Autograph draft, signed, of Cantos VI and VII. In the original brown paper wrappers, inscribed by Byron. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 159. For MSS. of the Dedication see A326, B4732. Large folio; ff. ii+37. Poetry ENGLISH: George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron; poet: Poem, ''Don Juan'',...
'The Irish Avatar': a poem by Lord Byron; 1821. Autograph draft, written on both sides of two large folio leaves of cream laid paper. Watermark 'VB' below a fleur-de-lys. ff. 1-2b. The MS. is not entitled, but is dated by Byron at the head of the first page (f. 1) 'Ra [Ravenna] Sept. 16th 1821'....
Letter from S. T. Coleridge to Robert Southey, concerning their plans to found a settlement in America, and Coleridge's tragedy 'The Fall of Robespierre'; [6 Sept. 1794]. ff. 1-2b. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, pp. 191-193. Large folio; ff. iii+2. Robert Southey, poet: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, ...
Letter from Charles Lamb to S. T. Coleridge, chiefly concerning a proposed collaboration to supply items for The Morning Post, and news of their mutual friends; [11 Oct. 1802]. Printed, with some omissions, in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, ed. E. V. Lucas, 1905, vol. vi, pp. 250-251. Ashle...
Letter from P. B. Shelley to his father [Sir] Timothy Shelley, announcing his marriage [to Harriet Westbrook], and asking for, even demanding, his father's forgiveness for not having consulted him; 27 Sept. 1811. ff. 1-2b. Printed in F. L. Jones, op. cit., vol. i, 1964, pp. 141-143. Ashley Libra...
Translation of Portions of the Decameron by A. C. Swinburne; after 1858. Autograph fair copy, with revisions, written on one side only of seven octavo leaves of cream laid paper watermarked 'C Harris / 1858' (ff. 1-7), and on both sides of one folio leaf of blue laid paper (f. 8) and one side on...
'La Fille du Policeman': a burlesque novel by A. C. Swinburne; [1860-1861]. Autograph draft, imperfect. French. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, p. 47. Folio; ff. iv+31. Fiction: Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: 'La Fille du Policeman', a burlesque novel by Algernon Charles Swinburne: [1860-1861...
'The Flogging Block': a burlesque heroic poem by A. C. Swinburne; circa 1862-1887. Autograph fair copy, with revisions, as follows:― 1. Prologue, written on one side only of five folio leaves of cream wove paper. Watermark 'Hieratica / (a vegetable Parchment) / J. S & Co.' ff. 2-6. 2. "Not...
The 'Kirklowes' Fragment: portions of an abandoned novel by A. C. Swinburne; [1861?]. Autograph draft, written on both sides of six folio leaves of cream wove paper, unwatermarked (ff. 1, 1b, 3-7b), one side only of another leaf of the same (f. 2), both sides of a folio leaf of blue laid paper (...
'François Villon': an essay by A. C. Swinburne; [1863-1864?]. Auto-graph fair copy, with revisions. ff. 1-5. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp. 48-49. Also included are the following poems:― 1. 'Atalanta in Calydon', [1864]. Autograph draft of a fragment of the poem. f. 6b. 2. 'A Ballad of Dead...