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Between the lines : letters and memoranda interchanged by H. Buxton Forman and Thomas J. Wise
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of material pertaining to Maurice Forman's bibliographical work on Eden Phillpotts from 1897 through 1942. Included in the collection is correspondence, copies of three poems by Phillpotts (either typewritten or in the hand of Forman), notes and memoranda Forman compiled on Phillpotts and a collection of printed materials. The majority of the correspondence occurs between Forman and book publishers, booksellers, and bibliographers and discusses Phillpott and his work. The collection of printed matter contains book lists and articles on Phillpotts as well as one article on George Meredith. Correspondents include: William Morris Colles, W. Courthope Forman, Cyril Maude, Alma Murray, Cecil Palmer, Eden Phillpotts, Arthur Rogers, Bertram Rota, Cassell and Company, Ernest Benn Ltd., George Newnes Ltd., Gowans and Gray Ltd., Harper & Brothers, Harrap (George G.) and Company Ltd., Hodder and Stoughton, P.J. & A.E. Dobell, Rationalist Press Association, and Samuel French Ltd.
mssHM 41786-41835
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of material pertaining to Maurice Forman's bibliographical work on Eden Phillpotts from 1897 through 1942. Included in the collection is correspondence, copies of three poems by Phillpotts (either typewritten or in the hand of Forman), notes and memoranda Forman compiled on Phillpotts and a collection of printed materials. The majority of the correspondence occurs between Forman and book publishers, booksellers, and bibliographers and discusses Phillpott and his work. The collection of printed matter contains book lists and articles on Phillpotts as well as one article on George Meredith. Correspondents include: William Morris Colles, W. Courthope Forman, Cyril Maude, Alma Murray, Cecil Palmer, Eden Phillpotts, Arthur Rogers, Bertram Rota, Cassell and Company, Ernest Benn Ltd., George Newnes Ltd., Gowans and Gray Ltd., Harper & Brothers, Harrap (George G.) and Company Ltd., Hodder and Stoughton, P.J. & A.E. Dobell, Rationalist Press Association, and Samuel French Ltd.
mssHM 41786-41835
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Four cloth-bound volumes containing reprints or clippings of articles written by H. Buxton Forman for the London Quarterly Review, and other magazines between 1868 and 1880. The volumes have manuscript title pages and table of contents. Some additional material laid-in. Volumes have the bookplate of Maurice Buxton Forman. Volumes I-II have title: Fugitive writings of H. Buxton Forman. Articles contributed to the London Quarterly review (1868-1872), (1872-1877). Volume [III] has title "Fugitive writings of H. Buxton Forman : short notices contributed to the London Quarterly Review (1868-1879)". Volume [IV] has title: "Criticisms on contemporaries and other fugitive writings by H. Buxton Forman. London: Published in "Tinsley's Magazine" and other periodicals 1866 to 1874." The collection appears to have been compiled by H. Buxton Forman, the table of contents, title-pages and notes in each volume are in Forman's hand.
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136804
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Manuscripts
Also: poem entitled, "William Morris's 'Poems by the Way'," dated and signed, "T.H.
MOR 241