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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Ashley MS A17-5768 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

881. Ashley MS A1889

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Ashley MS A1889
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Letter from Theodor Opitz to A. C. Swinburne, written from Liesthal, Switzerland, thanking him for permission to publish a German translation of 'Bothwell', but stating that there is difficulty in finding a publisher; 16 Dec. 1876. German. For another letter from Opitz to Swinburne on this subje...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
16 Dec 1876
Extent:
1 item

882. Ashley MS A1896

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Ashley MS A1896
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'Poems and Ballads Second Series'. 1. 'The Last Oracle'; [1875-1876]. Early draft of ll. 85-96, written on one side only of a folio leaf of white wove paper. No watermark. The final text differs by only three words from that printed on p. 6 of the first edition. There are also two discarded li...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1867-1877
Extent:
1 item

883. Ashley MS A1900

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Ashley MS A1900
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Letter from A. C. Swinburne to W. T. Watts[-Dunton], announcing the completion of his A Study of Shakespeare, published in 1880; 27 Aug. 1879. Also included (f. 75) is the autograph fair copy of a prose passage on the subject of Shakespeare, beginning 'The heat of our senses', and written on one...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Aug 1879
Extent:
1 item

884. Ashley MS A1902

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Ashley MS A1902
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'The Garden Of Cymodoce': a poem by A. C. Swinburne; [1879-1880]. Autograph draft of antistrophe 7, ll. 29-47, written on one side only of a quarto sheet of white laid paper, originally folded to form two octavo leaves, and bearing the printed address 'The Pines, Putney Hill, S.W.'. No watermark...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1879-1880]
Extent:
1 item

885. Ashley MS A1903

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Ashley MS A1903
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'Astrophel and Other Poems'. 'A Moss-Rose'; before 1894. Fair copy of stanzas 1, 2, and 4, written on one side only of an octavo leaf of white wove paper. Watermark 'Hiera[tica] / (a vegetable [Parchment] / J, S [& Co.]'. The MS. is entitled 'A Moss-Rose' in Swinburne's hand. The text found ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1894
Extent:
1 item

886. Ashley MS A1904

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Ashley MS A1904
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'John Jones': a parody by A. C. Swinburne; circa 1865. Autograph draft of stanzas IV-VII. f. 79. Also included are two letters [25, 26 Feb. 1881], from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to W. T. Watts[-Dunton] (ff. 80-82, printed in O. Doughty and J. R. Wahl, Letters of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, iv, 1967, pp...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

887. Ashley MS A1905

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Ashley MS A1905
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'Mary Stuart': a verse tragedy by A. C. Swinburne. Autograph fair copy of the dedication, written on one side only of an octavo leaf of blue laid paper. No watermark. The text of the MS. is identical with that printed on p. v of the first edition, 1881, and with that given in a letter from Swinb...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1879-1881
Extent:
1 item

888. Ashley MS A1907

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Ashley MS A1907
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1. 'Tristram of Lyonesse II. The Queen's Pleasance'; [1881?]. Draft of ll. 86-131, written on one side only of two octavo leaves of white laid paper (ff. 90, 92), and on both sides of a third (f. 91). Of these, ff. 91 and 92 are conjoined. Watermark 'Joynson / 1871'. The final text found in the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1877-1883
Extent:
1 item

889. Ashley MS A1907, A4381, 4450, 5277

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Ashley MS A1907, A4381, 4450, 5277
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'Tristram of Lyonesse and other Poems' by A. C. Swinburne. Autograph drafts and fair copies of poems included in Tristram of Lyonesse and other Poems, 1882. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp 146-147, 149-150; vii, pp. 67, 69. Except where expressly stated, the MSS. are not dated, entitled or signed, and the poems were published for the first time in Tristram of Lyonesse and other Poems, 1882, to which page references apply.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
[1876-1883]
Extent:
4 items

890. Ashley MS A1911

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1911
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Letter from A. C. Swinburne to T. J. Wise, concerning publications of the Shelley Society; 15 July 1886. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp. 157-158. includes: ff. 99, 100b, 101 Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letter to Thomas James Wise from Algernon Charl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1886
Extent:
1 item