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1. Add MS 59890 A

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WILLIAM TRAVERS: 'Diavoletti or A Gipsy's Vengeance'; after 1870. The text is an alternative and longer version of a play by Travers entitled 'The Troubador or The Gipsy's Vengeance' which was first performed at the City of London Theatre, 14 Aug. 1858. The longer version is among the Lord Chamberlain's Plays (Add. 52975 L). Inscribed (f. 23v) 'Purchased Right of Playing May 8th 1861'. Purchased of Motley Books, 1 November 1977. Paper; ff. 13. 335 x 205mm.
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Drama ENGLISH: William Travers, dramatist: `Diavoletti, or A Gipsy's Vengeance' by William Travers: aft. 1870: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1870
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 59890 B

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'IL TROVATORE': printed copy of an English version by William E. Suter from Lacy's Acting Edition, vol. 56; circa 1860. The title page is wanting. Inscribed on the cover (f. i) 'Mr. Thomas Loydall' and several times elsewhere 'R. Macguinness'. Complimentary ticket stamp of Queen's Theatre (ff. i, 4). Purchased of Motley Books, 1 November 1977. Paper; ff. ii+17. 185 x 105mm.
Scope & Content:
William E. Suter, dramatist: `Il Trovatore' by William E. Suter: circa 1860: Engl. transl: Printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 59891

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W. H. AUDEN: autograph fair copy of his poem 'Roar Gloucestershire, do yourself proud' dedicated to Jonathan Warner, son of Rex Warner; circa Easter 1931. Published with revisions as the fourth of six Odes in The Orators (1932). Sent by Auden to Rex Warner and his first wife Frances, and given by them to their son Jonathan circa 1962. Purchased at Sotheby's 29 July 1977, lot 431. Paper; ff. ii+4. 330 x 200mm.
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Rex Warner, poet and novelist: Poetry ENGLISH: Wystan Hugh Auden, poet: `Roar Gloucestershire' sent to Rex Warner by W. H. Auden: 1931: Autogr. includes: f. ii Rex Warner, poet and novelist: Daniel Philip Waley, PhD; Keeper of Manuscripts, British Library: Letter to Daniel Philip Waley from ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1931
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 59892

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper and vellum; ff. 166. British Library arrangement. A. Letter of George Eliot to Frederick Lehmann; 19 April [1866]. Extracts from this letter are printed in G. S. Haight, The George Eliot Letters (1954-1955), iv, p. 240. Purchased of Pan American Books, Cazenovia, New York, 4 Jan. 1978. ff. 1-2. 153 x 98mm. B. Three letters of W. E. Gladstone to Sir Donald Currie, M.P., relating to a forthcoming cruise in one of Currie's steamers with Tennyson and o...
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includes: f. 1 Frederick Lehmann: Marian Cross, née Evans; alias 'George Eliot'; novelist: Letter to Frederick Lehmann from `George Eliot': [1866].ff. 3, 6, 10 William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister: Sir Donald Currie, GCMG: Letters to Sir Donald Currie from William Ewart Gladstone: 1883.f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1353-1999
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 59895

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ASQUITH LETTERS: letters of Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, his wife Margot and son Raymond to the actress Mrs Alan Parsons formerly Viola Tree; 1904-1926, n.d. Included are some originals and typewritten copies of nine letters of H. H. Asquith published in Viola Tree, Castles in the Air (1926), pp. 194-195, 225-226, 239, 252-253, 285, 300-301. Supplementary to Add. 61727. Purchased of Denys Parsons, the son of the recipient, 13 Jan. 1978. Paper; ff. 143. British Lib...
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Viola Emmie Aida Tree, afterwards Parsons; actress and singer: Letters from the Asquith family to V. Tree: 1904-1926, n.d. includes: ff. 1-78 Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith; Prime Minister: Letters to V. Tree by Herbert Henry Asquith: 1904-1926: Partly typewritten copi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1926
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 59896

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MAX KOMMERELL: 'Gespräche aus der Zeit der deutschen Wiedergeburt'; 1929. German. Manuscript edition of poems and verse dialogues written in the 'George-Schrift' and issued by the Verlag der Blätter für die Kunst Otto von Holten, Berlin. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books, 8 Feb. 1978. Paper; ff. ii+32. 335 x 245mm. Contemporary parchment binding with the title in gold on the upper cover. 1. ff. 2-4. 'Winckelmann in Triest', beg. 'Welch ein hartfäustiger schreck'. 2. ff. ...
Scope & Content:
Poetry GERMAN: Max Kommerell, poet: `Gespräche aus der Zeit der deutschen Wiedergeburt': 1929: Germ: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 59897

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COLEMAN PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 194). Letters from the poet Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols (b.1893, d.1944), together with verses by him partly in draft; 1935-1944, n.d. Music: Ellen Coleman, composer: Letters and papers of Ellen Coleman: 1918-1954, n.d.: Partly Fr. includes: ff. 1-156 Robert Mal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1935-1944
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 59897-59898

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COLEMAN PAPERS
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Letters to the composer Ellen Coleman (b.1884, d.1973), together with related papers; 1918-1954, n.d. Partly printed. Presented by Miss Ina de Paszt, Jan. 1978. Paper. Two volumes. British Library arrangement.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1918-1954
Extent:
2 items

9. Add MS 59899

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Title:
Household book of Henry VII for the years 1502-1505
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A household book for the court of Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), including lists of monthly loans, revenues, bonds, obligations, taxes, rents and memorandi for the years 1502-1505 written by John Heron (b. 1470, d. 1522), Treasurer of the Chamber, sometimes signed by the king himself. Contents:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1502-1505
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1 volume