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Collection Area Western Manuscripts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Ashley MS A17-5768 Name Borrow, George, writer

1. Ashley MS 112

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Ashley MS 112
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'Swayne Vonved': a ballad translated from the Danish by George Borrow; [1830?]. Autograph fair copy, written on both sides of six leaves of pale grey laid paper formed by cutting folio leaves in half, and on one only of a seventh (f. 7). Watermarks '1830' under a name most of which has been cut ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1830?]
Extent:
1 item

2. Ashley MS 113

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Ashley MS 113
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'The Zigany': a poem from the Russian of Pushkin by George Borrow; circa 1860. Autograph fair copy, with revisions, written on both sides of twenty quarto leaves of white laid paper formed by tearing folio leaves in half. No watermark. The poem, a drama in free verse for narrator and voices, is ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 item

3. Ashley MS 114

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Ashley MS 114
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'The Young Boxer': a story translated from the Persian by George Borrow; circa 1860. Autograph fair copy, heavily revised in places, written on both sides of eleven quarto leaves of white laid paper formed by tearing folio leaves in half. No watermark. The story is entitled 'The Young Boxer. / F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 item

4. Ashley MS 119

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Ashley MS 119
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Account of an Incident at Yarmouth in 1853 by George Borrow; [1853?]. Autograph fair copy, written on both sides of two conjoined octavo leaves of cream laid paper. No watermark. Printed in C. K. Shorter, George Borrow and his Circle, 1913, pp. 291-292. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 45. Octav...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1853?]
Extent:
1 item

5. Ashley MS 128

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Ashley MS 128
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'The Valkyrie and Raven': a ballad translated from the Norse by George Borrow; before 1862. Autograph draft, written on both sides of four octavo leaves of cream laid paper, and one side only of a fifth (f. 6). No watermark. The ballad is entitled by Borrow on f. 1 'The Valkyrie and Raven/[From ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

6. Ashley MS 131

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Ashley MS 131
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'The Story of Tim': a story translated from the Russian by George Borrow; [1854-1862]: Octavo; ff. i+18. George Borrow, writer: Fiction: 'The Story of Tim', translated from the Russian by George Borrow: [1854-1862]: Autogr. draft.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1854-1862]
Extent:
1 item

7. Ashley MS 133

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Ashley MS 133
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Five Ballads: translated from the Danish by George Borrow; 1826 or later. Autograph fair copies, written on both sides of eight narrow octavo leaves of cream laid paper. Watermarks 'F L', '1826' and the figure of Britannia. The ballads, which were possibly written out for 'Songs of Scandinavia',...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

8. Ashley MS 2376

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Ashley MS 2376
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'Romantic Ballads'. 1. 'The Death-Raven'; circa 1865. Fair copy, with a few revisions, written on both sides of ten quarto leaves of white laid paper. Watermark 'Cowan' and the figure of Britannia. The MS. is entitled 'The Death-Raven. From Oehlenslaeger' in Borrow's hand. The final text found...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1823-1870
Extent:
1 item

9. Ashley MS 2377*

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Ashley MS 2377*
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'Romantic Ballads'. 'The Tournament'; after 1843. Fair copy, written on both sides of seven quarto leaves of grey laid paper. Watermark 'Stowford Mill / 1843' and figure of Britannia. The MS. is entitled 'The Tournament' in Borrow's hand. The text found in the fair copy differs in more than half...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1843
Extent:
1 item

10. Ashley MS 2378

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Ashley MS 2378
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'Romantic Ballads'. 'Vidrik Verlandson'; circa 1845. Fair copy, written on both sides of seven quarto leaves of blue wove paper and on one side only of an eighth. No watermark. The MS. is entitled 'Vidrik Verlandson' in Borrow's hand. The text found in the fair copy differs by more than a hundre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1845
Extent:
1 item