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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Ashley MS A17-5768 Level [36] Series

111. Ashley MS B502, B503, B504, B2922, B2923, B2924

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B502, B503, B504, B2922, B2923, B2924
Title:
Letters (8), one with envelope, from Joseph Conrad to C. K. Shorter, mentioning, among other matters, his Suspense (B502), his suppressed Preface to The Nigger of the Narcissus (B2922), his One day more (B2923), Well Done! (B2924), and articles on the 'Titanic'; 31 December 1916-5 August 1922, n.d. [Ashley Library Catalogue, i, pp. 234, 241, 242; viii, pp. 128, 129].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:
31 Dec 1916-5 Aug 1922
Extent:
6 items

112. Ashley MS B509, B2945, B2955

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B509, B2945, B2955
Title:
Letters (5) from Jessie Conrad to T. J. Wise, concerning the death of Joseph Conrad (2 Sept. 1924), sending a copy of 'this little preface [by Joseph Conrad] to the Cookery Book' (14 Oct. 1921), and sending a book and a pamphlet (15, 19, 21 Oct. 1925); 14 October 1921-21 October 1925. [Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 256; viii, pp. 127, 131].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:
14 Oct 1921-21 Oct 1925
Extent:
3 items

113. Ashley MS B561, B565, B571, B572, B573, B574

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B561, B565, B571, B572, B573, B574
Title:
Letters (6) from John Davidson, four to Edmund Gosse, one to 'Mac' [W. S. McCormick?], and one to an unidentified correspondent; 2 March 1892-18 Dec. 1898. The letters concern Gosse's Russet and Silver, a Canadian poet, Richard Hovey, Davidson's reaction on receiving a grant from the Royal Literary Fund, the influence of the Jacobeans on the evolution of his plays, and the illness of his brother. [Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, pp. 12-16; ix, pp. 65-66].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1892-18 Dec 1898
Extent:
6 items

114. Ashley MS B642, B2159

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B642, B2159
Title:
Two Letters from Charles Plumtre Johnson to T. J. Wise, concerning the bibliography of George Borrow, and thanking for a gift; 5, 7 Nov. 1913. [Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, p. 46; vii, p. 170.]
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:
Nov 1913
Extent:
2 items

115. Ashley MS B697, B699, B700, B705, B709

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B697, B699, B700, B705, B709
Title:
Letters (6) to T. J. Wise from R. A. Hellewell, H. F. B. Brett-Smith, Montague Summers, and D. Nichol Smith; 10 Jan. 1926- 25 Oct. 1930. The letters chiefly concern the proposed sale to Wise of a copy of John Dryden, The Life of St Ignatius, 1686 (B697), the bibliography of John Dryden, Miscellaneous Essays, 1692 (B699), State of Innocence, 1677, The Conquest of Granada, 1681, and Satyr upon the Dutch, 1662 (B700), and Wise's copy of Sir George Etherege, The Comical Revenge, 1664 (B709), whi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1926-25 Oct 1930
Extent:
5 items

116. Ashley MS B743, A748

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B743, A748
Title:
Postcard and letter written from Davos by James Elroy Flecker to Clement Shorter, mentioning the writer's 'The Burial in England' and sending a poem; 24 Nov.1914 and 6 Dec. 1914. Ashley Library Catalogue, ix, pp. 75, 76.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
2 items

117. Ashley MS B768, B781

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B768, B781
Title:
Two Letters to T. J. Wise from H. F. B. Brett-Smith and Geoffrey Faber, discussing the bibliography of John Gay, The Shepherds Week, 1714, and the authorship of The Banish'd Beauty, attributed by Wise to Gay; 2 April 1924, 16 Nov. 1926. [Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, p. 134; ix, p. 80.]
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924-1926
Extent:
2 items

118. Ashley MS B803, A804, A805, B806, B807, B809, B815, B823

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B803, A804, A805, B806, B807, B809, B815, B823
Title:
Letters (8) from Edmund Gosse to T. J. Wise; 10 May 1893- 23 Dec. 1926. The principal subjects of the letters are Gosse's On Viol and Flute, 1873 (B803), and From Shakespeare to Pope, 1885 (B804), the MSS. of A. C. Swinburne's Poems and Ballads, 1866 (A805), R. L. Stevenson's Davos Platz publications (A805), an enquiry as to whether Wise has any material relating to the poet P. B. Marston (B806), and the authorship of various minor poems and satires of the time of Queen Anne (B815). Ashley L...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1893-23 Dec 1926
Extent:
8 items

119. Ashley MS B1054, B1891-B1892, 1898, B4428 (1)-B4428 (5), B5131, B5517

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B1054, B1891-B1892, 1898, B4428 (1)-B4428 (5), B5131, B5517
Title:
Letters (11) from A. C. Swinburne to Edmund Gosse; 14 Sept. 1867-18 March 1899. Also included are a letter from Norman Gullick to T. J. Wise, 4 March 1924, offering to give him a copy of Gosse's Memoir of Thomas Lodge, 1882, (B5517, ff. 64-65), and an engraved portrait of Walt Whitman inscribed in pencil 'Walt Whitman to Edmund Gosse' (B5131, f. 88). The letters in 1898, B5131 and B5517 are accompanied by their envelopes. For further letters from Swinburne to Gosse see 5739. The letters are ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Norwegian
Date Range:
1867-1924
Extent:
11 items

120. Ashley MS B1113, B1118

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B1113, B1118
Title:
Letters (3) from A. K. McIlwraith to T. J. Wise concerning the bibliography of Philip Massinger, The Maid of Honour, The Fatall Dowry, The Bond-Man, The Duke of Millaine, The Renegado, The Roman Actor, The Picture, and The Virgin's Character; 26 March, 29 Oct., 29 Nov.1928. [Ashley Library Catalogue, iii, pp. 124-126.]
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1928
Extent:
2 items