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An original 170pp typescript (3rd Draft - Typed 3rd June 1986) of Maggie Wadey’s TV adaptation of Northanger Abbey, broadcast in the UK in February 1987 as part of BBC Two's prestigious Screen Two anthology series. The film was a joint production between the BBC and the A&E Network. Directed by Giles Foster and produced by Louis Marks. The 90-minut… Read more…

Unpublished academic thesis written by University College London English literary scholar, author, and university lecturer Lilian Haddakin (1914 -1982). Written most probably in the early ‘50s using the title ‘Mrs’ rather than ‘Dr.’ the thesis focuses on the ethical foundations and literary influences of George Chapman’s plays. The introduction beg… Read more…

Unpublished authorial typescript - containing an original letter from Frieda Lawrence - about Johnston’s bibliographical pursuit of a disguised edition of Lady Chatterley’s Lover which had been designed to evade US customs after the book was banned. We can find no record of this essay ever being published. In the essay Johnston, a distinguished Ame… Read more…