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Name Wise, Thomas James, book and manuscript collector, 1859-1937

1. Add MS 45102

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Add MS 45102
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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS, viz.:- A. Song, 'If 'tis love to wish you near', composed by Ladislas Joseph Philip Paul Zavertal, 28 June 1885, with autograph title-page. The words are by Charles Dibdin (see The Professional Life of Mr Dibdin, 1803, i, pp. 112- 113). Supplementary to Add. MS. 43867. ff. 1-4. Presented by Henry George Farmer, Mus.D. B. Autograph papers of Mandell Creighton, Bishop of Peterborough (1891) and (1897) of London; n.d. As follows:-(1) Draft, with some correcti...
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includes: ff. 1-4 Ladislas Joseph Philip Paul Zavertal, composer; son of Václav Hugo Zavertal: Song, 'If 'tis love to wish you near': 1885.: Partly autogr.f. 5 Reverend Cuthbert Creighton, son of Mandell Creighton: Letter to H. I. Bell: 1937.ff. 6-12 Mandell Creighton, Bishop of Peterboro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1200-1937
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 45348

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Vol. XI (ff. 149). 1925-1938, n.d. includes: f. 1 Sir William Hamo Thornycroft, sculptor: Letter to Miss May Morris: 1925.ff. 2, 13 Anna Simons, German calligrapher: Letters to Miss May Morris: 1925, 1927.f. 5 Welbore St Clair Baddeley, of Painswick; author: Letter to Miss M. Morris: 192...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1925-1938
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 45564

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Vol. VII (ff. 300). 2 May 1904-20 Oct. 1909, n.d. includes: f. 1 Macmillan and Co; publishers: Letter to W. H. Griffin: 1904.: Typewritten.ff. 2, 112 Richard Garnett, LLD; Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum: Letters to W. H. Griffin: 1904.ff. 4, 59, 62, 138, 168 Reginald John Smith, d 191...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1904-20 Oct 1909
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 45680

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS, viz.:- A. Letter from Maxim Litvinoff, Plenipotentiary for Great Britain of the Russian People's Commissary for Foreign Affairs, to the Director of the British Museum, accompanying the gift of a replica of the Commissary's seal (Detached Seal CLXIV. 31) and other material; 24 July 1918. Typewritten. Signed. f. 1. B. Notes of children's rhymes, local superstitions, etc., collected mainly in Sheffield and elsewhere in co. York by Sidney Oldall Addy, antiquar...
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includes: f. 1 Maksim Litvinov, Soviet diplomatist: Letter to the Director of the British Museum: 1918.: Typewritten. Signed.ff. 2-14 Sidney Oldall Addy, d 1933 antiquary: Children's rhymes, etc., collected by: n.d.ff. 2-14 Manners and Customs: Rhymes and riddles, mostly from Sheffield: 2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
14th century-20th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 48979

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Vol. I (ff. 180). Letters chiefly concerning modern authors and Blakeney's activities as an amateur printer; 1898-1954. Arranged alphabetically by writers. Included are letters from Thomas James Wise (ff. 122- 127), Rudyard Kipling and the Kipling Society (ff. 13-15, 58-63, 81-85), and two from ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1898-1954
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 49526

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DYKES CAMPBELL LETTERS. Vol. V (ff. 273). Letters, etc., to Campbell, with a few to his wife, to F. J. Furnivall, and others; 1859-1894, n.d. A letter of George Bernard Shaw, 5 May 1884 (f. 38), is printed in his Collected Letters, 1874-1897, ed. Dan H. Laurence, 1965, pp. 87-8. includes: f. 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1859-1894
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 50520

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Vol. XIII (ff. 258). 1930-1934. includes: f. 1 Karel Càpek, Czech dramatist: Letters to G. B. Shaw of Karel Càpek: 1924, 1930.f. 2 Roger Sherman Loomis, Professor at Columbia University: Letter to G. B. Shaw of Roger Sherman Loomis: 1930.f. 3 M. F. Norman, of Pinner: Letter to G. B. Sha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Russian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1930-1934
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 50849

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Add MS 50849
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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS; 14th cent.-1961. Paper and (article B) vellum; ff. 177. Folio. A. '4e Duo pour Alto et Violoncelle par François [Franz] Danzi' (ff. 1, 5); circa 1802. Parts. Three other duos for viola and 'cello by Danzi published Zurich, circa 1802. The viola part for that edition (Music Library press-mark g.421.ee.(2.)), acquired with the present MS. in Mar. 1961, formed items 45 to 47 in a bound volume: the manuscript parts of Duo 4 are numbered '48' in the same hand...
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includes: ff. 1-7b Franz Ignaz Dauzi, composer: Duo for viola and violoncello,: circa 1802.ff. 9-10b Law CANON: Leaves of,: 14th-15th cent: Fragm.ff. 11-13b Liturgies: Service-books,: 14th-15th cent: Fragm.f. 15 Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, composer: Note of presentation,: 1842: Autogr.ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
1300-1961
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 52769

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COCKERELL PAPERS. Vol. CXLVII (ff. 220). Win-Yo, unidentified correspondents. includes: ff. 1-4 George Bernard Shaw, author: Letters from S. Winsten rel. to: 1946-1949. ff. 1-4 Stephen Winsten, at Ayot St Lawrence: Letters to S. C. Cockerell rel. to G. B. Shaw: 1946-1949. ff. 5-11b Carl Winter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1883-1961
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 54565

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Add MS 54565
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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper; ff. 63. British Library arrangement. A. Letter from Professor Ernst Robert Curtius, philologist, to Miss Marie Byse; 6 March 1925. French. With two photographs of Curtius; circa 1910, circa 1930. Presented by Miss M. Byse, 15 March 1969. ff. 1-3. 215 x 140mm. B. Letter from T. J. Wise to Edmund Gosse; 20 Dec. 1913. Purchased from A. G. Thomas, 15 March 1969. ff. 5-6v. 175 x 114mm. C. Letters to Sir Thomas Sutherland, K.C.M.G. 1891; bef. ...
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includes: f. 1 Professor Ernst Robert Curtius, philologist: Miss Marie Byse: Letter to Miss Marie Byse from Prof. Ernst Robert Curtius: 1925: Fr.ff. 2-3 Art. Photographs: Professor Ernst Robert Curtius, philologist: Photographs of Prof. Ernst Robert Curtius: early 20th cent.f. 5 Sir Edmund Will...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1761-1969
Extent:
1 item