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Steele, A. J. (Alan John), 1916-2004

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1916 - 2004-03-06

Biographical Note

Born in London in 1905, Alan Steele was an English book promoter, seller, and publisher. He worked as a director at William Jackson, Ltd., a London-based firm of export booksellers, promoting and selling overseas the works of numerous well-known authors, including works by Monk Gibbon. He also formed a private publishing company, Joiner & Steele, which published Gibbon's 1932 collection 17 Sonnets. Steele died in 1985.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Boston College collection of Monk Gibbon

 Collection
Abstract

This collection documents the life of Irish author Monk Gibbon through his correspondence and manuscripts held in the papers of two of his peers: his bibliographer Alan Denson and one of his early publishers Alan Steele. Also included are portraits of Gibbon and his family, which may have belonged to Denson.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1929 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1951 - 1975