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611. Ashley MS 4730

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Ashley MS 4730
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Letter from Lord Byron to John Murray, expressing his opinion of Robert Southey; 9 May 1817. Printed in Marchand. op. cit. vol. v, 1976, pp. 220-222. Ashley Library Catalogue, xi, pp. 24-25. Folio; ff. xviii+4. John Murray, publisher; d.1843: George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron; poet: Le...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1817
Extent:
1 item

612. Ashley MS 5725

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Ashley MS 5725
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Letters (3) from Thomas Hardy to Edmund Gosse, concerning Hardy's 'Two on a Tower'; 4, 10 Dec. 1882, 21 Jan. 1883. Printed in The Collected Letters, i, 1978, pp. 110, 114-115. Octavo; ff. i+5. Thomas Hardy, OM; novelist: Sir Edmund William Gosse, writer: Letters to Sir Edmund William Gosse fr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1882-1883
Extent:
1 item

613. Ashley MS 5726

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Ashley MS 5726
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Two Letters from Thomas Hardy to Edmund Gosse, mentioning the last illness and death of William Barnes; 23 Nov. 1885, 30 Aug. 1887. Printed in The Collected Letters, i, 1978, pp. 137, 167. Octavo; ff. i+7. Thomas Hardy, OM; novelist: Sir Edmund William Gosse, writer: Letters to Sir Edmund Wil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1885-1887
Extent:
1 item

614. Ashley MS 5733

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Ashley MS 5733
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'I must not cease from singing': verses, beginning thus, by R. L. Stevenson; n.d. (written towards the end of his life). Copy, in the hand of his step-daughter, Mrs Isobel Strong, written on one side only of two conjoined octavo leaves of cream wove paper. No watermark. ff. 1b, 2. The MS. is ini...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

615. Ashley MS A36, B39, B42, B44, B51, B57, B2277, B3652

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Ashley MS A36, B39, B42, B44, B51, B57, B2277, B3652
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Letters (8) from Frederick Britten Austin to T. J. Wise; 3 June 1927-27 March 1935. The letters concern Ashley MS. 36 (A36, B44), Ashley MS. 51 (B51), Austin's Told in the Market Place, 1935 (B57), the price of George Meredith first editions (B3652), and the fact that Some Wordsworth Finds? Arranged and Introduced by James Medborough, 1895, was, unknown to Wise, a hoax by T. W. H. Crosland (B2277). For further letters from Austin to Wise, see 4685, 4686. Ashley Library Catalogue, ix, pp. 6-7...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:
3 Jun 1927-27 Mar 1935
Extent:
8 items

616. Ashley MS A1363

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Ashley MS A1363
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'He and She': a poem by Christina Rossetti; before 1881. Autograph fair copy, written on one side only of an octavo leaf of grey wove ruled paper. No watermark. First printed in A Pageant and Other Poems, 1881, p. 43. Ashley Library Catalogue, iv, pp. 99-100. includes: f. 1 Christina Georgin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1881
Extent:
1 item

617. Ashley MS A1971

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Ashley MS A1971
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Letter from A. C. Swinburne to Duncan McVarish; 12 Nov. 1901. Printed in C. Y. Lang, Swinburne Letters, vi, 1962, pp. 154-155. Ashley Library Catalogue, vii, p. 27. includes: ff. 149-154 Duncan McVarish: Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Letter to Duncan McVarish from Algernon Charles Swinbu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1901
Extent:
1 item

618. Ashley MS B735

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Ashley MS B735
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Letter from Edward FitzGerald to George Borrow, asking to see him; 10 Oct. 1859. Printed in The Letters of Edward Fitzgerald, ed. A. M. Terhune and A. B. Terhune, vol. ii, 1980, p. 339. [Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, p. 121]. includes: ff. 4-5b Edward Fitzgerald, translator of Omar Khayyám: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1859
Extent:
1 item

619. Ashley MS B4732

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Ashley MS B4732
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'Don Juan': a poem by Lord Byron; [1818]. Autograph draft of stanzas XII and XV of the Dedication. The text found in the MS. differs slightly from that first published in The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. XV, 1833, p. 101. [Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 157]. includes: f. 128 Poetry ENGLISH: G...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1818]
Extent:
1 item

620. Ashley MS 5744

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Ashley MS 5744
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Letters (9) from Walter Savage Landor to the Countess of Blessington; 1837-1846. The letters contain the following literary compositions:― 1. Autograph fair copy of the last scene of the drama 'Orestes'; [1837]. ff. 3b-4. 2. Autograph fair copy of a poem, beginning 'Why, why repine, my pensive...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1837-1846
Extent:
1 item