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Colin Smythe Limited, Publishers fonds. Third accrual. 1979-1981. 3.6 m of textual records, graphic material, and sound recordings.

Books
Arranged alphabetically by author and/or title.

BOX 179
Bander, Peter, The Prophecies of St. Malachy and St. Columbkille (4th edition, 1979)
- folded sheets from printer

Barnwell, William, The Blessing Papers (1981)
- correspondence
- replaced sheets, photocopied typescript

Barnwell, William, Yeats and the Idea of Perfection (n.d.)
- photocopied typescript

Booth, Martin, Devil’s Wine (1980)
- correspondence

Samuel Butler on the Resurrection (edited and introduced by Robert Johnstone, 1981)
- correspondence
- proofs

Cairncross, Alec, Snatches (1980)
- correspondence file

Collis, Maurice and Louise, A Private View of Stanley Spencer (1972)
The Collected Works of Maurice Collis
Leopard Boots
- correspondence

Crookhall, Robert, What Happens When You Die (1978)
- galley proofs

BOX 180
Edmonds, G.C., A History of Chalfont St. Peter and Gerrard’s Cross (1968)
- correspondence regarding reprinting

Etteldorf, Raymond
The End and the Beginning (new edition 1979)
- correspondence file

Eyre, Margery,The Sacred Mirror (1980)
- correspondence
- annotated typescript
- 2 sets page proofs

Fisher, Barbara, Joyce Cary, The Writer and His Theme (1980)
- correspondence
- index, typescript
- folded proofs

BOX 181
Gibbon, Monk, The Pupil (not published by Colin Smythe. in 1980)
- correspondence
- photocopied annotated typescript
- 4 sets of page proofs with the author’s corrections

Gregory , Lady I.A.
Collected Works (series)
- correspondence regarding rights and permissions

Collected Plays (1979)
- art work (also for Kiltartan Books and Book of Saints and Sinners)

Mr. Gregory’s Letter Box (1971)
- page proofs, photocopied

BOX 182
Gregory , Lady I.A.
Mr. Gregory’s Letter Box
- 2 sets of galley proofs

Sir William Gregory’s Autobiography (1980)
- 3 sets of galley proofs
- photocopied speeches

Seventy Years, An Autobiography (1976)
- reviews

Henn, T.R., Five Arches (1980)
- correspondence file

BOX 183
Henn, T.R., Five Arches
- original annotated typescript
- 2 sets galley proofs
- corrected galley proofs

BOX 184
Hogan, J.J., The English Language in Ireland
- correspondence re reprinting

Hulme, George, The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler (1975)
- paper bound proof copy of the book

Jeffares, A. Norman (editor), Yeats, Sligo and Ireland (1980)
- correspondence file
- original annotated typescript

BOX 185
Jeffares, A. Norman (editor), Yeats, Sligo and Ireland
- galley proof of contributors’ page
- partial galley proofs
- partial galley proofs
- complete set of galley proofs
- index, typescript and photocopy
- folded proofs

BOX 186
Kleynhans, Evert, Life on Earth and Hereafter (1974)
- correspondence file

Krause, D. and Robert Lowery (eds.), Sean O’Casey: Centenary Essays (1980)
- correspondence file
- corrected typescript
- partial galley proofs, corrected
- complete galley proofs

BOX 187
Krause, Sean O’Casey
- partial galley proofs of individual essays
- complete galley proofs

Lazaron, Hilda, Gabriel Marcel, The Dramatist (1978)
- folded proofs

Logan, Patrick, The Holy Wells of Ireland (1981)
- correspondence

BOX 188
- original typescript
- corrected typescript
- 4 sets of page proofs, 3 corrected
- partial page proofs

Milligan, Rev. W. J ., Six Secular Sermons on Europe (not published in 1971)
- correspondence

BOX 189
Moore, George, A Drama in Muslin (reprinted, with an introduction by A.N. Jeffares, 1980)
- correspondence

Hail and Farewell (new ed. 1976)
- correspondence and art work

The Lake (revised edition, with afterword by Richard Cave, 1980)
- correspondence
- typescript of Cave’s Afterword
- 4 sets of page proofs, some with revisions
- page proofs with Cave’s corrections

BOX 190
Moore, T.C. Kingsmill, A Man May Fish (new edition, 1979)
- correspondence
- galley proofs

Moulton Mayer, Dorothy, Angelica Kauffman (1972)
- correspondence

Mystic Forces and the Conduct of Life (no author given, projected new edition, no date)
- corrected sheets from first edition

O’Casey, Sean, The Harvest Festival (1980)
- correspondence
- unbound U .S. version
- folded sheets of Colin Smythe. version
O’Driscoll, Robert
Yeats Studies (projected publication, 1974)
- correspondence

BOX 191
Pearse, P .H., The Letters of P.H Pearse (edited by Séamas O’Buachalla, 1980)
- correspondence
- original annotated typescript

BOX 192
- 2 sets of corrected page proofs

BOX 193
- index and list of correspondents
- corrected index
- 2 sets corrected page proofs

BOX 194
- 2 more sets corrected page proofs

BOX 195
Pratchett, Terry, The Carpet People (1971)
- correspondence

Strata (1981)
- correspondence
- corrected typescript
- 2 sets of galley proofs
- corrected galley proofs

BOX 196
Pursglove, Glyn, Erected Wit and Infected Will, an introduction to the plays of Francis Warner (n.d.)
- annotated manuscript (first version)

Rafroidi, Patrick, Irish Literature in English: The Romantic Period, 2 vols. (1980)
- correspondence
- copy of L’Irland et le romantisme (1972)
- index and illustrations, ts. and galleys

BOX 197
- annotated index
- page proofs, vol.1
- photocopied opening pages, vol.1
- unbound proof copy, U.K. version unbound proof copy, vol.1, U.S.A. version
- page proofs, vol. 2
- covers for vols. 1, 2

BOX 198
- unbound proof copy, vol. 2, U.K. version
- unbound proof copy, vol. 2, U.S.A. version

The Irish Short Story, U.K. edition, 1980, edited by Rafroidi and Terence Brown
- correspondence
- page proofs
- incomplete page proofs

Raudive, Constantine, Breakthrough (1971)
- correspondence

Ronsley, Joseph (editor), Dennis Johnston at Eighty (1981 )
- original annotated typescript

BOX 199
- R.A. Cave’s essay, photocopied typescript
- holograph index
- 4 sets of corrected galley proofs
- corrected page proofs

BOX 200
Severs, W .K., A Place of Being (1975)
- galley proofs, work originally entitled “At the Spring”

Tessier, Therese, Thomas Moore’s Irish Melodies (not published, 1980)
- correspondence
- copy of La Poésie Lyrique de Thomas Moore

Thompson, Carlos, The Assassination of Winston Churchill (1969)
- Art work

Uphoff, Walter and Mary Jo
Mind over Matter (1980)
- correspondence file

New Psychic Frontiers (1974, 1978)
- corrected galley proofs

Warner, Francis, Light Shadows (1980)
- correspondence (includes folded proofs)

Requiem and its Maquettes (1980)
- correspondence

Welch, Robert, Irish Poetry from Moore to Yeats (1980)
- correspondence

Wentz, W.Y. Evans (1977 reprint of 1911 edition), The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries (1977)
- correspondence file

Yeats, W. Butler, Representative Irish Tales (1979 reissue of 1891 edition)
- correspondence (with Mary Helen Thuente)

Correspondence
BOX 201
The following correspondence which has been sorted alphabetically, comprises letters to and
from writers whose work was not accepted for publication.Where there are more than two or
three letters the would-be author has been given a separate file.

Rejected Authors
A-B
C-F
Feeney, W. J.
Finnegan, P. H.
Foster, John W.

Rejected Authors
G-K
L-M
Rejected Authors, N-P
O’Connor, Philip
O’Dwyer, Ria
Painter, Nancy
Prance, Claude A.
Pupillo, John A.

Rejected Authors
R-T
Robinson, Hilary

Rejected Authors
U-W
Williams, Charles (proposed books about)

Business and Financial Records
Correspondence

This material, largely consisting of letters to various authors, illustrators, printers, publishers and
distributors, has been sorted alphabetically. Most of it dates from circa 1975 to 1981.

BOX 202
A-F
A.E. - music sheet of song Frolic
Booksellers, miscellaneous (2 file folders)
Bord Failte Eireann
Boxerbooks Inc.
Carpenter, Andrew
Carter, Will
Corpus Instrumentorum
Courtney, Neil
Denson, Alan
Dolmen Press
Dublin Municipal Gallery of Modem Art
Employment Applications and Staff matters, including letters from editors, illustrators, translators, indexers and publishers’ representatives
Expenses - Colin Smythe’s trip to Ireland and France, 1977
Fallon, Gabriel
Folklore Society
Forrest, Michael de (Bottle Cutting)

BOX 203
F -I
Frankfurt Book Fair
Garland Publishing Inc.
Gay News
Gillison, James
Grafica Gutenberg
Harcourt, Brace and World Inc.
Harper and Row, Inc.
Herbert, Roy
Hermathena
Humanities Press
Iceland
India and Pakistan - British High Commissions
Institute of Public Administration
Irish Academic Press
Irish Representation Ltd.

BOX 204
L-N

London Book Fair
Mackillop, James
Macmillan of Canada
Manning, Matthew (cuttings only)
Matheson, Ormsby and Prentice (1963-1977)
Metson, Cross & Co. (1971-1973)
National Council on Aging Inc.
Nelson, Thomas
New English Library
New York Public Library
Niger (Acada) Bookshop
Northwestern University Press

BOX 205
O-R

O’Gorman’s Printing
O’Lochlain Design
Oxford University Press
Paine, Charles Pty.
Pan Books
Pax House
Penguin Books
Pontifical Commission - Justice and Peace (Fred Baker)
Preface Ltd.
Prins & Prins Literary Agents
Proscenium Press
Prentice Hall
Radio Telefis Eireann
Red Cross - Buckinghamshire Annual Reports

BOX 206
S-Z

St. Martin’s Press
Schnack, Elizabeth
Society for Individual Freedom
Society of Authors
Sotheby Parke Bernet
Sphere Books
Stanbrook Abbey Press
Taplinger Publishing
Thames and Hudson
Thames Television
Thoor Ballylee
To, Fred
Trade Counter
Trevi Publishers
United Church Press
Ure Smith Pty Ltd.
VIP Agency
Vlasak
Walkter- Verlang
Weiser, Samuel Inc.
Youth and Music Research Account
Zen-On Music Co.
Miscellaneous Art Work

BOX 207
Financial Material

Purchase Day Book 1972-1978
Sales Day Book 1975-1979

Audio tape - “The View From Troy”, talk given to Friends of Covent Garden - shelved with other audio material.


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