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032-001978147 Name Wise, Thomas James, book and manuscript collector, 1859-1937 Digitised Content No

1. Ashley MS A17-5768

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A17-5768
Title:
Ashley Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts, chiefly literary, collected by Thomas James Wise (1859-1937). Includes poetry manuscripts and the literary correspondence of poets, novelists and critics, c. 1700-1936 (predominantly 1780-1936). The collection was named after the street in which Wise lived when he started acquirin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:
1700-1936
Extent:

c. 1,971 volumes

2. Ashley MS 4686

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Ashley MS 4686
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Scope & Content:
'Panzerkraftwagen': a short story by Frederick Britten Austin; 1917. Autograph draft. Also included (ff. ii-iiib) is a letter from Austin to T. J. Wise relating to the MS.; 28 May 1927. Ashley Library Catalogue, ix, p. 8. Folio; ff. v+20. Frederick Britten Austin, author: Fiction: Short story,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917-1927
Extent:
1 item

3. Ashley MS 4685

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Ashley MS 4685
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Scope & Content:
'A Dealer in Antiques': a short story by Frederick Britten Austin; 1907. Autograph draft. Also included (f. ii) is a letter from Austin to T. J. Wise; 23 June 1928. Ashley Library Catalogue, x, p. 5. Folio; ff. ii+4. Frederick Britten Austin, author: Fiction: Short story, 'A Dealer in Antiques...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907-1928
Extent:
1 item

4. Ashley MS 2502

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Ashley MS 2502
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Scope & Content:
'At Lerici. 1883': a poem by Stopford A. Brooke; 1883-1887. Autograph fair copy, with two revisions, written on one side only of an octavo leaf of cream wove paper (f. 2). No watermark. Entitled as above in Brooke's hand, and signed 'Stopford. A. Brooke.'. The MS. is bound into a volume with two...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1883-1887
Extent:
1 item

5. Ashley MS 2940

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 2940
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Scope & Content:
'Laughing Anne': a play by Joseph Conrad; 1920. Autograph draft, written on one side only of fifty-six large quarto leaves of white laid paper. Watermark a ram's head above 'ORIGINAL / CHARTHAM MILLS / KENT'. The MS. is entitled 'Laughing Anne. / Drama in 2 Acts 3 scenes / Joseph Conrad. / 1920 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920
Extent:
1 item

6. Ashley MS B5465

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Ashley MS B5465
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Scope & Content:
Letter from Sydney Race of the Nottingham Mechanics Institution to T. J. Wise, concerning an exhibition on Lord Byron at the Institution; 9 Feb. 1915. includes: f. 46 Sydney Race: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letter to Thomas James Wise from Sydney Race: 1915: Signed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1915
Extent:
1 item

7. Ashley MS B256

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B256
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Scope & Content:
Letter from J. C. Butterwick to T. J. Wise, annotated by Wise, discussing the bibliography of Robert Browning, Dramatis Personae, 1864; 12 Nov. 1929. [Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 120]. includes: ff. 50-51b J. C. Butterwick: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letter rel. to the bibliograp...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1929
Extent:
1 item

8. Ashley MS B2486

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Ashley MS B2486
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Letter from John Malham-Dembleby to T. J. Wise concerning the attribution of 'Sir Henry Tunstall' and 'And the Weary are at Rest' by Patrick Branwell Brontë; 3 Sept. 1931. [Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 86]. includes: ff. 96, 96b John Malham-Dembleby: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Let...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Sep 1931
Extent:
1 item

9. Ashley MS 2946

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 2946
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Scope & Content:
'The Secret Agent': an adaptation for the stage by Joseph Conrad of his novel The Secret Agent, 1907; 1919-1920. Typescript, with many autograph revisions and corrections, written on one side only of 172 quarto leaves of white laid paper, and on both sides of two more of the same (ff. 2, 90). Wa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919-1920
Extent:
1 item

10. Ashley MS B5135

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B5135
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Scope & Content:
Letter from Tom Hutchinson to T. J. Wise, concerning Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poetry, and catchphrases derived from early plays; 31 March 1904. [Ashley Library Catalogue, viii, p. 1]. includes: ff. 89-90b Tom Hutchinson: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letter to Thomas James Wise from Tom ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1904
Extent:
1 item