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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Arnold Yates Paper collection
Collection
0097-LIT
Abstract
Arnold Yates, 1900-1971, born in Cheshire, UK, was apprenticed as a tool-maker at age 14. Through his membership in the Liverpool Branch of the Independent Labour Party and his own interest and study, he became an expert on William Morris and began collecting Morris materials. In 1919, he opened a bookshop in Liverpool, but, in 1921, joined Messers A. E. Parry and Co., Booksellers, eventually selling the business in 1949 and retiring to the Cotswolds. A bibliophile and collector from...
Dates:
1850-1976; Majority of material found within 1949-1959