Benn, Timothy, 1936-2019

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1936 - 2019-10-09

Biography

Timothy Benn (1936-2019), British publisher

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence, 1997-2006

Part of Collection — Box 79: [Barcode: 39002137225547], Folder: GROUP 3135, F-1

Call Number: GEN MSS MISC

Scope and Contents:

Four letters from Benn to Nick Lyons and three letters between Benn and William Bullock regarding a book on fly fishing.

Removed from: Way of a man with a nymph (Elstead, Surrey: Creel Press, 2005).

Dates: 1997-2006

Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > B > BENN, TIMOTHY

Letter to Max Wilk, 1974 August 2

Item — 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8, Folder: 13

Call Number: MSS 14 , Series II

Scope and Contents: Letter discusses putting the manuscript of Edward and His Marvellous Telescope in the post that afternoon and sending it to another publisher, Farrar Straus. Mr. Benn explains that they are currently working on The Secret Harbour (another work by Sam Smith) and how he would like to complete that project before embarking on another. He is, however, very interested in the concept of Edward...

Dates: 1974 August 2

Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Sam Smith Collection > Edward and His Marvellous Telescope > Correspondence

Sam Smith Collection

Collection

Call Number: MSS 14

Abstract:

The collection comprises original work by Sam Smith including ink drawings, mock-ups, hand-carved wooden boats, paper model sets, typescripts, and correspondence.

Dates: 1972-1996, bulk 1972-1979

Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Sam Smith Collection