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1811. Ashley MS B3733

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Ashley MS B3733
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Letter from E. H. Blakeney to T. J. Wise, sending him a copy of Walter Pater, The Chant of the Celestial Sailors, 1928, which Blakeney had printed; 24 [Feb. 1928]. [Ashley Library Catalogue, x, pp. 160-161]. includes: ff. 20, 20b Edward Henry Blakeney, poet: Thomas James Wise, book collector...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 [Feb 1928]
Extent:
1 item

1812. Ashley MS B3735

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Ashley MS B3735
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Letter from Coventry Patmore to Edmund Gosse, discussing the extent to which FitzGerald had understood and been faithful to Omar Khayyam's intention in his translation of the Rubaiyat; 17 Nov. 1896. [Ashley Library Catalogue, iii, p. 199]. includes: ff. 21-22 Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Nov 1896
Extent:
1 item

1813. Ashley MS B3736

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Ashley MS B3736
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Letter from Edmund Gosse to T. J. Wise, asking for help in securing commissions for Miss Bertha Patmore, an illuminator, and daughter of Coventry Patmore; 3 Feb. 1897. Also included (f. 25) is a quotation from Coventry Patmore in Gosse's hand: 'Love subsists in a perpetual conversion of phase . ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1897
Extent:
1 item

1814. Ashley MS B3738

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Ashley MS B3738
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Letter from John Payne to W. T. Watts[-Dunton], explaining that the calamities in his life had removed the desire to write any more poetry; 12 Aug. 1887. [Ashley Library Catalogue, iii, pp. 199-200 (a large part of the letter is printed on p. 200)]. includes: ff. 26-27b Walter Theodore Watts...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1887
Extent:
1 item

1815. Ashley MS B3743

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Ashley MS B3743
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Two Letters from H. F. B. Brett-Smith to T. J. Wise, the earlier letter (ff. 28-29b) seeking Wise's help in seeing a MS. of twenty-eight early poems by T. L. Peacock, dated 1798-1804, in the possession of W. T. Spencer, and the later (ff. 30, 30b) speaking of his Works of Thomas Love Peacock, 19...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1928-1934
Extent:
1 item

1816. Ashley MS B3751*

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Ashley MS B3751*
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Letter from Georges Lafourcade to T. J. Wise, 15 July 1927 includes: f. 31, 31b Georges Lafourcade, writer: Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letter to Thomas James Wise from Georges Lafourcade rel. to the composition of 'Faustine' by Algernon Charles Swin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1927
Extent:
1 item

1817. Ashley MS B3751*, B5628

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Ashley MS B3751*, B5628
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Letters (3) from Georges Lafourcade to T. J. Wise concerning the composition of Swinburne's 'Faustine' (15 July 1927), sending a copy of his translation into French of Swinburne's 'Ave atque Vale' (14 Feb. 1924), and seeking an interview with Wise (3 Dec. 1924). [Ashley Library Catalogue, iv, p. 106 (B3751* only)].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1924-1927
Extent:
2 items

1818. Ashley MS B3759

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Ashley MS B3759
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Letter from John H. Ingram to T. J. Wise, announcing his intention of calling on Wise; 22 July 1903. [Ashley Library Catalogue, iii, p. 208]. includes: f. 32 John H. Ingram: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letter to Thomas James Wise from John H. Ingram: 1903.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1903
Extent:
1 item

1819. Ashley MS B3763

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Ashley MS B3763
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Letters (3) to T. J. Wise concerning the bibliography of J. W. Polidori, The Vampyre, 1819. [Ashley Library Catalogue, iii, p. 208]; 1929, n.y. As follows:― 1. Two letters from J. Charlesworth; 1 May, 11 June 1929. ff. 33-35b. 2. Letter from Arthur Rogers, Bookseller; 18 Oct. [ ]. f. 36 inclu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 item

1820. Ashley MS B3766

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Ashley MS B3766
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Letter from Edmund Gosse to T. J. Wise, chiefly concerning the bibliography of Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. By Several Hands, 1712, to which Alexander Pope contributed; 15 April 1907. Bound up with the letter is a page of notes (f. 39) on the same subject by G. A. Aitken, written some t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1907
Extent:
1 item