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Unbound (in loose sheets or bifolia) unless otherwise stated, most unbound items preserved in envelope or card chemise, many items with printer's manuscript corrections, the collection comprising: 1) Oscar Wilde. Hellenism, 1979. Proof copy (before the edition of 95), wrappers; 2) Oscar Wilde. A Study by John E. Barlas, 1978. Proof copy on pink Ingres paper (before the edition of 100), initialled by Alan Anderson; 3) Vincent O'Sullivan. Selected Letters, 1993. 2 copies: corrected proofs; proof copy on Abbey Mills paper, initialled and dated by Alan Anderson, wrappers (eventual print run: 50 copies); 4) John Gray The Kiss. Translated from the French of Theodore de Banville, 1983. Corrected proofs (before the edition of 145); 5) Aubrey Beardsley. An Obituary Memoir by John Gray, 1980. Proof copy (before the edition of 95); 6) Some Unpublished Poems by John Gray, 1987. Corrected proofs (before the edition of 145); 7) Stéphane Mallarmé. Poésies, translated by Arthur Symons, 1986. Proofs (before the edition of 150); 8) W. B. Yeats. A Reminiscence by Frank O' Connor, 1982. Corrected proofs (before the edition of 125); 9) A Garland for Stephen Spender. Arranged by Barry Humphries, 1991. Corrected proofs (before the edition of 150); 10) Uncollected Poems by Lillian Bowes Lyon, 1981. One of 6 copies proof copies on Glastonbury paper (before the edition of 95), initialled and dated by Alan Anderson, wrappers; 11) A Perfect Description of Scotland attributed to Sir Anthony Weldon, [no date]. Uncompleted trial copy (annotated by Alan Anderson, 'a reprint commissioned by the late Ian Grant, bookseller, who 12) intended to write an introduction. This was never done, and the work was abandoned'), wrappers; 13) Roy Fuller. Mianserin Sonnets, 1984. Corrected proofs (before the edition of 135); 14) Twelfth Night. A Personal View by Roy Fuller, 1985. Corrected proofs (before the edition of 135); 15) Poetry and Fiction. Reflections on three Nineteenth Century Authors by Lionel Johnson, 1982. Corrected proofs (before the edition of 95); 16) Hand and Eye. An Anthology for Sacheverell Sitwell, 1977. 'Proofs in first state' (annotation to card chemise); 17) Vernon Watkins. Elegy for the Latest Dead, 1977. Proof copy on Turkey Mill paper (before the edition of 120), with label on envelope reading 'Unique trial copy', wrappers; 18) John Sanderson Reefs Bibliophilic. An Address to the Amtmann Circle, 1984. Proof copy (before the edition of 200), wrappers; 19) 1948 and 1984 by Julian Symons. The Second Orwell Memorial Lecture, 1984. Corrected proofs (before the edition of 135); 20) Herbert Read. Pursuits and Verdicts. With a Preface by Graham Greene 1983. 2 copies: proofs and corrected proofs (before the edition of 125); 21) To Newbury to buy an Old Book. Lawrence Clark Powell, 1973. Proof copy (marked 'rough proof - spoiled sheets'), before the edition of 120; 22) Memoirs of Frieda Lawrence by Martha Gordon Crotch. Proof copy on hand-made paper (before the edition of 175); 23) Theodore Wratislaw. Three Nineties Studies. W. B. Yeats, John Gray Aubrey Beardsley, 1980. 3 copies: galley proofs, corrected proofs, and proofs on Amalfi paper; 24) From the Nineties. Some Translations of Baudelaire and Verlaine, 1982. Various sheets (label on envelope: 'The printer's first rough proofs and corrected proofs'); 25) The Object of an Affair and Other Poems. Julian Symons, 1974. Incomplete proof sheets; 26) Ten Poems by Morley Jamieson, 1978. Corrected proofs (before the edition of 210); 27) 'Proofs of Holy Writ' by Rudyard Kipling, 1981. Corrected proofs (before the edition of 125); 28) Montague Summers. A Talk by Timothy d'Arch Smith, 1984. Corrected proofs (before the edition of 110) (approx. 30) (c.30) Note: The Tragara Press was founded in Edinburgh in 1953 by printer Alan Anderson (1922-2016) and operated until 1991.