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Alan Noel Latimer Munby — Author | Lex | Lex

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Alan Noel Latimer Munby

1913 – 1974

41 works on record

Biography

Alan Noel Latimer Munby, called "Tim" by nearly everyone who knew him, was a later follower of M.R. James in the antiquarian tradition. His interest in rare books was first aroused by visits to booksellers in Bristol, near Clifton College where he was at school. Between 1935 and 1947 (except for during the Second World War), he worked in the book trade, at the antiquarian book dealers Bernard Quaritch, and in the book department at Sotheby's. After the war, he became Librarian of King's College, Cambridge, the college which had formerly been home to both M.R. James and E.G. Swain. He became an important figure in the librarianship community, and was made a member of the first ever British Library Board in 1973. Munby started writing ghost stories whilst a prisoner at Oflag VII B, a German prisoner-of-war camp near Eichstätt, after his capture at Calais in 1940. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Eichstätt, Michael Rackl, gave the prisoners access to his own printing press, and they produced a camp magazine called *Touchstone*, which contained three of Munby's tales as well as poems, illustrations and essays by other prisoners. The stories recycled Munby's own antiquarian interests and knowledge into escapist fantasy for his fellow soldiers. Later he had these tales, and others written in the same period, published as *The Alabaster Hand* (1949).

Works

E. M. Forster, 1879-1970

E. M. Forster, 1879-1970

Sale catalogues of libraries of eminent persons

Sale catalogues of libraries of eminent persons

Alabaster Hand and Other Ghost Stories

Alabaster Hand and Other Ghost Stories

Portrait of an obsession

Portrait of an obsession

The alabaster hand, and other ghost stories

The alabaster hand, and other ghost stories

Essays and papers

Essays and papers

British book sale catalogues, 1676-1800

British book sale catalogues, 1676-1800

The formation of the Phillipps library

The formation of the Phillipps library

The alabaster hand

The alabaster hand

The formation of the Phillipps Library from 1841 to 1872

The formation of the Phillipps Library from 1841 to 1872

Catalogue of the well-known collection of printed books formed by ... Dr. A.N.L. Munby

Catalogue of the well-known collection of printed books formed by ... Dr. A.N.L. Munby

1976

Poets and men of letters

Poets and men of letters

1971

Phillipps studies

Phillipps studies

1951

Formation of the Phillipps Library

Formation of the Phillipps Library

Lyra catenata

Bibliothèque des gastronomes et des économes, ou l'on passe en revue

Bibliothèque des gastronomes et des économes, ou l'on passe en revue

The catalogue of the Minister's Library in the Collegiate Church of Tong, in Shropshire

The catalogue of the Minister's Library in the Collegiate Church of Tong, in Shropshire

Great collectors and their grand designs

Great collectors and their grand designs

The history and bibliography of science in England: the first phase, 1833-1845

The history and bibliography of science in England: the first phase, 1833-1845

Connoisseurs and medieval miniatures, 1750-1850

Connoisseurs and medieval miniatures, 1750-1850

Donors' labels printed for King's College Library, Cambridge

Donors' labels printed for King's College Library, Cambridge

Macaulay's library

Macaulay's library

The catalogues of manuscripts & printed books of Sir Thomas Phillipps

The catalogues of manuscripts & printed books of Sir Thomas Phillipps

Catalogue of the well known collection of printed books formed by the late Dr. A.N.L. Munby ... which will be sold by auction by Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co

Catalogue of the well known collection of printed books formed by the late Dr. A.N.L. Munby ... which will be sold by auction by Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co

The libraries of English men of letters

The libraries of English men of letters

The flow of books and manuscripts

The flow of books and manuscripts

Cambridge college libraries

Cambridge college libraries

Book collecting in Britain in the 1930s

Book collecting in Britain in the 1930s

The family affairs of Sir Thomas Phillipps

The family affairs of Sir Thomas Phillipps

Some caricatures of book-collectors

Some caricatures of book-collectors

The dispersal of the Phillipps Library

The dispersal of the Phillipps Library

The formation of the Phillipps Library up to the year 1840

The formation of the Phillipps Library up to the year 1840

The cult of the autograph letter in England

The cult of the autograph letter in England

Floreat bibliomania

Floreat bibliomania

Notes on Thomas Gosden

Notes on Thomas Gosden

Book-collecting in the 1930s

Book-collecting in the 1930s

Sir Frederic Madden at Cambridge

Sir Frederic Madden at Cambridge

Wing's Short Title Catalogue

Wing's Short Title Catalogue

The sales of William Pickering's publications

The sales of William Pickering's publications

Charles Geoffrey des Graz, 1893-1953

Charles Geoffrey des Graz, 1893-1953

The catalogues of manuscripts and printed books of Sir Thomas Phillipps

The catalogues of manuscripts and printed books of Sir Thomas Phillipps

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