STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXXVII. Alexander Pope: poem addressed to the Earl of Oxford; circa 1728. See The Twickenham Edition of the Works of Alexander Pope, vol. VI, 'Minor Poems', ed. N. Ault (1954), p. 294. ff. 3. 201 x 165mm. (f. 3) and 101 x 114mm. (f. 2) pasted down on sheet 367 x ...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CXLI. Charles Darwin: fragment of 'Insectivorous Plants', with some mathematical calculations relating to meridians on the verso; n.d. Draft. Published in 1875. See The Works of Charles Darwin, ed. P. H. Barrett and R. B. Freeman, vol. 24 (1989), p. 307. f. 1. 165...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXXII. Thomas Moore: poem 'The Last Rose of Summer'; circa 1813. Fair copy. See The Works of Thomas Moore, Esq., (Paris: Galignani, 1820), vol. iv, pp. 121-122. ff. 2. 199 x 165mm. Poetry ENGLISH: Thomas Moore, poet: Poem 'The Last Rose of Summer' by Thomas Moor...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vols. CLXXXIV, CLXXXV. Two notebooks containing the final part of the novel 'Jean-Christophe'; 1911-1912. Draft. French. Entitled 'L'Aube Nouvelle', but published in the section 'La fin du voyage' as 'La Nouvelle Journée'. See Cahiers de la Quinzaine, series xiv, cahiers 2, 3 (Paris, 1912). ff. 111, 108. 219 x 177mm. Bound volumes.
John Keats: Fragment of poem 'I stood tip-toe upon a little hill'
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Autograph first draft. Fifty-seven lines (including deletions) from the 4th leaf of the poem. The whole work consists of 242 lines in rhyming couplets, drafted on ten leaves. Lines 87-106 of the final version are drafted on the recto, and lines 123-150 on the verso of this fragment. The gap be...
Benjamin Franklin: Letter to William Strahan; Philad[elphia] 12 Feb. 1744/5
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Autograph. Signed. Begins: ‘Sir I receiv'd your Favour p[er] Mr Chew dayed Sept. 10. and a Copy via Boston.’ Ends: ‘Your obliged humble Servant B Franklin’ Franklin acknowledges receipt from Strahan of 'Mr Middleton's Pieces' and places new orders: a range of pamphlets for friends of differ...
(Enoch) Arnold Bennett: Newspaper article in the series 'Books and Persons', including a review of Conflicts by Stefan Zweig, written for the Evening Standard; London, 20 February 1928 (see f. 1)
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Autograph draft. The review relates to novels by three European writers newly published in English translation. Begins: 'Not long since I saw an advertisement of [deletion] a novel . . .' Ends: ‘It has sparks of the divine fire’ The works discussed are: Thomas Raucat, L'Honorable Partie de ...