Scope and Contents Thanks for 'two beautiful books'; 'Truly you do belong to a more gracious age than ours'; visit to Oxford for lunch at Merton College; 'Oxford has a long memory and I detected an inclination to dissociate themselves from Wood... they stressed the fact that Wood was never a fellow of the College and was turned out of the common room and expelled from the University... they seemed mincing and worldly and I scarce saw an honest face.'; visit to Golden Cockeril Press and Robert Gibbings; he will...

Scope and Contents 9 letters from Llewelyn Powys to G. Bryer Ash, 1933-1935, regarding the acquisition of Lodmoor, Weymouth, by Weymouth Council for a bird sanctuary, and right of way across it, and concerning investment in local authority Funds; 1 letter from Llewelyn's brother, John Cowper Powys, 1936, about his novel 'Maiden Castle'; 4 letters from Alyse Gregory about her husband's letters, 1935 and 1940-1941; and 1 letter from William Vermilye on Powys's death. There are also G. Bryer Ash's copy...

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Commonplace book given to Powys by his sister Phillipa (Katie) Powys 'for him to use for his wonderful imaginative drawing when the mood takes him. God wot!'. It contains transcriptions from published works of many poems by Thomas Shoel of Montacute, Somerset; notes on Robert Herrick and William Wordsworth; and quotations from letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth.

Scope and Contents Undated typescript made by Powys' wife Alyse Gregory of 62 letters to his brothers John Cowper Powys (32 letters, 1914-1937) and A.R. (Bertie) Powys (13, 1900-1935), his sisters Philippa Powys (8, 1915-1934) and Gertrude Powys (8, 1916-1937), and H. Rivers Pollock (1, 1927). The letters are annotated by Alyse Gregory and John Cowper Powys. Gregory selected letters which she thought important and worthy of publication, detailing the major events in Powys' life. Many of the original letters...

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72 letters of general and literary news