Papers of Waterfield’s antiquarian booksellers relating to the sale of Vivien Greene’s library
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Original catalogue by Judith Priestman. EAD version by Harriet Costelloe
2016
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Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7556, fols. 36-89
Title: Papers of Waterfield’s antiquarian booksellers relating to the sale of Vivien Greene’s library
Dates of Creation: 2004-2005
Extent: 54 leaves
Language(s) of Material: English
Biographical/HistoricalVivien Greene (1904-2003) was an authority on doll's houses, and the widow of the novelist Graham Greene.
Scope and ContentIncludes:
- (fols. 36-37) a photocopy of an article by Ann Gate, ‘Story of a marriage in books’,
The Tablet, 18 Jun 2005
- (fols. 39-40) photocopies of marginal annotations by Vivian Greene in Norman Sherry’s
The Life of Graham Greene
- (fols. 41-89) two Waterfield’s sale catalogues, Nov 2004 and Jun 2005
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given by Ann Gate, 2004-2005.
Preferred Form of Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Eng. c. 7556, fol. 36
Access Point(s)
Greene | Vivien | 1904-2003 | collector
English literature -- 20th century
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