Publishers and publishing

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Primarily comprised of promotional ephemera related to the Booker Prize (1984, 1989, 1991, 1997-1998) and the Russian Booker Prize (1994-1997). Of note is an autographed photograph of Ben Okri and an illustrated broadside with an excerpt from The Famished Road.

Also includes three VHS recordings related to the 1998 Booker Prize (ceremony, discussion, and "shorts") and a "Handlist of Exhibitors Introduced by Lawrence Durrell" at the Fifth Antiquarian Book Fair in London (1962).

Abstract Collection primarily consists of correspondence between Martyn Goff (administrator of the Booker Prize from 1973-2006) and Ian Norrie (a longtime friend and member of the Booker Prize management committee). It includes approximately 125 letters between the two dating from the 1970s to the early 1990s.Martyn Goff (7 June 1923 – 25 March 2015) was a British literary administrator, author, and bookseller. He made a significant contribution to the organization and popularity of the...

Scope and Contents Manuscripts by Fulton Oursler, Grace Perkins Oursler, and others; correspondence to/from the Ourslers; other related manuscript and printed items, and rolls of photographic negatives taken by/of Fulton Oursler. Of major interest are correspondence and other files relating to Fulton Oursler's editorial work for Liberty and The Reader's Digest. Correspondents include: Franklin D. Roosevelt (long series); Soong Mei-ling, or Madame Chiang Kai-shek (long series); H.L. Mencken (long series); and...

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This collection contains typed manuscripts of works by author Graham Greene, as well as photographic stills of films and plays written by Greene. Also included is correspondence between Greene and bookseller David Low and related material for the published book of this correspondence titled "Dear David, Dear Graham." Topics discussed in the correspondence include rare books, Low's memoir, and Greene's travels.