Accession MS COLL 00425 - Alberto Manguel Papers

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CA OTUTF MS COLL 00425

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Alberto Manguel Papers

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  • 1980-ongoiing (Creation)

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30 boxes (8 metres)

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Gift of Alberto Manguel, 2004.

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Includes drafts, notes, galleys, correspondence and research related to: With Borges; Stevenson Under the Palm Trees; Solitary Vices; la leyenda dorada; Chesterton; Lamentations; le poète mourant (Henrich Heine); translations and different issues of A History of Reading; other authors' work; reviews written by Manguel for various publications; adaptations for CBC; essays; videotapes; reel-to-reel audio tapes; CD-ROM; audio cassettes; Bestiario (special book with loose pages in handmade silk box by Spanish artist Salvador Retana, with text by Manguel; only 10 in total made by the artist); Christmas and birthday cards; ink, pencil and watercolour sketches and drawings by Manguel.

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Material may be requested in person at the Fisher Library Reference Desk, or in advance using our online stack retrieval request form: https://aeon.library.utoronto.ca

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      CA OTUTF MS COLL00425

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      Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto

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