Greville Press Archive

Comprises the business papers of the Greville Press, correspondence relating to the planning and selection of material for publication with some drafts and proofs, examples of Greville Press and other small presses' publications, and some postcards.

Box 1: Cheque receipts, order sheets, bank statements.

Box 2: Letters (from various individuals). Stored in envelopes according to name.

Box 3: Pamphlets. Geoffrey Godbert letters

Box 4: Papers, letters etc. relating to publications (some which did not happen). Envelopes arranged according to writer or name of publication.

Box 5: Cheque receipts, order sheets, accountant reports and stocktaking statements.

Box 6: Papers, letters etc. relating to publications (some which did not happen). Envelopes arranged according to writer or name of publication. Letters sent to Anthony Astbury (2 folders).

Box 7: Papers, letters etc. relating to publications (some which did not happen). Envelopes arranged according to writer or name of publication. Harold Pinter letters.

Box 8: Copies of Anthony Astbury's diary.

Box 9: Letters (from various individuals). Stored in envelopes according to name.

Box 10: Papers, letters etc. relating to publications (some which did not happen). Envelopes arranged according to writer or name of publication.

Box 11: Anthony Astbury drafts and letters.

Box 12: Orders and accounts.

Box 13: Letters (from various individuals). Stored in envelopes according to name.

Box 14: Letters (from various individuals). Stored in envelopes according to name.

Box 15: W.S. Graham related (includes letters from Graham).

Anthony Astbury notebooks, postcard and pictures (16 pamplets boxes).

Anthony Astbury (1940- ) was a schoolmaster at Emscote Lawn School, Warwick, when in 1975 he founded a small English poetry press, the Greville Press, named after Sir Fulke Greville (1554-1628). The playwright Harold Pinter, amongst others, has assisted him in the administration of the company, which is non-profitmaking. In May 2000 the press celebrated its 25th anniversary. It is noted in literary circles for its fine productions of chiefly shorter twentieth-century English poems with small print-runs.

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Purchased from Anthony Astbury on 27 May 2002.

In English.

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