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1. Add MS 59890 A

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WILLIAM TRAVERS: 'Diavoletti or A Gipsy's Vengeance'; after 1870. The text is an alternative and longer version of a play by Travers entitled 'The Troubador or The Gipsy's Vengeance' which was first performed at the City of London Theatre, 14 Aug. 1858. The longer version is among the Lord Chamberlain's Plays (Add. 52975 L). Inscribed (f. 23v) 'Purchased Right of Playing May 8th 1861'. Purchased of Motley Books, 1 November 1977. Paper; ff. 13. 335 x 205mm.
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Drama ENGLISH: William Travers, dramatist: `Diavoletti, or A Gipsy's Vengeance' by William Travers: aft. 1870: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1870
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 59890 B

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'IL TROVATORE': printed copy of an English version by William E. Suter from Lacy's Acting Edition, vol. 56; circa 1860. The title page is wanting. Inscribed on the cover (f. i) 'Mr. Thomas Loydall' and several times elsewhere 'R. Macguinness'. Complimentary ticket stamp of Queen's Theatre (ff. i, 4). Purchased of Motley Books, 1 November 1977. Paper; ff. ii+17. 185 x 105mm.
Scope & Content:
William E. Suter, dramatist: `Il Trovatore' by William E. Suter: circa 1860: Engl. transl: Printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 59891

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W. H. AUDEN: autograph fair copy of his poem 'Roar Gloucestershire, do yourself proud' dedicated to Jonathan Warner, son of Rex Warner; circa Easter 1931. Published with revisions as the fourth of six Odes in The Orators (1932). Sent by Auden to Rex Warner and his first wife Frances, and given by them to their son Jonathan circa 1962. Purchased at Sotheby's 29 July 1977, lot 431. Paper; ff. ii+4. 330 x 200mm.
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Rex Warner, poet and novelist: Poetry ENGLISH: Wystan Hugh Auden, poet: `Roar Gloucestershire' sent to Rex Warner by W. H. Auden: 1931: Autogr. includes: f. ii Rex Warner, poet and novelist: Daniel Philip Waley, PhD; Keeper of Manuscripts, British Library: Letter to Daniel Philip Waley from ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1931
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 59892

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper and vellum; ff. 166. British Library arrangement. A. Letter of George Eliot to Frederick Lehmann; 19 April [1866]. Extracts from this letter are printed in G. S. Haight, The George Eliot Letters (1954-1955), iv, p. 240. Purchased of Pan American Books, Cazenovia, New York, 4 Jan. 1978. ff. 1-2. 153 x 98mm. B. Three letters of W. E. Gladstone to Sir Donald Currie, M.P., relating to a forthcoming cruise in one of Currie's steamers with Tennyson and o...
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includes: f. 1 Frederick Lehmann: Marian Cross, née Evans; alias 'George Eliot'; novelist: Letter to Frederick Lehmann from `George Eliot': [1866].ff. 3, 6, 10 William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister: Sir Donald Currie, GCMG: Letters to Sir Donald Currie from William Ewart Gladstone: 1883.f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1353-1999
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 59893

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Vol. I (ff. 140). 1938-1954. Music: Alexander Hyatt King, of the Music Room, British Museum: Correspondence and papers rel. to the harmonica of Alexander Hyatt King: 1938-1971, n.d: Partly Germ. and Fr.: Partly typewritten and printed. includes: ff. 1-13 Samuel E. Walford, maker of harmonic...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1938-1954
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 59893-59894

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HYATT KING PAPERS
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correspondence and papers of Alexander Hyatt King, Superintendent of the Music Room, British Museum, relating to the harmonica or musical glasses; 1938-1971, n.d. Partly typewritten and printed. Partly German and French. The collection relates mainly to his papers for the Royal Musical Associati...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1938-1971
Extent:
2 items

7. Add MS 59894

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Vol. II (ff. 129). 1955-1971, n.d. Music: Alexander Hyatt King, of the Music Room, British Museum: Correspondence and papers rel. to the harmonica of Alexander Hyatt King: 1938-1971, n.d: Partly Germ. and Fr.: Partly typewritten and printed. includes: f. 16 Richard Synyer Hill, musicologist...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1955-1971
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 59895

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ASQUITH LETTERS: letters of Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, his wife Margot and son Raymond to the actress Mrs Alan Parsons formerly Viola Tree; 1904-1926, n.d. Included are some originals and typewritten copies of nine letters of H. H. Asquith published in Viola Tree, Castles in the Air (1926), pp. 194-195, 225-226, 239, 252-253, 285, 300-301. Supplementary to Add. 61727. Purchased of Denys Parsons, the son of the recipient, 13 Jan. 1978. Paper; ff. 143. British Lib...
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Viola Emmie Aida Tree, afterwards Parsons; actress and singer: Letters from the Asquith family to V. Tree: 1904-1926, n.d. includes: ff. 1-78 Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith; Prime Minister: Letters to V. Tree by Herbert Henry Asquith: 1904-1926: Partly typewritten copi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1926
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 59897

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COLEMAN PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 194). Letters from the poet Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols (b.1893, d.1944), together with verses by him partly in draft; 1935-1944, n.d. Music: Ellen Coleman, composer: Letters and papers of Ellen Coleman: 1918-1954, n.d.: Partly Fr. includes: ff. 1-156 Robert Mal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1935-1944
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 59897-59898

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COLEMAN PAPERS
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Letters to the composer Ellen Coleman (b.1884, d.1973), together with related papers; 1918-1954, n.d. Partly printed. Presented by Miss Ina de Paszt, Jan. 1978. Paper. Two volumes. British Library arrangement.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1918-1954
Extent:
2 items