LIBRIS UK

Papers of Libris UK including correspondence concerning editorial issues and associated reviews of published works. Written in English and German.

The collection contains correspondence regarding publications from the following authors; Rosemary Ashton,1980-1995, Keith Bosley,1995-1997, Bertolt Brecht,1997-2003, Fred Bridgham, 1990-1998, Patrick Bridgwater, 1986-1994, Brigid Brophy,1986-2006, Richard Dove,1987-2001, Hans Fallada,1987-2009, Theodor Fontane, 1997-2005, Franz Fühmann, 2000-2005, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,1986-2005, Sebastian Haffner, 2004-2005, Johann Peter Hebel, 1989-2010, Georg Heym, 1985-2005, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, 2004-2013, Erich Kästner, 1986-2005, Reiner Kunze and Mireille Gansel, 2005-2009, François Lafitte, 1987-2003, Georg Lukács, 1988-1996, Marian Malet and Anthony Grenville, 1999-2010, Eduard Mörike, 1994-2005, Hanns Otto Münsterer, 1986-1998, Nigel Reeves, 1993-1996, Friedrich Schiller, 2001-2006, Georg Trakl, 1996-2008, Jenny Williams, 1991-2009, Erdmut Wizisla, 2003-2009.

Libris was an independent publishing company based in London, which opened in September 1986, and published its first titles in 1988. Libris started out with a general list, including Victorian religious doubters (Froude and 'Mark Rutherford'), Neruda poems (now out of print), biographies of Italo Svevo and Wordsworth, and the late Brigid Brophy's Mozart book. However, from 1990 Libris concentrated almost exclusively on books of and about German literature from Goethe to Brecht. It closed in 2014.

Arranged in original order, alphabetically by author and then by title, as follows:

LIBRIS/1: Rosemary Ashton, THE GERMAN IDEA
LIBRIS/2: Keith Bosley, EVE BLOSSOM HAS WHEELS: GERMAN LOVE POETRY
LIBRIS/3: Bertolt Brecht, WAR PRIMER
LIBRIS/4: Fred Bridgham, THE FRIENDLY GERMAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY
LIBRIS/5: Patrick Bridgwater, POET OF EXPRESSIONIST BERLIN: THE LIFE AND WORK OF GEORG HEYM
LIBRIS/6: Brigid Brophy, MOZART THE DRAMATIST
LIBRIS/7: Richard Dove, HE WAS A GERMAN: A BIOGRAPHY OF ERNST TOLLER
LIBRIS/8: Richard Dove, JOURNEY OF NO RETURN: FIVE GERMAN SPEAKING LITERARY EXILES IN BRITAIN, 1933-1945
LIBRIS/9: Hans Fallada, THE DRINKER
LIBRIS/10: Hans Fallada, LITTLE MAN - WHAT NOW?
LIBRIS/11: Theodor Fontane, BEYOND THE TWEED: A TOUR OF SCOTLAND IN 1858
LIBRIS/12: Franz Fühmann, SELECTED STORIES
LIBRIS/13: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, ROMAN ELEGIES and THE DIARY
LIBRIS/14: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, SELECTED POETRY
LIBRIS/15: Sebastian Haffner, GERMANY: JEKYLL & HYDE
LIBRIS/16: Johann Peter Hebel, THE TREASURE CHEST
LIBRIS/17: Georg Heym, POEMS
LIBRIS/18: Georg Heym, THE THIEF AND OTHER STORIES
LIBRIS/19: Hugo von Hofmannsthal, AN IMPOSSIBLE MAN
LIBRIS/20: Erich Kästner, FABIAN: THE STORY OF A MORALIST
LIBRIS/21: Reiner Kunze and Mireille Gansel, IN TIME OF NEED: A CONVERSATION ABOUT POETRY, RESISTANCE AND EXILE
LIBRIS/22: François Lafitte, THE INTERNMENT OF ALIENS
LIBRIS/23: Georg Lukács, GERMAN REALISTS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
LIBRIS/24: Marian Malet and Anthony Grenville, CHANGING COUNTRIES: THE EXPERIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT OF GERMAN-SPEAKING EXILES FROM HITLER IN BRITAIN FROM 1933 TO TODAY
LIBRIS/25: Eduard Mörike, MOZART'S JOURNEY TO PRAGUE and SELECTED POEMS
LIBRIS/26: Hanns Otto Münsterer, THE YOUNG BRECHT
LIBRIS/27: Nigel Reeves, HEINRICH HEINE: POETRY AND POLITICS
LIBRIS/28: Friedrich Schiller, WILLIAM TELL: A PLAY
LIBRIS/29: Georg Trakl, POEMS & PROSE
LIBRIS/30: Jenny Williams, MORE LIVES THAN ONE: A BIOGRAPHY OF HANS FALLADA
LIBRIS/31: Erdmut Wizisla, WALTER BENJAMIN AND BERTOLT BRECHT: THE STORY OF A FRIENDSHIP

Open. The Archives are available for access in the Archives Reading Room located on the 2nd Floor of the Mile End Library. The Archives Reading Room is open Mondays to Fridays 9am-4pm by appointment only. Contact the Archives for more information: Archives, Main Library QMUL, 328 Mile End Rd, London E1 4NS, telephone: 020 7882 3873, email: archives@qmul.ac.uk . For more information about the Archives see the website: library.qmul.ac.uk/archives

Retained in situ at LIBRIS and then transferred to the Archives in January 2015.

Archives catalogue

No material may be published without the prior permission of both the copyright holder and the Library. All applications for publication must be made to the College Archivist in the first instance, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user.