Subject: Book collectors--Great Britain--History--20th century--Correspondence - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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Extent:: 7 item (10 pages)
Abstract:: Two autograph letters, three typescript letters, and one autograph postcard written to John Carter from several correspondents, including P.M. Handover, Harry G. Carter, James M. Mosely, and Percy Muir, dating from August 6, 1962, to January 24, 1963. One of the typescript letters bears ink corrections, while another offers corrections for an article set to appear in The Library. The third typescript letter from P.M. Handover welcomes Carter back to "the committee," while the remaining autograph letters reflect on the finding of "a copy of the Van der Mey Bible and one of the plates which was used for it," and related research concerning the Bible.

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Extent:: 17 item (25 pages)
Abstract:: English author and artist Frederick Carter (1883-1967) wrote to English poet and bibliophile Tom Turner regarding mutual friends, current literature, W. B. Yeats, Carter's paintings, book collecting, Carter's writing, and other topics.

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