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- 1948 - 1976 (Creation)
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Extent1 file
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The Choice Library of a New York Collector sold - 1st editions of Joseph Conrad, Literary Show at Hormanus, Conrad centenary, city talk on Conrad, two author-signed title pages (photostats) - The Loss of the Titanic and Some Aspects of the Admirable Inquiry into the Loss of the Titanic, two T'S title-pages - The Works of Joseph Conrad 1921 and Five Letters by Joseph Conrad 1925, The Soul of Conrad (an artist's impression) by Muirhoad Bone - typescript from the Manchester Guardian Weekly.
A collection of privately printed and signed editions of the writings of Joseph Conrad, 4 letters to John Gordon to C.T.W. asking to see Conrad-Pinker letters, rough draft of Conrad's Will, handwritten speech delivered to the Worshipful. Company of Master Mariners on board the Wellington, C.T.W.'s talk on Joseph Conrad & his collectors - notification to the Friends of the SA. Library, Cape Town, correspondence between C.T.W. and the New York Public Library re C.T.W.'s donation to the Berg Collection of Conradiana in New York, photostat letter and part of Conrad's Will, list by C.T.W. of the letters roughly sorted into packets.