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1201. Ashley MS B2760

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Ashley MS B2760
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Letter from Samuel C. Chew to T. J. Wise, asking permission to dedicate his forthcoming Swinburne (published 1929) to Wise, and asking Wise's opinion of Chew's Byron in England, 1924; 23 Dec. 1927. Signed. [Ashley Library Catalogue, viii, p. 78.] includes: ff. 58, 58b Samuel C. Chew, Profess...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1927
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1 item

1202. Ashley MS B3306

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Ashley MS B3306
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Two Letters to T. J. Wise concerning the bibliography of Thomas Gray (in particular The Candidate, 1764) and Matthew Prior; 1906, n.d. [Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, p. 160]. As follows:― 1. Letter from G. A. Aitken; 4 April 1906. ff. 44-45b. 2. Letter from J. A. Spoor; n.d. Signed. Imperf. ff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906
Extent:
1 item

1203. Ashley MS 4763

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Ashley MS 4763
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Letter from Claire Clairmont to J. H. Leigh Hunt, asking him how to break the news of Shelley's and E. E. Williams' deaths to Mary Shelley and Jane Williams; 19 July 1822. ff. 1, 1b. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 187. Folio; ff. iv+1. Clara Mary Jane Clairmont, mistress of Lord Byron: James ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jul 1822
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1 item

1204. Ashley MS 5727

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Ashley MS 5727
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Two Letters from Thomas Hardy to Edmund Gosse, concerning a review of Tess of the Durbervilles, and an opera based on the novel; 18 Jan. 1892, 14 July 1909. Printed in The Collected Letters, i, 1978, p. 253; iv, 1984, p. 33. Octavo; ff. i+5. Thomas Hardy, OM; novelist: Sir Edmund William Goss...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1892-1909
Extent:
1 item

1205. Ashley MS A902

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Ashley MS A902
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Two Letters from R. H. Horne, the first to an unknown correspondent, the second to Mrs [Forman?]; 13 Jan. 1876, 30 Jan. 1882. The earlier letter announces the tenth edition of his Orion, and the impending third edition of his Cosimo. Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, p. 190. includes: ff. 85, 85b ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1876-1882
Extent:
1 item

1206. Ashley MS A1546

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Ashley MS A1546
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Letter from John Rose to T. J. Wise, relating the history of Rose's copy of Shelley, The Necessity of Atheism, 1811; 1 May 1886. Ashley Library Catalogue, v, pp. 51-52. includes: ff. 120, 120b Sir John Rose, 1st Baronet; of Montreal: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letter to Thomas James ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1886
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1 item

1207. Ashley MS A4678

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Ashley MS A4678
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Letter from W. B. Yeats to Mrs Clement Shorter, inviting her and her husband to meet Edward Martyn and Lady Gregory; n.d. [from 18 Woburn Buildings]. Ashley Library Catalogue, ix, p. 162. includes: ff. 45, 46 Dora Sigerson, poet; wife of C K Shorter: William Butler Yeats, poet: Letter to D. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

1208. Ashley MS A4789

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Ashley MS A4789
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Two Letters from Joseph Conrad to T. J. Wise; 18, 23 Nov. 1921. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, pp. 256-257. includes: ff. 52, 52b, 53, 53b Joseph Conrad, alias Teodor Jósef Konrad Korzeniowski, novelist: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letters to Thomas James Wise from Joseph Conrad: 1921.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1921
Extent:
1 item

1209. Ashley MS B2394

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Ashley MS B2394
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Part of a Draft Letter from George Borrow to the Rev. A. Brandram, Secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society; 5 Dec. 1836. The text of the letter received by the Society, from which this draft differs in places, is printed in Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Soc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1836
Extent:
1 item

1210. Ashley MS B2980

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Ashley MS B2980
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Two Letters from Sir Hugh Clifford to T. J. Wise, the earlier (ff. 154-156) sending copies of his A Talk on Joseph Conrad and his Work, 1927, and speaking of his friendship with Joseph Conrad, the later criticising G. Jean-Aubry, Joseph Conrad Life and Letters, 1927, and mentioning his own In Co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1927
Extent:
1 item