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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Ashley MS A17-5768 Level [40] File

1681. Ashley MS B3792

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Ashley MS B3792
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Letter from Ifan Kyrle Fletcher of J. Kyrle Fletcher Ltd. to T. J. Wise, concerning the bibliography of Alexander Pope, The Dunciad, 1729; 24 Jan. 1935. [Ashley Library Catalogue, iv, p. 65]. includes: f. 49 Ifan Kyrle Fletcher, bookseller: Alexander Pope, poet: Thomas James Wise, book colle...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 item

1682. Ashley MS B3794

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Ashley MS B3794
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Letter from W. K. Chandler to T. J. Wise, sending him a copy of Chandler's The First Edition of The Dunciad, 1931; 10 Oct. [1931?]. [Ashley Library Catalogue, xi, p. 98]. includes: f. 50 W. K. Chandler, of the University of Chicago: Alexander Pope, poet: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Le...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Oct [1931?]
Extent:
1 item

1683. Ashley MS B3806

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Ashley MS B3806
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Two Letters from Francis Bickley to T. J. Wise, the earlier (ff. 51-52) chiefly concerning the attribution of The Curious Maid, 1720, to Matthew Prior, the later (f. 53) seeking permission to inspect Wise's D. G. Rossetti collection; 18 Nov. 1913, 11 Oct. 1927. [Ashley Library Catalogue, iv, p. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913-1927
Extent:
1 item

1684. Ashley MS B3807

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Ashley MS B3807
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Letters (4) to T. J. Wise; 1930, 1931. [Ashley Library Catalogue, iv, p. 84]. As follows:― 1. Letter from Arundell Esdaile concerning the British Museum's copy of Matthew Prior, Pallas and Venus, 1706; 24 Jan. 1931. f. 54. 2. Two letters from Francis Needham, the earlier describing the Welbeck...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930-1931
Extent:
1 item

1685. Ashley MS B3831

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Ashley MS B3831
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Letter from Edmund Gosse to T. J. Wise, concerning the imprint of the Earl of Rochester, Valentinian, 1685; 8 Sept. 1901. [Ashley Library Catalogue, iv, p. 97]. includes: ff. 60-61 Sir Edmund William Gosse, writer: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letter to Thomas James Wise from Sir Edmun...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1901
Extent:
1 item

1686. Ashley MS B3838

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Ashley MS B3838
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Letter, with envelope (f. 65), from Hellena Bell to W. T. Watts-Dunton, describing the unsatisfactory state of her marriage to Henry Mackenzie Bell; postmarked 13 May 1912. [Ashley Library Catalogue, iv, p. 108]. includes: ff. 62-65 Hellena T. Bell, wife of H T Mackenzie Bell: Walter Theodor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1912
Extent:
1 item

1687. Ashley MS B3855

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Ashley MS B3855
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'The Prince of England's Shipwreck': two lines of verse, thus entitled, by George Borrow; n.d. Autograph fair copy, presumably incomplete, written on one side only of a quarto leaf of grey laid paper. Watermark part of lion with trident on crowned shield (?). [Ashley Library Catalogue, viii, p. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

1688. Ashley MS B3864

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Ashley MS B3864
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Letter from W. M. Rossetti to A. C. Swinburne; 1883, 13 Feb. 1883 includes: ff. 67-68b William Michael Rossetti, author and art critic: Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Letter to Algernon Charles Swinburne from William Michael Rossetti: 1883.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1883
Extent:
1 item

1689. Ashley MS B3865

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Ashley MS B3865
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Two Letters from his mother, Frances Rossetti, to Dante Gabriel Rossetti; 1 July, 29 Aug. 1872. Both letters comment on Rossetti's holiday in Perthshire, and give an account of Christina Rossetti's health. In the earlier Mrs Rossetti describes a visit to the zoo with W. M. Rossetti, and in the l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

1690. Ashley MS B3868

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B3868
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Scope & Content:
Letter from W. T. Watts-Dunton to T. J. Wise, asking him to compare the MS. of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 'The Ballad of Jan van Hunks' which he had sold to Wise, with the version printed in a proof which Watts-Dunton had had struck off many years before; 3 Aug. 1909. [Ashley Library Catalogue, iv,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Aug 1909
Extent:
1 item