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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Ashley MS A17-5768

1071. Ashley MS A3354

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Ashley MS A3354
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Letter from Florence Hardy to T. J. Wise, sending a copy of Thomas Hardy, Compassion: An Ode In celebration of the Centenary of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1924, and remarking 'I believe there is a spurious first edition on sale'; 7 July 1924. Ashley Library Catal...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jul 1924
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1 item

1072. Ashley MS A3355

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Ashley MS A3355
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Letter from Thomas Hardy to Edmund Gosse, concerning the threatened bankruptcy and reorganisation of Hardy's principal publishers, Harper and Brothers; 12 Jan. 1900. Printed in The Collected Letters, ii, 1980, p. 244. Ashley Library Catalogue, x, p. 131. includes: ff. 74-75 Thomas Hardy, OM;...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1900
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1 item

1073. Ashley MS A3356

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Ashley MS A3356
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Letter from Thomas Hardy to Edward Clodd, concerning the offer of valuable editions of certain of his novels to Clodd and 'Mrs Graham'; 30 Aug. 1909. Printed in The Collected Letters, iv, 1984, pp. 42-43. Ashley Library Catalogue, x, p. 132. includes: ff. 76-77 Edward Clodd, banker and autho...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1909
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1 item

1074. Ashley MS A3357

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Ashley MS A3357
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Letters (3) from Thomas Hardy to Edmund Gosse, discussing and defending Jude the Obscure; 10 Nov., 20 Nov. 1895, 4 Jan. 1896. Printed in The Collected Letters, ii, 1980, pp. 93, 99, 104-105. Ashley Library Catalogue, x, p. 132. includes: ff. 78-88 Thomas Hardy, OM; novelist: Sir Edmund Willi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1895-1896
Extent:
1 item

1075. Ashley MS A3358

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Ashley MS A3358
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Letter from Thomas Hardy to Edward Clodd, expressing his dissatisfaction with current, uninspiring trends in fiction; 29 Oct. 1899. Printed in The Collected Letters, ii, 1980, pp. 234-235. Ashley Library Catalogue, x, p. 133. includes: ff. 89-90b Edward Clodd, banker and author: Thomas Hardy...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1899
Extent:
1 item

1076. Ashley MS A3359

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Ashley MS A3359
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Letters (4) from Thomas Hardy to Edward Clodd; 22 March 1904-28 Aug. 1914. Among the subjects covered are Hardy's The Dynasts, 1904-1908, a visit to the grave of Thomas Gray, and the effects of the First World War. Printed in The Collected Letters, iii, 1982, pp. 116, 117, 287, 298; v, 1985, p. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1904-28 Aug 1914
Extent:
1 item

1077. Ashley MS A3387

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Ashley MS A3387
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Letter from A. E. Housman to [T. J. Wise], declining to give him a copy of Housman's Introductory Lecture; 11 Dec. 1934. Printed in The Letters of A. E. Housman, ed. Henry Maas, 1971, p. 365. Ashley Library Catalogue, xi, p. 141. includes: ff. 99, 100 Alfred Edward Housman, poet: Thomas Jame...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1934
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1 item

1078. Ashley MS A3396

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Ashley MS A3396
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Letter from J. H. Leigh Hunt to his daughter Jacintha (Mrs Cheltnam), written from Ewell, where on medical advice Hunt had taken his youngest son Vincent, chiefly concerning the cost of the stay and the lack of visitors; 18 Oct. [1851]. T. J. Wise erroneously described the letter as addressed to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct [1851]
Extent:
1 item

1079. Ashley MS A3398

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Ashley MS A3398
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Letter from J. H. Leigh Hunt to his wife Marianne, written from Ewell (see A3396), chiefly discussing an article intended for the Edinburgh Review, and proposals to write the work published as Beaumont and Fletcher; or, the Finest Scenes, Lyrics, and Other Beauties of those Two Poets, now first ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1851
Extent:
1 item

1080. Ashley MS A3404

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Ashley MS A3404
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Letters (3) from William Holman Hunt to W. T. Watts[-Dunton], discussing Hunt's business affairs; 21 May, 9 July 1883, 12 July 1885. Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, p. 206. includes: ff. 105-109b William Holman Hunt, painter: Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton, formerly Watts; critic, novelist and p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1883-1885
Extent:
1 item