Booth, Richard George William Pitt, 1938-2019 (Bookseller and Literary Publicist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1938 - 2019
Places
- Plymouth (inhabited place) (Place of Birth)
- Devon (county) (Place of Birth)
- United Kingdom (nation) (Place of Birth)
- Herefordshire (Place of Death)
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Item
'Antic Hay' or 'The Books Are Not for Burning', c 1979-c 1982
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/3/6
Scope and Contents
A four-page typescript draft of a short story, presumably written by Anne Stevenson. However, Stevenson and her third husband, Michael Farley, appear as characters in this story, which revolves around an unidentified narrator, who has come to Hay-on-Wye to view some form of book-burning publicity stunt by Richard Booth. This draft features annotations..
Dates:
c 1979-c 1982
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