[Rarebooks] FS: Angry Young Man John Braine Archive with 3 Manuscripts and 5 Letters

[Charles Agvent]

 From our latest Internet Catalogue which contains a truly amazing array 
of TWENTIETH CENTURY LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS, LETTERS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS, a 
total of 90 items, many quite scarce and remarkable as well as revealing 
of the creative process and personal lives of the subjects.  It includes 
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Anderson, W. H. Auden (SOLD), Robert Lowell, Norman Mailer (SOLD), John 
Masefield (SOLD), John O'Hara, Clifford Odets, Maxwell Perkins, E. H. 
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1.  BRAINE,  John. ARCHIVE consisting of 3 Manuscripts and 5  Letters.
1966-1982.  Fine  group of material by the author of ROOM AT THE  TOP,
one  of the notable "Angry Young Man" novels of the 1950s. It was made
into  a  film  in  1959 that was nominated  for  six  Academy  Awards,
including  Best  Picture, and won for Best Actress  (Simone  Signoret)
and  Best  Screenplay.  Included here is a  17-page  TYPED  MANUSCRIPT
(incomplete)  from  1966  on Arnold Bennett with  ink  corrections  by
Braine  along  with a 3-page TYPED MANUSCRIPT for the introduction  to
the piece. Both are accompanied by letters from Braine SIGNED as John,
one  in  holograph  and the other typed. Also included is  an  11-page
AUTOGRAPH  MANUSCRIPT  SIGNED of a television play titled WE OUGHT  TO
WEAR A LABEL, with a letter of introduction by Braine. There is a two-
page  AUTOGRAPH  LETTER  SIGNED to Peter (also the  recipient  of  the
Arnold  Bennett  material)  regarding a series on  British  television
called  BEST  SELLERS,  "a series about books,  and  it's  interesting
precisely  because it doesn't talk down to the viewer." Finally  there
is  a  6-page  AUTOGRAPH  LETTER SIGNED on three sheets  with  a  huge
signature  filling about half a page. It is addressed to Paul  Furness
and  comes  with the original envelope. Braine mostly discusses  pubs.
In  part:  "None of the pubs I used in Bradford and district  were  as
far  as  I  know  political meetingplaces. Tho' The Mark  of  Erin  in
Westgate  where  I  was born was once reputed to be an  IRA  hangout."
Very Good to Fine                                             $2500.00


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