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A copy of the corrected typescript of 'A Great Reckoning', an unpublished novel by Philip Burton, 1975, on the life of Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593).

Thirty-three letters and cards, 1990-1993, from Philip Burton to David Arthur Callard, initially relating to the latter's study of the writer Rhys Davies but increasingly concerned with the publication of Richard and Philip: The Burtons (1992) and possible publication of other works of Philip Burton; together with three letters, 1991-1992, relating to the foreword by Elizabeth Taylor to the published memoirs.

Literary manuscripts, 1974-1993, of Philip Henry Burton, comprising typescript drafts of the unpublished works 'They Called Me Gentleman Johnny', 1974, and 'A Great Reckoning', 1975, and of his Richard & Philip: The Burtons (London, 1992), [1991]; together with letters and cards, 1990-1993, from Philip Burton to David Arthur Callard.

A copy of a corrected typescript draft (end wanting), [1991], of Philip Burton, Richard and Philip: The Burtons. A Book of Memories (London, 1992), differing somewhat from the published version.
The typescript is based on Burton's original manuscript, written in 1986. For a few corrections, October 1991, see NLW MS 23545D, ff. 20-21.

The corrected typescript of 'They Called Me Gentleman Johnny', an unpublished novel by Philip Burton, 1974, on the life of the English general and dramatist John Burgoyne (1722-1792).