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- 1984 (Creation)
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1 envelope
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Papers relating to a proposed anthology of prose titled Writing from Wales, presumably edited by Tony Curtis, including suggested outline of contents and correspondence between Tony Curtis and Duncan McAra, editor at proposed publisher John Murray (London).
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Dated correspondence arranged chronologically.
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- English
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Duncan McAra: possible identification with, for example: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3ADuncan+McAra&s=relevancerank&text=Duncan+McAra&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_3; https://uk.linkedin.com/in/duncan-mcara-02909455
John Murray (1737-1793), the eponymous Edinburgh-born founder of John Murray publishing house, established his business in London in 1768. Authors published during John Murray's long history include Jane Austen, Arthur Conan Doyle, Lord Byron, Charles Lyell, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Herman Melville, Edward Whymper, Thomas Robert Malthus, David Ricardo and Charles Darwin. Since 2004 it has been owned by conglomerate Lagardère under the Hachette UK brand. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Murray_(publishing_house)); see also https://www.johnmurraypress.co.uk/.
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- McAra, Duncan (Subject)
- John Murray (Firm) (Subject)