MILLAR BEQUEST. Vols. LXXXV, LXXXVI. 'A Long Retrospect', the autobiography of T. A. Guthrie; Oct. 1929-March 1933. Autograph draft. The preface is dated March 1933, see Add. 54311, f. 2. Prepared for publication by E. G. and Edith Mary Millar and printed in 1936. Paper. Two volumes. 325 x 265mm. Bound in green morocco by W. H. Smith & Son for E. G. Millar. Slip cases covered in marbled paper.
MILLAR BEQUEST. Vol. LXXXVII. Angela Thirkell, 'Miss Bunting'; 1944-1945. Autograph draft. Chiefly pencil. For date of composition see f. 3. Published 1945. Presented to Millar by the author in Feb. 1946 (f. 2). Paper; ff. 522. Eleven exercise books, paper covered. 198 x 160mm. Angela Margare...
MILLAR BEQUEST. Vol. LXXXVIII. Sir Arthur Sullivan, 'Notes on Schubert's Overture in the Italian Style'; 1874? Autograph. Notes in the hand of F. G. Edwards, music critic, ff. 1, 6. Purchased by Millar from Maggs, Cat. 591, item 1500 [1933]. Paper; ff. ii+6. 183 x 115mm. Bound in tan crushed m...
MILLAR BEQUEST. Vol. LXXXIX. W. S. Gilbert, Yum-Yum's song 'The sun, whose rays', from 'The Mikado', and plan of stage; circa 1884-1885. Autograph draft. Given by Charles Morley, Editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, to Wilfrid J. Hemp, circa 1896, see note by Hemp dated 10 Aug. 1916 (f. i). Paper;...
Some French, German and Italian. See BMQ, xxxiii, pp. 50-51. Mounted in an album, with printed portraits and photographs of a number of the writers. The album is annotated by Millar, with details of acquisition, etc., including information about items dispersed from the collection. Millar's book...
MILLAR BEQUEST. Vol. XCII. Autograph Book; 1909-1961, n.d. Ink, pencil and watercolour. Contains twenty-six entries, many illustrated. Last dated entry 1961 (f. 18). The book was given to Millar on his twenty-first birthday, 24 Oct. 1908, by Mrs Marie Hensley, sister of Sir Sidney Low (f. 1). ...
MILLAR BEQUEST. Vol. XCIII. Montagu Rhodes James, 'Pictor in Carmine'; circa 1932. Autograph. Latin and English. Printed in Archaeologia, xciv (1951), pp. 141-166. Included is correspondence relating to publication of the text, 1948-1950 (ff. 54-65). James intended this study of 'Pictor in carmi...