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851. Ashley MS A1810

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Ashley MS A1810
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Letter from Robert Louis Stevenson to Norman MacColl, in which mention is made of the writer's Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin, 1887; [1886?]. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, p. 14. includes: f. 187 Norman MacColl, Editor, 'The Athenaeum': Robert Louis Stevenson, writer: Letter to Norman MacColl fro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1886?]
Extent:
1 item

852. Ashley MS A1842

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Ashley MS A1842
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'Rosamond'. Two fragments of scene III:―(a) Draft of song 'Belle est madame, et bien douce en son dire', differing by one word in line 6 and all of line 14 from the text printed on pp. 187-188 of the first edition. The draft is written on one side only of a part folio leaf of ruled white wove pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

853. Ashley MS A1842, 4354

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Ashley MS A1842, 4354
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'Rosamond' (no title in the MS.): a verse tragedy by A. C. Swinburne; [1857-1860]. Two autograph drafts, the earlier (4354) containing the greater part of scene I, scenes II to IV, and approximately two thirds of scene V, the other (A1842), containing fragments of a later version of scene III. In a letter to Edwin Heath written 17 Feb. 1858 Swinburne first mentions this work, saying '. . . Rosamond is about my favourite poem, and is now verging on a satisfactory completion. The first scene...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
[1857-1860]
Extent:
2 items

854. Ashley MS A1843

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Ashley MS A1843
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includes: ff. 3, 3b Mary Leith, wife of Disney Leith: Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton, formerly Watts; critic, novelist and poet: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letter to Thomas James Wise from Mary Leith rel. to W. T. Watts-Dunton: 1919.ff. 3, 3b Mary Leith, wife of Disney Leith: Thomas J...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

855. Ashley MS A1843, A1844

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Ashley MS A1843, A1844
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Two Letters from Mrs Disney Leith to T. J. Wise, mentioning her relationship with W. T. Watts-Dunton in his later years, and discussing the bibliography of A. C. Swinburne, Rosamund, Queen of the Lombards, 1899; 25 April and 1 May 1919. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp. 50-51.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
2 items

856. Ashley MS A1844

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Ashley MS A1844
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includes: f. 4 Mary Leith, wife of Disney Leith: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letters to Thomas James Wise from Mary Leith: 1919.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

857. Ashley MS A1846

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Ashley MS A1846
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'On the Death of Richard Doyle': a sonnet by A. C. Swinburne; [1883]. Doyle died on 11 Dec. 1883. Autograph fair copy, signed 'Algernon Charles Swinburne', and written on one side only of a part folio leaf of blue laid paper. Watermark figure of Britannia. The text is identical with that first p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1883]
Extent:
1 item

858. Ashley MS A1851

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Ashley MS A1851
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Poems and Ballads by A. C. Swinburne; [1860-1865]. 1. 'A Ballad of Life'; [1862-1863]. Early draft of stanzas 1 and 2, written on one side only of a folio leaf of white wove paper, without watermark. Stanza 1 was later discarded, but the text of stanza 2 is substantially the same as that printe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1860-1865
Extent:
1 item

859. Ashley MS A1852

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Ashley MS A1852
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Letter from W. M. Rossetti to T. J. Wise, 27 March 1913 includes: ff. 21, 21b William Michael Rossetti, author and art critic: Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letter to Thomas James Wise from William Michael Rossetti rel. to Algernon Charles Swinburne: 19...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1913
Extent:
1 item

860. Ashley MS A1853

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1853
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Letter from W. M. Rossetti to A. C. Swinburne, 22 Dec. 1866 includes: ff. 22-23b J. Bertrand Payne, bookseller: William Michael Rossetti, author and art critic: Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Letter to Algernon Charles Swinburne from William Michael Rossetti rel. to J. Bertrand Payne: [18...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1866
Extent:
1 item