GARRAWAY RICE COLLECTION. Vols. VIII, IX (ff. i + 324, i + 382). Collections relating to the families of Rice in co. Sussex. The volumes are dated on their spines 1895 and 1900 respectively. Folio.
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Robert Garraway Rice, FSA: Bookplates: 1920. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Rice (Robert Garraway): 1920.
GARRAWAY RICE COLLECTION. Vols. XI-XII. Extracts from Surrey and other parish registers, with notes of some monumental inscriptions, made at various times by the compiler and copied into the volumes in 1883 and 1884. The names of parishes will be found in the Index to this Catalogue.
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Robert Garraway Rice, FSA: Bookplates: 1920. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Rice (Robert Garraway): 1920.
GEORGE SMITH MEMORIAL BEQUEST. Vols. I-III. The autograph fair copy of ''Jane Eyre'' by Charlotte Bronte.
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The autograph fair copy written out 16- 19 March 1847 (see vol. 1, f. i, and vol. I I I, f. 265) and sent to Messrs Smith, Elder and Co. on 24 Aug. 1847. First published, in 3 vols., on 16 Oct. 1847 as Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell. The manuscript was originally written as o...
GEORGE SMITH MEMORIAL BEQUEST. Vols. IV-VI. The autograph fair copy of 'Shirley', by Charlotte Brontë.
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The autographfair copy transcribed in 1848 (the last leaf of Vol. iv, f. 284, is dated Sept. 1848) and sent to the printers. First published, in 3 vols., on 26 Oct. 1849 as Shirley. A Tale. By Currer Bell, Author of 'Jane Eyre'. The manuscript was originally written as one volume, the pages being...
GEORGE SMITH MEMORIAL BEQUEST. Vols. VII-IX. The autograph fair copy of "Villette" by Charlotte Brontë.
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The autograph fair copy transcribed in 1852, vol. VII, f. 1 being dated 29 Mar. 1852, and sent to the printers. First published, in 3 vols., On 28 Jan. 1853 as Villette. By Currer Bell, Author of 'Jane Eyre', 'Shirley', etc. The manuscript, like those of the two preceding novels, was originally ...
GEORGE SMITH MEMORIAL BEQUEST. Vols. XII, XIII. 'The Ring and the Book', by Robert Browning: the autograph manuscript, as sent to the printers for the first edition published by Smith, Elder and Co. in four vols. between 21 Nov. 1868 and 27 Feb. 1869. Add MS 43485 contains Parts I-VI and Add MS 43486 Parts VII-XII. The text of the MS., which has minor corrections throughout, differs at many points from that eventually printed. In particular, Part IV, 'Tertium Quid', was expanded before publi...