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Typescript (top copy) of 'Strange brooch : a novel' by Geoffrey Woolley. Dedicated 'to my parents, Eustace Hope, and the late Edward Thomas'. Edward Thomas died in April 1917; Woolley's father appears to have died in late 1969/early 1970.

Typescript (carbon copy) of an extended version of 'Strange brooch : a novel'. Signed and dated by Geoffrey Woolley, 1 March 1939.

Including copies of 'On target : an unofficial magazine produced by members of 303 Battery 99th (London Welsh) H.A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery', vol. 1, no's 1-2, All Fool's Day-May 1940 (Woolley perhaps contributing as 'G.D.'); three loose pages from a subsequent number or similar publication, with a story by Woolley (in English), 'Er cof anwyl am Gymry Llundain'; 'Popular guide to the German army, no. 1, the armoured division (War Office, Feb. 1941); programmes for National Gallery lunch-time concerts and Royal Albert Hall promenade concerts, Aug. 1941; menu card for the 75th Anti-Tank Reg't, RA, first anniversary dinner, Thirsk, with nine signatures, Nov. 1941; concert programme of the orchestra of the 29th Armoured Brigade, Whitby warship week, Feb. [1942?]; 'Album-souvenir du débarquement, 1re partie', containing official D-day and liberation pictures, 1944; Second Army order of thanksgiving service on conclusion of the campaign in north west Europe, May 1945; Christmas card of the 75th A/TK Reg't, RA, with a map of their advance from Roermond in the Netherlands, Christmas 1944, to Eckernforde, Schleswig-Holstein, May 1945.

Original bundle of letters from Edward Thomas to W. H. Hudson, 1 December 1906-25 December 1915; letter to C. F. Cazenove, 8 May 1913; letter to James Guthrie, 21 January 1917; a letter from W. H. Hudson to an unnamed recipient, 5 October 1892; and proofs of Poems by Edward Eastaway [Edward Thomas's pseudonym] (London: Selwyn & Blount, 1917) (pp. 1-16 only); and the dealer's original envelope and description, 1942. Also a letter from Joan Stevens, indexing Garnett (ed.), Hudson's Letters, exploring the possibility of publishing something in connection with Edward Thomas's centenary, 1973.

Loose pages from 'The bookman', comprising copies of Edward Thomas's poetry columns and book reviews, and articles about Edward Thomas, 1909-1930. Also a printed copy of 'Sowing ; song by Edward Thomas, music by Ivor Gurney', 1925.

Original bundle of letters from James Guthrie of Flansham, co. Sussex, poet and publisher, to Geoffrey Woolley, 24 Aug. 1939-10 Dec. 1950, including discussing Guthrie's 'To the memory of Edward Thomas' (Flansham: The Pear Tree Press, 1937) (11 Jan. 1940); Woolley's purchase of Edward Thomas letters (see L 13, 9 July 1942), which had previously been in Guthrie's possession, 'but a friend wanted them and I let them go' (3 Aug. 1942); and 'Yes, that was a terrible loss, of Alun Lewis. What can one say?' (18 April 1944).
Also a copy of James Guthrie (ed.), 'The book craftsman: a technical journal for printers & collectors of fine editions', no. 1 (The Pear Tree Press, Oct. 1934); offprints and announcements of publications from The Pear Tree Press, incl. 1937-1938; no's 5, 8, 11, and series 3, no. 2 of 'The grasshopper broadsheets', containing poems by James and Stuart Guthrie, May 1942-Feb. 1944; and a programme for 'A pine in solitude: a portrait in words of Edward Thomas, 1878-1917' at the Purcell Room, London, Thurs. 25 Feb. [year not given; 1988?].

Original bundle of letters from Raymond 'Nik' Alderson to Geoffrey Woolley, 19 Jan. 1939-3 May 1941. Many of the letters are undated, or with the date Woolley noted on them. Raymond Alderson was a lieutenant in the Friends' Ambulance Unit, attached to the 1st Div. Free French Forces, when he was killed at Tobruk, Libya, 14 Feb. 1942, having served in Syrian and the Western Desert. The letters include an appreciation by Ian Scott-Kilvert, copies of letters of condolence to his parents, and letters from 'Sandy' to Woolley, usually on Friends' Ambulance Unit paper and usually only dated with month and date, but including 18 Dec. 1941-17 Aug. 1947.

Original bundle of letters and invoices from booksellers, including John & Edward Bumpus, Robert Chris, Foyle's Welsh Company Ltd and the Times Book Club, all of London, and James G. Commin of Exeter, Frank Drayton of Bournemouth, and Elkin Mathews of Bishop Stortford. The Robert Chris letters mix personal news and business.

Original bundle of letters and cards from Myfanwy Thomas, usually from Eastbury, co. Berks., to Geoffrey Woolley, 29 Nov. 1968-12 Dec. 1995, including asking about the W. H. Hudson letters (C 1, above) (4 Oct. 1981), of which Myfanwy later typed copies (22 March 1983); also news of Cherry Watson (d. 27 Jan. 1986), widow of Rowland L. Watson ('Watty', d. 15 Nov. 1968). Includes at least two letters from Watty (12 and 19 April 1967), one card from Cherry Watson (20 June 1981), and papers of the Edward and Helen Thomas Memorial Fund and the Edward Thomas Centenary Memorial Fund.

Papers of the journalist Geoffrey Woolley, including a group of letters, 1906-1915, from the poet Edward Thomas to W. H. Hudson.

Letters, 3 Dec. 1922 (postmark)-27 July 1927 (school report), usually from Brean House School during term time. The more juvenile letters are almost invariably undated, although a few have been kept with their envelopes. Also includes a number of fortnightly school reports and a few letters from Geoffrey's brother Keith.

Letters from Dakyn's House, Clifton School, during term time.

Letters, usually from Dakyn's House, Clifton School, during term time (gap 2 April-23 Sept. inclusive). Also a letter from the World Scout Jamboree, Hungary (15 Aug.).

Letters, usually from Dakyn's House, Clifton School, during term time, 2 Jan.-29 July (gap 2 April-3 May inclusive). Also two telegrams, 1 May and 13 Oct.

Letters and cards from Geoffrey Woolley to his parents, from a [school?] trip to France and Germany, April 1934, with letters from Lille, visiting Vimy Ridge and Arras, then Freiburg, Titisee, Feldberg and Konstanz. Also a card from Suffolk (7 Aug.), and letters from a skiing trip to Ober-gurgl in the Austrian Tirol, 24 Dec. 1934-6 Jan. 1935. A page of an account of the journey from Lille to Freiburg, the remains of a letter or a diary, has been added.

Original file of letters from Woolley, serving with the 125th O.C.T.U. RA, D Troop, at Ilkley, co. York, (July-Sept. 1940), with the 75th A.T. Regiment, RA, at Huyton, co. Lancs (Nov.-Dec.), Llanberis, co. Caern (Jan.-Feb. 1941), Guiseley, co. York., (March-June), and with Headquarters, 11th Support Group, Home Forces (June-Sept.), plus letters sent from short postings and courses. A notebook recording correspondence received and sent, 30 Nov. 1940-31 July 1941, has been added.

Letters, unnumbered and with a gap Sept.-Nov., from Geoffrey Woolley, initially of H.Q.R.A., 11th Armoured Division, Home Forces (Jan.-May), later of 118 Battery, 75th Anti-Tank Regiment RA, stationed in the Patrington / Withernsea area, co. York. (June-Dec.).

Letters, unnumbered, from Major Geoffrey Woolley RA of Q Branch, HQ, 8 Corps District, B.A.O.R., all with army or field post office postmarks, Jan. 1946, mainly relating to a visit on leave to Copenhagen, and en route to demobilization at Tournai, "Came the Ruhr way, - Hamm, Duisburg, Essen, Munchen-Gladbach, - an appalling mess, though I think Hamburg is the worst of the bigger cities". Also a letter from Bayeux, Normandy, visiting his old battlefields, July 1947.
1 bundle (7 items).

Letters, numbered 40-43 (2-23 Jan.), from Geoffrey Woolley, from Washington DC on Times correspondent paper, and five postcards (3-19 June). The letters include the Queen Mary running aground at Cherbourg, President Truman's inauguration, and UK sterling devaluation.