Peter Schwed (of Simon and Schuster): Letters Received from P. G. Wodehouse
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Letters from P. G. Wodehouse to Peter Schwed (of Simon and Schuster) regarding the publication of Wodehouse's books in the U.S. Unless otherwise indicated, each letter is a single typed folio, signed 'Plum', and sent from Remsenburg, Long Island. The letters discuss various editorial matters, in...
Peter Schwed (of Simon and Schuster): Letters Sent to P. G. Wodehouse
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Typed office copy letters from Schwed (of Simon and Schuster) to P. G. Wodehouse (addressed as 'Plum' throughout) regarding various American publications of his work. Arranged as filed by Schwed. Includes occasional related correspondence between Schwed and others (particularly, the literary age...
CONAN DOYLE, Sir Arthur. Autograph manuscript ‘XIII/The Darker Side’, unpublished chapter from The Land of Mist.
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Unpublished ‘lost’ chapter from Arthur Conan Doyle’s third Professor Challenger novel The Land of Mist, published in 1926. 9 page manuscript, written in Conan Doyle’s hand, and containing extensive corrections and additions made by the author throughout. A note on the first folio, in the author’s...
Contents: ff. 6r-11v: a calendar, with English saints; ff. 12r-181r: the Psalter portion of a Breviary, possibly Use of Sarum, with hymns and antiphons; ff. 181r-188r: the Litany, with English saints; f. 188v: added liturgical text, with spaces left for initials. Added musical notation ...
Account of attempted rescue expedition to the ice-bound 'Herzog Ernst' in Spitsbergen, February-March 1913, by Herbert F. Millar
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Day by day report of the unsuccessful expedition to the ice-bound Herzog Ernst ship in Sorger Bay (Sorgfjord) in Spitsbergen, by Herbert F. Millar, based in Kings Bay (Kongsfjord), and Kurt Wegener, polar explorer and meteorologist, leader of the German geophysical station at Cross Bay (Krossfjo...
Diary of a Journey from London to China through Siberia, 1910, by Sidney James Alfred March
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Diary by Sidney March of his journey from London to Shanghai, via the Trans-Siberian Railway, 28 February – 15 March, to take up a position with Jardine Matheson. With some ephemera and photographs. Contents: Manuscript list of photographs (not present). Typescript letter from Sidney March's da...
George Arnold’s poem ‘In the Dark’, with extracts from Psalm 55
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Manuscript copy of ‘In the Dark’, poem written by the American poet George Arnold (1834-1865) shortly before his death, with a short preface and some verses from Psalm 55. The preface begins: ‘The following most melancholy lines were the last written by the late George Arnold, a New York poet, ...
Collection of letters of various people including Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Edward Gordon Craig, William Blake Richmond, Philip Hermogenes Calderon and others
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Collection of manuscript letters, postcards and envelopes. Contents: Letter from Matilda Betham-Edwards offering her novels to be reprinted in “your cheap railway series”. Undated. Letter from Henry Russell, composer, listing some of his songs. 21 February 1871. Envelope addressed to Mrs Shute...
Letters of George Bernard Shaw and Charles M. Shaw
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Contents: 4 letters from GBS to his cousin Charles MacMahon Shaw, November 1937: f. 1: Letter regarding the death of Charles M. Shaw’s wife. London, 13 November 1937. f. 2: Letter regarding Charles M. Shaw’s wife’s funeral, and returning his book, with comments. Ayot St Lawrence, 16 November 19...
Letter from Edward Adrian Wilson to Mr Haskoll, 15 March 1910
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Letter from Edward Adrian Wilson, Antarctic explorer and naturalist, to Mr Haskoll, a school teacher, and his pupils. Signed ‘Edward A. Wilson’ and ‘EAW’, 19 Holland Street, Kensington, [London], 15 March 1910. Thanking them for their support for his participation in Captain Scott’s Antarctic ex...
