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121. Ashley MS 1145, 3637

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 1145, 3637
Title:
Letters (4) from George Meredith to Edward Clodd, containing, among other matters, an expression of his admiration for Walter Besant, and an opinion on Edward FitzGerald; 2 Jan. 1893-3 Oct. 1906. Printed in The Letters of George Meredith, ed. C. L. Cline, ii, iii, 1970, pp. 1115, 1311, 1518, 1570. Ashley Library Catalogue, x, pp. 150-151. 1145. Octavo; ff. i+6. 3637. Octavo; ff. ii+2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Norwegian
Date Range:
2 Jan 1893-3 Oct 1906
Extent:
2 items

122. Ashley MS 2938

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 2938
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Scope & Content:
'Confidence': an article by Joseph Conrad; 1919. Typescript, with heavy autograph revisions, written on one side only of ten large quarto leaves of white laid paper. Watermark 'EXCELSIOR / SUPERFINE / BRITISH MAKE'. The typescript is entitled 'Confidence' in Conrad's hand, and headed 'for DM [Da...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 item

123. Ashley MS 4791

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 4791
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Scope & Content:
'His Warbook': an introduction to Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage, by Joseph Conrad; 1923. Autograph draft, written on one side only of thirteen pages of ruled cream wove paper (ff. 2-14). No watermark. On f. 1 is an autograph title-page, signed and dated by Conrad. Ashley Library Catalo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923
Extent:
1 item

124. Ashley MS 5073

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 5073
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Scope & Content:
'A Year's Letters': an epistolary novel by A. C. Swinburne; [1862-1863]. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, p. 56. Autograph draft, written on various papers, as follows: Folio leaves of cream laid paper. No watermark. Both sides of ff. 14-16b (part of Prologue), 22-25b (Letter III), 28-30 (Letter V...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1862-1863]
Extent:
1 item

125. Ashley MS B1849, A1950

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B1849, A1950
Title:
Chastelard: a verse tragedy by A. C. Swinburne; [1860-1863]. Swinburne was working on Chastelard from the beginning of 1860 until October 1863 (see G. Lafourcade, La Jeunesse de Swinburne, ii, 1928, pp. 261-262). Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp. [55], 216. Early drafts, apparently of three discarded passages of Chastelard, are included in A1851, ff. 17, 17b. According to Lafourcade, op. cit., ii, pp. 273-274, Wise formerly possessed an autograph synopsis of Chastelard, but this is no longer...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
[1860-1863]
Extent:
2 items

126. Ashley MS 1379

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 1379
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Scope & Content:
'Counterblast on Penny Trumpet': a political poem by Christina Rossetti; 1882. Autograph draft with one cancelled stanza, written on both sides of a part octavo leaf of cream laid paper. No watermark. The poem is signed on the verso 'C. G. R. see St. James's Gazette July 21 1882 (motive a Poem)'...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1882
Extent:
1 item

127. Ashley MS 4520

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 4520
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Scope & Content:
'The Grandmother': a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson; 1859. Autograph fair copy, with revisions. Ashley Library Catalogue, vii, p. 126. Quarto; ff. xii+6. Poetry ENGLISH: Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson; Poet Laureate: Poem, 'The Grandmother', by Alfred, Lord Tennyson: 1859: Autogr. fair cop...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1859
Extent:
1 item

128. Ashley MS 4700

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 4700
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Scope & Content:
'A Few Words of Warning to Would-be Autobiographers': an essay by Augustine Birrell; [circa 1925?]. Autograph draft. Ashley Library Catalogue, ix, p. 14. Folio; ff. i+15. Augustine Birrell, PC; MP: Essays English: Essay, 'A Few Words of Warning to Would-be Autobiographers', by Augustine Birrel...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 1925?]
Extent:
1 item

129. Ashley MS 4788

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 4788
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Scope & Content:
'Memorandum Relating to a sailing-ship for perfecting the training of Merchant Service Officers belonging to the port of Liverpool' by Joseph Conrad; 1920. Typescript, heavily revised by Conrad in his own hand in ink and in pencil, written on one side only of nineteen large quarto leaves of whit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920
Extent:
1 item

130. Ashley MS A3671, A3672

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A3671, A3672
Title:
Two Letters from George Moore to T. J. Wise, the first (4 May 1919) suggesting that Wise contact Moore's publishers in order to obtain a copy of his Avowals, 1919, the second (6 Feb. [1918?]) offering to sell Wise the revised proofs of A Story-Teller's Holiday, 1918; 1919, [1918?]. Ashley Library Catalogue, iii, pp. 158-159.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917-1919
Extent:
2 items