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1211. Ashley MS 4763

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Ashley MS 4763
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Letter from Claire Clairmont to J. H. Leigh Hunt, asking him how to break the news of Shelley's and E. E. Williams' deaths to Mary Shelley and Jane Williams; 19 July 1822. ff. 1, 1b. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 187. Folio; ff. iv+1. Clara Mary Jane Clairmont, mistress of Lord Byron: James ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jul 1822
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1 item

1212. Ashley MS 5727

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Ashley MS 5727
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Two Letters from Thomas Hardy to Edmund Gosse, concerning a review of Tess of the Durbervilles, and an opera based on the novel; 18 Jan. 1892, 14 July 1909. Printed in The Collected Letters, i, 1978, p. 253; iv, 1984, p. 33. Octavo; ff. i+5. Thomas Hardy, OM; novelist: Sir Edmund William Goss...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1892-1909
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1 item

1213. Ashley MS A902

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Ashley MS A902
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Two Letters from R. H. Horne, the first to an unknown correspondent, the second to Mrs [Forman?]; 13 Jan. 1876, 30 Jan. 1882. The earlier letter announces the tenth edition of his Orion, and the impending third edition of his Cosimo. Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, p. 190. includes: ff. 85, 85b ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1876-1882
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1 item

1214. Ashley MS A1546

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Ashley MS A1546
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Letter from John Rose to T. J. Wise, relating the history of Rose's copy of Shelley, The Necessity of Atheism, 1811; 1 May 1886. Ashley Library Catalogue, v, pp. 51-52. includes: ff. 120, 120b Sir John Rose, 1st Baronet; of Montreal: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letter to Thomas James ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1886
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1 item

1215. Ashley MS A4678

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Ashley MS A4678
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Letter from W. B. Yeats to Mrs Clement Shorter, inviting her and her husband to meet Edward Martyn and Lady Gregory; n.d. [from 18 Woburn Buildings]. Ashley Library Catalogue, ix, p. 162. includes: ff. 45, 46 Dora Sigerson, poet; wife of C K Shorter: William Butler Yeats, poet: Letter to D. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

1216. Ashley MS A4789

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Ashley MS A4789
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Two Letters from Joseph Conrad to T. J. Wise; 18, 23 Nov. 1921. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, pp. 256-257. includes: ff. 52, 52b, 53, 53b Joseph Conrad, alias Teodor Jósef Konrad Korzeniowski, novelist: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letters to Thomas James Wise from Joseph Conrad: 1921.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1921
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1 item

1217. Ashley MS B2394

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Ashley MS B2394
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Part of a Draft Letter from George Borrow to the Rev. A. Brandram, Secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society; 5 Dec. 1836. The text of the letter received by the Society, from which this draft differs in places, is printed in Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Soc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1836
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1 item

1218. Ashley MS B2980

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Ashley MS B2980
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Two Letters from Sir Hugh Clifford to T. J. Wise, the earlier (ff. 154-156) sending copies of his A Talk on Joseph Conrad and his Work, 1927, and speaking of his friendship with Joseph Conrad, the later criticising G. Jean-Aubry, Joseph Conrad Life and Letters, 1927, and mentioning his own In Co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1927
Extent:
1 item

1219. Ashley MS B3281

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Ashley MS B3281
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Note by Edmund Gosse sent to T. J. Wise with a copy of Commemoration of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, 1903, a reprint from The Geographical Journal for June 1903; n.d. [Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, p. 154]. includes: f. 26 Sir Edmund William Gosse, writer: Thomas James Wise, book collector:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

1220. Ashley MS B3550

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Ashley MS B3550
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Postcard from Thomas Hardy to T. J. Wise; 1917. Printed in The Collected Letters of Thomas Hardy, v, 1985, ed. R. L. Purdy and M. Millgate, p. 202. [Ashley Library Catalogue, iii, p. 90]. includes: ff. 114, 114b Thomas Hardy, OM; novelist: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Postcard to Thoma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 item