Content Description Includes correspondence, book files, manuscripts and proofs relating to Murray authors. Authors featured in the collection include: John Betjeman, Lesley Blanch, George Mackay Brown, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Noni Jabavu, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Dervla Murphy and Freya Stark.Also included are some personal papers of Freya Stark.There are also letters to John Murray VI from correspondents including: Harold Acton, Michael Ayrton, Clive Bell, Isaiah Berlin, Hugh...

Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Griffith, Samuel Young.Letter, 1861, of Samuel Young Griffith to John Murray III. Folio 1.Griffith, William.Letters, 1870 and 1891, of William Griffith to John Murray III. Folios 2-7.Griffiths, Arthur Bower.Letters, 1909, of Arthur Bower Griffiths to John Murray IV. Folios 8-9.Griffiths, Arthur George Frederick....

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series comprises 82 boxes, containing over 900 individual files, relating to press coverage received by books published by John Murray, publishers. Files primarily contain original press cuttings of reviews, features, and author interviews from newspapers, magazines, and other published sources, with some photocopies also present. In most cases cuttings are accompanied by press cutting bureau tags noting the press titles in which they appeared and the date of publication. In certain...

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File also includes an author obituary (13 December 1956).

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File contains typescript book reviews and radio review transcripts, alongside copy obituaries and a couple of original press cuttings. Books referenced include "Tales from the Pacific Islands", "A Pattern of Islands", and "Return to the Islands".