David J. Holmes Autographs (Firm)
General Context
Vendor. Operated in the book trade in Boston, Philadelphia, and Hamilton, NY as early as 1972. Principal David Holmes died in 2016.
Source: Obituary. https://www.abaa.org/blog/post/david-holmes-1945-2016 Accessed 2022 July 07.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Maurice Baring papers
The papers document the life and work of British diplomat, journalist, and author Maurice Baring (1874-1945). The materials consist primarily of correspondence but also include a handwritten manuscript by Baring and some ephemera.
Collection is open for research.
Bessie Rayner Belloc - Kelsey Family Collection
This collection contains correspondence from Bessie Rayner Parkes Belloc and her children, Hilaire Belloc and Marie Belloc Lowndes, to Jeanette Kelsey. It also contains miscellaneous printed materials and ephemera such as newspaper clippings and watercolors by Bessie Belloc.
Collection is open for research.
Elizabeth Jennings papers
These papers concern the life and work of twentieth-century British writer Elizabeth Jennings. Materials include published and unpublished manuscripts and poetry, poetry notebooks, prose, reviews and essays, printed material, ephemera, and correspondence.
Collection is open for research.
Seán Lucy papers
This collection contains manuscripts by Irish poet Seán Lucy; lecture notes from his university courses; personal and professional correspondence; handwritten notes on poetry and prose; and manuscripts by other writers collected by Lucy.
Collection is open for research.
Boston College collection of Alice Meynell
The collection consists of materials related to the writer, editor, and art critic Alice Meynell. It includes correspondence of Meynell and her family; manuscripts and proofs of her writings; illustrations for her Preludes; portraits of Meynell; an illuminated manuscript of her poems; and a scrapbook of articles and reviews both by and about Meynell.
Collection is open for research.