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

141. Ashley MS B2481, B2485, B3390

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2481, B2485, B3390
Title:
Letters (3) from Clement Shorter to T. J. Wise, congratulating him on the award of an honorary M.A. (B2481, B2485), asking him to bid for lot 335 in Hodgson's sale on 15-16 April 1926 (copies of John Davidson, Smith: A Tragedy, 1888, Bruce: A Drama, 1893 and another) (B2485), and sending copies of W. H. Hudson, Seagulls in London, 1922, a privately printed pamphlet (B3390); 1922, 1926. [Ashley Library Catalogue, i, pp. 85, 86; ii, p. 191].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922-1926
Extent:
3 items

142. Ashley MS B2606, B4754

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2606, B4754
Title:
Two Letters from Cuthbert Becher Pigot to T. J. Wise, the earlier concerning the identity of the lady in Byron's 'Stanzas to a Lady with the Poems of Camoens', and the later sending a photograph of the sketch made in 1806 by his great great aunt Elizabeth Bridget Pigot of Lord Byron's house in Burgage Green, Southwell. [Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 145; xi, p. 43].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
[1934-1935]
Extent:
2 items

143. Ashley MS B2686, B3219

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2686, B3219
Title:
Two Letters from P. M. Barnard, bookseller, to T. J. Wise, the earlier offering to guarantee the genuineness of a copy of Edward FitzGerald, The Two Generals, 1868, the later, which bears a note by Wise, concerning the bibliography of Lord Byron, Manfred, 1817. [Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, p. 121; viii, p. 65].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1915-1928]
Extent:
2 items

144. Ashley MS B2747, B2753, B2754, B2776

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2747, B2753, B2754, B2776
Title:
Letters (5) from Ethel Colburn Mayne to T. J. Wise, chiefly concerning the acquisition by Wise of copies of Lady Noel Byron and The Leighs, 1887, edited by the second Earl of Lovelace, and Albert Brecknock, The Pilgrim Poet Lord Byron of Newstead, 1911 (28 Feb., 11 June 1927), of Byroniana und Anderes aus Dem Englischen Seminar in Erlangen, 1912, and Countess of Lovelace, A Portrait mis-named Lady Byron, 1918 (24 May, 4 June 1928), and also praising Charles de Bos, Byron And the Need of Fata...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1927-26 Jun 1932
Extent:
4 items

145. Ashley MS B2952, B5478

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2952, B5478
Title:
Two Letters from Miss Lilian Hallowes, Joseph Conrad's secretary, to T. J. Wise, the earlier sending a copy of Conrad's Laughing Anne, 1923, and the later sending the latest volume of the American Limited Edition [of Conrad's works]; 5 Nov. 1923, 18 March 1924. [Ashley Library Catalogue, viii, p. 124].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1923-1924
Extent:
2 items

146. Ashley MS B2959, B2983, B2984, B4790

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2959, B2983, B2984, B4790
Title:
Letters (4) from Richard Curle to T. J. Wise; 3 Oct. 1923-12 July 1930. The letters were chiefly written to accompany copies of various works sent by Curle to Wise, that is to say Joseph Conrad, The "Torrens". A Personal Tribute, 1923 (3 Oct. 1923), Joseph Conrad's Diary of His Journey up the Valley of the Congo in 1890, edited by Curle, 1926 (20 March 1926), Two Essays on Conrad by John Galsworthy With the Story of a Remarkable Friendship By Richard Curle, 1930 (12 July 1930), and A Handlis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
3 Oct 1923-12 Jul 1930
Extent:
4 items

147. Ashley MS B3191, B3192

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B3191, B3192
Title:
Two Letters from S. M. Ellis to T. J. Wise, the earlier including a list of errata for Ellis' Mainly Victorian, 1925, and the later sending Wise an advance copy of The Hardman Papers, A further selection, 1930, edited by Ellis; 1925, 1930. [Ashley Library Catalogue, x, p. 105]. For a further letter from Ellis to Wise, See Ashley MS B2295.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1925-1930
Extent:
2 items

148. Ashley MS B3466, B5045

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B3466, B5045
Title:
Letters (4) from Percy Simpson to T. J. Wise, the earliest thanking him for the gift of a copy of his A Swinburne Library, 1925, those written in 1927 and 1928 concerning the loan by Wise to Simpson of his copies of Eastward Hoe, The Fountaine of Selfe-Love, Or Cynthia's Revells, 1601, Poetaster, or The Arraignment, 1602, Seianvs his Fall, 1605, and Volpone, Or The Foxe, 1607, for use in the preparation of Ben Jonson, 1925-52, ed. C. H. Herford and Percy Simpson, and the latest the 1612 Quar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1925-1935
Extent:
2 items

149. Ashley MS B3516, B3650, B5304

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B3516, B3650, B5304
Title:
Letters (3) from Luther S. Livingston to T. J. Wise, the earliest chiefly concerning the bibliography of Charles Lamb, A Tale of Rosamund Gray and Old Blind Margaret, 1798, and sending a copy of Livingston's Some Notes on Lamb's Juveniles, 1902, the next chiefly concerned with describing the detached dedication leaf from an unidentified book printed in 1597, and the latest chiefly concerning the bibliography of Mary Gordon and A. C. Swinburne, The Children of the Chapel, 1864; 1902, 1912. [A...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1902-1912
Extent:
3 items

150. Ashley MS B3563, B5550

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B3563, B5550
Title:
Letters (4) from Walter Noble Landor, of Rugeley (first cousin twice removed of Walter Savage Landor) to T. J. Wise, concerning the history of the Landor family and of the Thuillier family, to which belonged Walter Savage Landor's wife and, in the latest, sending 'the brochure' and an account of his own life which had appeared in a local paper; 10 Aug. 1931-10 March 1936. [Ashley Library Catalogue, x, p. 144]. For another letter from Walter Noble Landor to Wise See Ashley MS 5755.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
10 Aug 1931-10 Mar 1936
Extent:
2 items