Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., New York & London, 1975
ISBN 10: 0151508585 ISBN 13: 9780151508587
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st American Edition. 354 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Slightly bumped cover board corners. Previous owner's name inscribed on first front-end page. No dj.
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 1975
ISBN 10: 0715606425 ISBN 13: 9780715606421
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, NY, 1975
ISBN 10: 0151508585 ISBN 13: 9780151508587
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. First American Edition; dj in mylar (price unclipped); 354 clean, unmarked pages/index; ownr's name.
Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1975
ISBN 10: 0151508585 ISBN 13: 9780151508587
Seller: M. W. Cramer Rare and Out Of Print Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, Second Printing. The book is near fine with very slight edge wear in a very good price clipped dust jacket with very slight edge wear.
Published by Gerald Duckworth & Company 1975, 1975
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Published by [London] : Duckworth., 1975
ISBN 10: 0715606425 ISBN 13: 9780715606421
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Condition: Good. 4to. Brown Cloth, Dust Jacket, Protective Mylar Jacket. VG. 354 pp. Illustrations.isbn 0715606425.
Published by Duckworth, London, 1975
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First Edition
HardBack. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 354 p. Faded spine, light foxing. Good condition hardback.
Condition: Very Good. Typed copies of J. R. Ackerley's letters to Fred Urquhart contained in a light brown file. 25.5 x 21 cm. pp. 31. Numbered 1-42 in pen (includes one letter from Urquhart to Ackerley) and with handwritten notes attached. Occasional markings and comments in pen. The correspondence centres on Ackerley's continual criticism and rejection of Urquhart's work, however his comments are not entirely without encouragement. Typed signed letter from Fred Urquhart to Neville Braybrooke addressed from Spring Garden Cottage, Fairwarp, Uckfield, Sussex dated 20th April 1971 and consisting of about 545 words in which he says he has only just learnt that Braybrooke is in the final stages of editing his book on Ackerley's letters. He says he has numerous letters from Ackerley but they are in some disorder and would take him time to sort out. 'He gave me great encouragement as well as much well-needed criticism, when I was writing my early stories in the 1930s.' He adds that he did eventually publish one called Alicky's Watch in The Listener. He says he thinks some of his Ackerley letters may have gone to the University of Texas who had started to buy his original MSS and literary papers. On looking through one of his boxes that morning he finds letters from John Lehmann, Edwin Muir, Francis King, Edward Garnett and 'God knows how many others.' Typed signed letter with a handwritten addition from Fred Urquhart to Neville Braybrooke addressed as above dated 5th May 1971 and consisting of about 700 words in which he says he has found 41 Ackerley items. 'Some are letters, some are notes, a few are just words on rejection slips.' He says most date from the late 1930s and the last consists of a few words on a rejection slip dated 1950. He suggests two items should be read in conjunction with the letters, one is a draft of part of a letter from himself to Ackerley answering some questions and the other is a note from Maurice Ashley, Ackerley's deputy at The Listener, accepting his story Alicky's Watch, 'a little ironic that it happened when Ackerley was away.' He then goes into detail about letters from other people and says only one Ackerley letter went to Texas. In his handwritten addition he apologises for the fact his letter to Braybrooke c/oThe Spectator never reached him and says he appreciated the review. Handwritten signed letter from Fred Urquhart to Neville Braybrooke written on headed notepaper addressed as above (name of cottage altered by hand) dated 1st August 1971 and consisting of about 190 words in which he thanks Braybrooke for returning the Ackerley letters and says he was sorry to miss him. He is extremely busy with work on the paste-up of Dents' Dictionary of fictional characters and doesn't think he'll get to London in the near future. Fred Urquhart (1912-1995) Scottish short story writer who Orwell praised for his 'remarkable gift for constructing neat stories with convincing dialogue.' For many years he lived in East Sussex with his companion, the dancer Peter Wyndham Allen. Joe Randolph Ackerley (1896-1967) writer and poet and literary editor of The Listener. He exchanged letters with numerous writers of note for forty years and was openly gay at a time when it was forbidden by law. Neville Braybrooke (1923-2001) was a poet, writer, editor and publisher. Very good. Slight creasing otherwise very good.
Condition: Very Good. Approx. 12,500 words. 7 authors have J.R.Ackerley letters attached. The Ackerley letters include original typed & hand-written, plus photocopied typed & hand-written. More information available if required. The majority of correspondence' is addressed to Neville Braybrooke (author and Man of Letters.) A wide range of people from the world of literature and the arts had been asked if they had any letters from J.R.Ackerley that could be used as research for the book being compiled by Neville & June Braybrooke ÔThe Letters of J.R. Ackerley.Õ A collection of mostly short and purposeful letters. However brief, they convey an insight into a personal and professional world, with references to work, commissions, and personal anecdotes. Many of the letters express their admiration and respect for Ackerley: and those who knew Ackerley well give details of friendship and warmth:James Kirkup "I think I was his only friend to like Queenie as he did, so he wrote tome about her." Artist John Pipers's letters, together with Ackerley's are a purely creative dialogue concerning articles for The Listener on art exhibitions:"I did two long specific articles in consecutive weeks, called 'Young English Painters,' which illustrated for the first time ever Victor Pasmore, Coldstream, Richards and Medley. I made a point of this as it showed how willing Joe was to take a big plunge when he thought it was in the right direction." Writing to H.B. Mallalieu, J.R. Ackerly:"I am much fortified at having a poem dedicated to me." A copy of the poem 'Letter in Wartime' is included in the bundle of correspondence. An article from The Spectator by Simon Raven, 1970, is included: 'The Strangeness of E.M. Forster.' LIST OF AUTHORS sending signed letters: R. Fulford; Leonard Harrison Matthews; John Russell; Frances Bellerby; Lincoln Kirstein; R.W. Ketton-Cremer; William Roerich; Walter Baxter; Robert Liddell; Julian Huxley; A.L. Rowse; C.Smith; R.S. Thomas; John Carter; Harman Grisewood; Michael Harnsberger; James Hannes; Anne Ridler; Anthony Rye; Vernon Scammel; Summerson; Hal Summers; Julian Symons; Lional Trilling; Sewell Stokes; Ruth Pitter; Robert Melville; Thomas Kinsella; David Garnett; Hamish Laws; Robert Greacen; Rosamund Lehmann; S.P.B. Mais; Frederic Warburg; Lord Trevelyan; Simon Raven; V.S. Pritchett; John Piper; Angus Bellairs; Constance Babington; Sonia Orwell (3); Raymond Mortimer; H.B. Mallalieu; James Kirkup; John Lehmann; Christopher Murray; Richard Holroyd; Diana Petre; G.F. Green; Norman Gear; J.C. Trewin; I.A. Richards; Sandy Campbell; Eric W White; Donald Windham; Nicholas Furbank 'Nick;' Stephen Spender; Kathleen Raine; Don Bachardy; Sean o'Faolain; Christopher Murphy. Nicholas Furbank (1920 Ð 2014) known to his friends as Nick, wrote a biography of his friend E. M. Forster. Diana Petre was J.R. AckerleyÕs half sister and author of The Secret Orchard of Roger Ackerley (1975), a family memoir. Queenie was an Alsatian dog that became Ackerley's primary companion of the next 15 years. Joe Randolph "J. R." Ackerley (4 November 1896 Ð 4 June 1967) was a British writer and editor. He joined the BBC the year after its founding in 1927, and became literary editor of The Listener for more than two decades where he was responsible for publishing many influential British poets and writers. Very good.