5 Aug. 1922 includes: f. 113 Clement King Shorter, journalist and author: Joseph Conrad, alias Teodor Jósef Konrad Korzeniowski, novelist: Letter to Clement King Shorter from Joseph Conrad: 1922.
Letter from Mrs Joseph Conrad to T. J. Wise, 2 Sept. 1924 includes: ff. 114-115 Jessie Conrad, wife of Joseph Conrad: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letter to Thomas James Wise from Jessie Conrad: 1924.
Letters (5) from Jessie Conrad to T. J. Wise, concerning the death of Joseph Conrad (2 Sept. 1924), sending a copy of 'this little preface [by Joseph Conrad] to the Cookery Book' (14 Oct. 1921), and sending a book and a pamphlet (15, 19, 21 Oct. 1925); 14 October 1921-21 October 1925. [Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 256; viii, pp. 127, 131].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Two Letters from R. L. Mégroz to T. J. Wise, chiefly concerned with the bibliography of Joseph Conrad; 1, 3 Feb. 1928. [Ashley Library Catalogue, x, p. 86.] includes: ff. 116-118b Rodolphe Louis Mégroz, writer: Joseph Conrad, alias Teodor Jósef Konrad Korzeniowski, novelist: Thomas James Wis...
Letter from William Cowper to [Joseph Johnson?] concerning the placing of an advertisement for Cowper's translation of Homer in the 1787 (3rd) edition of his Poems; 9 Jan. 1787. Also included are a postcard from Arundel Esdaile (ff. 120, 120b) and a letter from Francis Needham (f. 121) to T. J. ...
Letter from [H. T. Butler?] to T. J. Wise concerning the price fetched by copies of Sir William Davenent, Prince D'Amour, 1635, Britannia Triumphans, 1637, Madagascar, 1638, and First Days Entertainment, 1657; 12 June 1912. Imperf. [Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, p. 5.] includes: f. 122 H. T....
Letter from W. S. McCormick to Edmund Gosse, describing John Davidson's circumstances in order to obtain for him a grant from the Royal Literary Fund; 6 Dec. 1898. [Ashley Library Catalogue, ix, p. 65.] includes: ff. 123-131b Sir William Symington McCormick, GBE: John Davidson, poet: Sir Edm...
Letters (6) from John Davidson, four to Edmund Gosse, one to 'Mac' [W. S. McCormick?], and one to an unidentified correspondent; 2 March 1892-18 Dec. 1898. The letters concern Gosse's Russet and Silver, a Canadian poet, Richard Hovey, Davidson's reaction on receiving a grant from the Royal Literary Fund, the influence of the Jacobeans on the evolution of his plays, and the illness of his brother. [Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, pp. 12-16; ix, pp. 65-66].