[Rarebooks] FS: Archive of 3 MANUSCRIPTS and 5 LETTERS

[Charles Agvent]

  BRAINE, John. ARCHIVE consisting of 3 MANUSCRIPTS and 5 LETTERS. 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.         $2,500.00

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