1886-1945 | author 10
Larkin | Philip Arthur | 1922-1985 | poet 9
Mare | Walter John de la | 1873-1956 | author and poet 9
Masefield | John Edward | 1878-1967 | poet and novelist 7
University of Oxford 7
Cary | Arthur Joyce Lunel | 1888-1957 | Author 6
Bridges | Robert Seymour | 1844-1930 | Poet Laureate 5
Hooper | Walter McGehee | 1931-2020 | literary advisor 5
Kafka | Franz | 1883-1924 | Writer 5
Pym | Barbara Mary Crampton | 1913-1980 | Novelist 5
Spender | Sir | Stephen Harold | 1909-1995 | Knight | poet 5
Benson | Edward Frederic | 1867-1940 | author 4
Coghill | Nevill Henry Kendal Aylmer | 1899-1980 | literary historian 4
Coles | Jenny | nee Joseph | 1932-2018 | writer 4
Coppard | Alfred Edgar | 1878-1957 | writer 4
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Dodds | Eric Robertson | 1893-1979 | classical scholar 4
Dodgson | Edward Spencer | 1857-1922 | Bascologist 4
Grahame | Kenneth | 1859-1932 | writer and secretary of the Bank of England 4
Greene | Henry Graham | 1904-1991 | novelist 4
Lambert | Jack Walter | 1917-1985 | literary critic and editor 4
MacNeice | Frederick Louis | 1907-1963 | poet and playwright 4
Sayers | Dorothy Leigh | 1893-1957 | playwright, author and humanist 4
Aldiss | Brian Wilson | 1925-2017 | writer 3
Amis | Sir | Kingsley William | 1922-1995 | Knight | novelist and literary critic 3
Beddoes | Thomas Lovell | 1803-1849 | poet and physiologist 3
Betjeman | Sir | John | 1906-1984 | Knight | Poet Laureate and writer 3
Chambers | Edmund Kerchever | 1866-1954 | Sir | Knight and English Scholar 3
Chapman | Robert William | 1881-1960 | English Scholar and Editor 3
Clark | Andrew | 1854-1922 | Clergyman and Antiquary 3
Cornwell | David John Moore | 1931-2020 | writer, pseudonym John le Carré 3
Huxley | Elspeth Josceline | 1907-1997 | née Grant | author and journalist 3
Lambert | Catherine | nee Read | b. 1918 | vocal coach 3
Lewis | Cecil | Day- | 1904-1972 | poet and novelist 3
Murdoch | Dame | Iris | 1919-1999 | novelist and philosopher 3
Pitter | Ruth | 1897-1992 | poet 3
Poynton | Arthur Blackburne | 1867-1944 | Greek scholar 3
Starkie | Enid | 1897-1970 | scholar 3
Wain | John Barrington | 1925-1994 | writer and poet 3
Adams | Richard George | 1920-2016 | Author 2
Aldwinkle | Stella | fl 1954 2
Alighieri | Dante | 1265-1321 | poet 2
Barfield | Owen | 1898-1997 | author and poet 2
Baynes | Pauline Diana | 1922-2008 | illustrator 2
Belloc | Joseph Hilaire Pierre | 1870-1953 | writer and historian 2
Binyon | Laurence | 1869-1943 | Poet and art historian 2
Bladen | Peter | 1922-2001 | Poet 2
Bridges | Mary Monica | 1863-1949 | née Waterhouse | wife of Robert Bridges 2
Bridges | Robert Seymour | 1844-1930 | poet laureate 2
Connolly | Helga Mary | 1916-1985 | née Guinness, other married name Greene | literary agent 2
Deneke | Clara Sophie | 1847-1933 | Author 2
Deneke | Helena Clara | 1878-1973 | German scholar 2
Dodds | Annie Edwards | 1886/7–1973 | née Powell | lecturer in English at Reading University 2
Edgeworth | Maria | 1768-1849 | novelist and educationist 2
Flecker | Herman James Elroy | 1884-1915 | poet and playwright 2
Fraenkel | Eduard David Mortier | 1888-1970 | classical scholar 2
Gibson | Wilfrid Wilson | 1878-1962 | Georgian poet 2
Gosse | Sir | Edmund William | 1849-1928 | Knight | poet, biographer and literary critic 2
Grahame | Elspeth | 1862-1946 | née Thomson | wife of Kenneth Grahame 2
Grahame | Elspeth S | 1862-1946 2
Greene | Vivien | 1904-2003 | collector 2
Hardie | Frank Martin | fl. 1926-1977 | author 2
Heaney | Seamus | 1939-2013 | Poet and Lecturer 2
Henrey | Madeleine (Mrs Robert Henrey) | 13 Aug. 1906–25 April 2004 | authoress 2
Hermogenes | 161-180 | of Tarsus, Greek rhetorician 2
Hewitt | William Graily | 1864-1952 | Novelist and calligrapher 2
Hughes | Shirley | 1927-2022 | freelance author and illustrator 2
Jennings | Elizabeth Joan | 1926-2001 | poet 2
Kennedy | Ludovic Henry Coverley | b 1919 | Writer and Broadcaster 2
Montgomery | Robert Bruce | 1921-1978 | Composer and writer as Edmund Crispin 2
Moore | Edward | 1835-1916 | Principal of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford 2
Mynors | Sir | Roger Aubrey Baskerville | 1903-1989 | Knight | classical scholar 2
Needham | Rodney | 1923-2006 | Anthropologist 2
Newman | John Henry | 1801-1890 | theologian and cardinal 2
Oxford University Writers' Club. 2
Pullman | Philip | b 1946 | writer 2
Ridler | Anne Barbara | 1912-2001 | née Bradby | poet and writer 2
Sassoon | Siegfried | 1886-1967 | poet 2
Shakespeare | William | 1564-1616 | Dramatist 2
Shelley | Mary Wollstonecraft | 1797-1851 | née Godwin | writer 2
Shelley | Percy Bysshe | 1792-1822 | poet 2
Shelley | Sir | Percy Florence | 1819-1889 | 3rd Baronet 2
Spender | Natasha | 1919-2010 | née Litvin | concert pianist 2
Stallworthy | Jon (Howie) | 1935-2014 | poet and literary critic 2
Streatfeild | Mary Noel | 1895-1986 | author 2
Swinburne | Algernon Charles | 1837-1909 | poet 2
Thwaite | Ann Barbara | 1932 | née Harrop | biographer 2
Thwaite | Anthony | b. 1930 | poet and writer 2
Treby | Ivor | 1933-2012 | poet, gay literary activist and Michael Field researcher 2
Trollope | Anthony | 1815-1882 | novelist 2
University of Oxford | Students 2
Wells | Herbert George | 1866-1946 | novelist 2
Wordsworth | Christopher | fl. 1910 2
"Troglodyte" | fl. 1918 | pseudonym 1
Abbott | Claude Colleer |17 April 1889–17 Sept. 1971 | Professor of English Language and Literature in the University of Durham, 1932–54, Emeritus Professor, 1954 1
Acland | Sarah Angelina | 1849-1930 | Fellow of Royal Photographic Society and Royal Society of Arts 1
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Language
English 570
French 28
German 25
Latin 18
Italian 13
Spanish; Castilian 10
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 8
Dutch; Flemish 7
Chinese 5
Polish 5
Russian 5
Danish 4
Welsh 4
Czech 3
Japanese 3
Norwegian 3
Swedish 3
Basque 2
Irish 2
Greek, Modern (1453-) 2