Summary Information
At a Glance
Call No.: |
MS#0246 |
Bib ID |
4078626
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Creator(s) |
Colles, William Morris, 1855-1926 |
Title |
William Morris Colles papers, 1888-1928 |
Physical Description |
2.5 linear feet (6 boxes) |
Language(s) |
English
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Access |
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Arrangement
Arrangement
Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged. Box 1-5: Cataloged correspondence, A-Z; Box 6: Miscellaneous correspondence.
Description
Scope and Content
Files dealing with publishers, the editing of manuscripts, serial rights, copyright, translation rights, financial accounts, and the like. Among the correspondents are A.P. Graves, Thomas Hardy, Frederick T. Jane, W.E. Norris, Alfred Ollivant, John Pendleton, William H. Rideing, Hall Caine, Prince Peter Kropotkin, Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes, Douglas Sladden, and Mary Augusta Ward (Mrs. Humphry Ward).
Index available
Using the Collection
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); William Morris Colles papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Winifred A. Myers, Ltd., 1980.
Gift of David J. Holmes, 1997.
Acquisition
1976 M-76 Letters 587572; 587573; 587574 Purchase
1977 M-77 Letters 606910 Purchase
1980 M-80 Letters Myers, Winifred A., Ltd. Gift
07/01/1990 M-90-07-01 Letters 293 Purchase
08/17/1990 M-90-08-17 Letters 522-(Henne) Purchase
09/06/1990 M-90-09-06 Letters 293 Purchase
12/06/1990 M-90-12-06 Letters 293 Purchase
01/22/1991 M-91-01-22 Letters 293 Purchase
03/11/1991 M-91-03-11 J.S. Fletcher letters 293 Purchase
03/11/1991 M-91-03-11 A.E.W. Mason letters 492 (Halsband) Purchase
04/30/1991 M-91-04-30 F.B. Young letters 297 Purchase
11/30/1992 M-92-11-30 Letters 2293B (Spec. Coll. Bks.) Purchase
01/20/1994 M-94-01-20 13 letters from various authors 2293B-(Rare Books) Purchase
02/16/1994 M-94-02-16 Eden Philpotts letter 2293B(Rare Books)-David J. Holmes Purchase
12/01/1994 M-94-12-01 T. Hardy, H. Caine, & E.F. Benson letters 2293B Purchase
03/21/1995 M95-03-21 2 letters: E. Phillpotts & J./ Buchan 2293B Purchase
10/09/1996 M-96-10-09 1 letter from Hall Caine 2293B Purchase
10/11/1996 M-96-10-11 3 Lloyd Osbourne & 1 Alfred Sharpe letters 2293B Purchase
11/21/1996 M-96-11-21 Edna Lyall letter 2293B Purchase
07/23/1996 M-96-07-23 William Watson letter 2293B Purchase
09/15/1997 M-97-09-15 22 letters from various authors 2293B (David J. Holmes) Purchase
09/15/1997 M-97-09-15 Alec Waugh letter Holmes, David J. Gift
07/19/1995 M-95-7-19 11 letters by T. Hardy, J. Payn & W. Watson 2293B Purchase
01/13/2000 M-00-01-13 2 a.l.s. of E. Phillpotts & 1 a.p.c.s. of A. Symons Purchase
09/18/2013 2013.2014.M076 9 letters from various authors David J. Holmes Autographs Purchase
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Letters Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 05/04/1989.
Letters Cataloged HR 12/22/1992.
Letters Cataloged HR 12/22/1992.
Letters Cataloged HR 12/22/1992.
Letters Cataloged HR 12/22/1992.
Letters Cataloged HR 12/22/1992.
Letters Cataloged HR 12/22/1992.
Letters Cataloged HR 12/22/1992.
J.S. Fletcher letters Cataloged HR 12/22/1992.
A.E.W. Mason letters Cataloged HR 12/22/1992.
F.B. Young letters Cataloged HR 12/22/1992.
Letters Cataloged HR 12/22/1992.
13 letters from various authors Cataloged HR 03/28/1994.
Eden Philpotts letter Cataloged HR 03/28/1994.
T. Hardy, H. Caine& E.F. Benson letters Cataloged HR 12/16/1994.
2 letters: E. Phillpotts & J./ Buchan Cataloged HR 04/04/1995.
1 letter from Hall Caine Cataloged HR 10/21/1996.
3 Lloyd Osbourne & 1 Alfred Sharpe letters Cataloged HR 10/29/1996.
Edna Lyall letter Cataloged HR 12/03/1906.
William Watson letter Cataloged HR 12/09/1996.
22 letters from various authors Cataloged HR 09/16/1997.
Alec Waugh letter Cataloged HR 09/16/1997.
11 letters by T. Hardy, J. Payn & W. Watson Cataloged HR 10/01/1998.
2 a.l.s. of E. Phillpotts & 1 a.p.c.s. of A. Symons Cataloged HR 01/13/2000.
9 letters to William Morris Colles Processed Adrien Hilton 10/15/2013.
Revision Description
2013-10-16 xml document instance created by Adrien Hilton
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the
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CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries,
as well as ArchiveGRID,
a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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Allingham, Helen Paterson, 1848-1926 |
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Ambient, Mark, 1860-1937 |
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Anstey, F., 1856-1934 |
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Arnold, Thomas Walker, Sir, 1864-1930 |
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Authors and publishers -- England |
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Authors' Syndicate, Ltd |
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Authors, English -- 20th century |
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À Beckett, Arthur William, 1844-1909 |
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Beauchamp, William Lygon, Earl, 1872-1938 |
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Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953 |
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Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931 |
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Benson, E. F (Edward Frederic), 1867-1940 |
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Bensusan, S. L (Samuel Levy), 1872-1958 |
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Besant, Walter, 1836-1901 |
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Blackwood, Algernon, 1869-1951 |
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Blatchford, Robert, 1851-1943 |
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Books -- Translations |
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Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922 |
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Buchan, John, 1875-1940 |
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Burlingame, Edward L (Edward Livermore), 1848-1922 |
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Buxton, Sydney, 1853-1934 |
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Caine, Hall, Sir, 1853-1931 |
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Colvin, Sidney, 1845-1927 |
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Cope di Valromita, James Biddle, Baron, 1852-1929 |
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Copyright -- England |
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Corbett, Julian Stafford, 1854-1922 |
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Courtney, W. L (William Leonard), 1850-1928 |
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Cox, Harold |
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Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion), 1854-1909 |
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Crawfurd, Oswald, 1834-1909 |
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Cripps, C. A., Baron Parmoor (Charles Alfred), 1852-1941 |
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Cross, Wilbur L (Wilbur Lucius), 1862-1948 |
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Daryl, Sidney, 1844-1914 |
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Dibdin, Lewis T., Sir (Lewis Tonna), 1852-1938 |
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Dixon, Ella Hepworth |
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Ellis, Edith Mary Oldham Lees, 1861-1916 |
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English literature -- 19th century |
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English literature -- 20th century |
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Fenn, George Manville, 1831-1909 |
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Fletcher, J. S (Joseph Smith), 1863-1935 |
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Freshfield, Douglas William, 1845-1934 |
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Gibbs, Philip, 1877-1962 |
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Gilchrist, Murray, 1868-1917 |
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Gilder, Joseph Benson, 1858-1936 |
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Graham, P. Anderson (Peter Anderson), -1925 |
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Graham, Winifred (Matilda Winifred Muriel) |
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Graves, Alfred Perceval, 1846-1931 |
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Hall, Mary, 1857-1912 |
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Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 |
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Hayes, M. Horace (Matthew Horace), 1842-1904 |
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Hedin, Sven Anders, 1865-1952 |
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Hewlett, Maurice, 1861-1923 |
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Holdich, Thomas Hungerford, Sir, 1843-1929 |
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Horniman, Annie Elizabeth Fredericka, 1860-1937 |
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Hyne, C. J. Cutcliffe, 1866-1944 |
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Jacks, L. P (Lawrence Pearsall), 1860-1955 |
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Jane, Fred T (Frederick Thomas), 1865-1916 |
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Jerome, Jerome K (Jerome Klapka), 1859-1927 |
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Keltie, John Scott, Sir, 1840-1927 |
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Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kni͡azʹ, 1842-1921 |
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Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn), 1822-1898 |
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Literary agents |
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Literature publishing -- England |
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Lowndes, Marie Belloc, 1868-1947 |
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Lyall, Edna, 1857-1903 |
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Lynch, H. F. B (Harry Finnis Blosse), 1862-1913 |
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Macnaughtan, S (Sarah), 1864-1916 |
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Mason, A. E. W (Alfred Edward Woodley), 1865-1948 |
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Maude, F. N (Frederic Natusch), 1854-1933 |
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Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965 |
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Miles, Eustace, 1868-1948 |
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Mill, Hugh Robert, 1861-1950 |
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Mitford, Bertram, 1855-1914 |
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Morris, Harrison S (Harrison Smith), 1856-1948 |
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Murray, T. Douglas |
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Norris, W. E (William Edward), 1847-1925 |
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Novelists, English -- 19th century |
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O'Neill, Norman |
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Ollivant, Alfred, 1874-1927 |
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Osbourne, Lloyd, 1868-1947 |
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Osgood, James R (James Ripley), 1836-1892 |
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Oxenham, John, 1852-1941 |
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Pain, Barry, 1864-1928 |
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Parker, Joseph, 1830-1902 |
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Paterson, Arthur, 1862-1928 |
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Payn, James, 1830-1898 |
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Pendleton, John |
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Phillpotts, Eden, 1862-1960 |
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Pollock, Walter Herries, 1850-1926 |
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Praed, Rosa Caroline Murray Prior, 1851-1935 |
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Publishers and publishing -- England |
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Rideing, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1918 |
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Roberts, Morley, 1857-1942 |
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Sedgwick, Ellery, 1872-1960 |
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Senior, William, 1838-1920 |
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Sharpe, Alfred, 1853-1935 |
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Sherard, Robert Harborough, 1861-1943 |
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Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926 |
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Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton, 1856-1947 |
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Smith, James Walter, 1830-1917 |
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Snaith, J. C (John Collis), 1876-1936 |
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Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere), 1863-1951 |
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Steel, Flora Annie Webster, 1847-1929 |
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Stein, Aurel, Sir, 1862-1943 |
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Stoddart, J. M (Joseph Marshall), 1845-1921 |
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Stone, Christopher, 1882-1965 |
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Symons, Arthur, 1865-1945 |
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Translations |
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Tweedie, Ethel Brilliana Harley, 1862-1940 |
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Vail, R. W. G (Robert William Glenroie), 1890-1966 |
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Vivian, Herbert, 1865-1940 |
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Wain, Louis, 1860-1939 |
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Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold, 1851-1920 |
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Watson, E. H. Lacon (Edmund Henry Lacon), 1865-1948 |
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Watson, William, 1858-1935 |
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Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 |
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Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929 |
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Wolf, Lucien, 1857-1930 |
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Women authors, English -- 19th century |
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Women authors, English -- 20th century |
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Women novelists, English -- 19th century |
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Women novelists, English -- 20th century |
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Woolf, Leonard, 1880-1969 |
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Young, Francis Brett, 1884-1954 |
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Zangwill, Israel, 1864-1926 |
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History / Biographical Note
Biographical / Historical
English literary agent. Colles was the founder and managing director of The Authors' Syndicate, Ltd.
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