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131. Ashley MS B95, A97, A99, A100

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B95, A97, A99, A100
Title:
Letters (4) from Max Beerbohm, three to Edmund Gosse, and one (A97) to Clement Shorter; June 1896-14 Sept. 1920. The letters contain, among other matters, a limerick on Ladies Speyer, Mond, and Meyer (A100), references to The Works of Max Beerbohm, 1896 (B95), his essay No. 2 The Pines (A99), two parodies by him of Henry James and George Moore (A99), and a comment on the vanity of Lord Morley as revealed in his autobiography (A100). Further letters from Beerbohm to Gosse are found in B1813, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1896-14 Sep 1920
Extent:
4 items

132. Ashley MS B2481, B2485, B3390

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2481, B2485, B3390
Title:
Letters (3) from Clement Shorter to T. J. Wise, congratulating him on the award of an honorary M.A. (B2481, B2485), asking him to bid for lot 335 in Hodgson's sale on 15-16 April 1926 (copies of John Davidson, Smith: A Tragedy, 1888, Bruce: A Drama, 1893 and another) (B2485), and sending copies of W. H. Hudson, Seagulls in London, 1922, a privately printed pamphlet (B3390); 1922, 1926. [Ashley Library Catalogue, i, pp. 85, 86; ii, p. 191].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922-1926
Extent:
3 items

133. Ashley MS 36 (1)-(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 36 (1)-(2)
Title:
'The Virgin and the Fool': a parody by Frederick Britten Austin and Lambert Williams of Elinor Glyn, 'The Damsel and the Sage'; 1903. Autograph fair copy, with a few revisions, written on both sides of twenty six leaves of an ocatavo notebook, and on one side only of another (f. 28). At the beginning is a note (f. 1b) by Austin stating that he and Williams shared the composition of the skit, and that the present MS. was copied out by Williams to serve as printer's copy; 36 (2). The MS. is ac...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
2 items

134. Ashley MS 5715

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 5715
Title:
Scope & Content:
Account Book, in the hand of Robert Browning, showing household expenses for Casa Guidi, Florence, from Jan. to June 1858. The text is on ff. 1b-4b. The remainder of the leaves in the paper covered notebook are blank. Octavo; ff. 4. Robert Browning, poet: Account book for expenses at Casa Guid...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

135. Ashley MS 5717

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 5717
Title:
Scope & Content:
Pass Book, showing Robert Browning's account with the Westminster Bank, Marylebone Branch, from 7 May 1884 to 31 December 1889. The book used is a roan-covered notebook. Octavo; ff. i+44. Robert Browning, poet: Pass Book showing account with London & Westminster Bank Ltd. of Robert Brownin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1884-1889
Extent:
1 item

136. Ashley MS A2064, B4515

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A2064, B4515
Title:
Two Letters from Marjorie Rushforth to T. J. Wise, concerning the bibliography of John Taylor, the Water Poet; 19 April, 18 Nov. 1931. Ashley Library Catalogue, xi, pp. 124, 125.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1931
Extent:
2 items

137. Ashley MS B2606, B4754

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2606, B4754
Title:
Two Letters from Cuthbert Becher Pigot to T. J. Wise, the earlier concerning the identity of the lady in Byron's 'Stanzas to a Lady with the Poems of Camoens', and the later sending a photograph of the sketch made in 1806 by his great great aunt Elizabeth Bridget Pigot of Lord Byron's house in Burgage Green, Southwell. [Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 145; xi, p. 43].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
[1934-1935]
Extent:
2 items

138. Ashley MS B2747, B2753, B2754, B2776

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2747, B2753, B2754, B2776
Title:
Letters (5) from Ethel Colburn Mayne to T. J. Wise, chiefly concerning the acquisition by Wise of copies of Lady Noel Byron and The Leighs, 1887, edited by the second Earl of Lovelace, and Albert Brecknock, The Pilgrim Poet Lord Byron of Newstead, 1911 (28 Feb., 11 June 1927), of Byroniana und Anderes aus Dem Englischen Seminar in Erlangen, 1912, and Countess of Lovelace, A Portrait mis-named Lady Byron, 1918 (24 May, 4 June 1928), and also praising Charles de Bos, Byron And the Need of Fata...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1927-26 Jun 1932
Extent:
4 items

139. Ashley MS 4388

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 4388
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Charles Lamb and George Wither': an essay by A. C. Swinburne; 1884. Autograph draft. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, p. 156. Octavo; ff. ii+83. Essays English: Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Essay, 'Charles Lamb and George Wither', by Algernon Charles Swinburne: 1884: Autogr. draft.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1884
Extent:
1 item

140. Ashley MS 4421

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 4421
Title:
Scope & Content:
'The Worm of Spindlestonheugh': a ballad by A. C. Swinburne; n.d. Autograph draft. Ashley Library Catalogue, vii, p. 4. Quarto; ff. i+22. Ballads ENGLISH: Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Ballad, 'The Worm of Spindlestonheugh', by Algernon Charles Swinburne: n.d: Autogr. draft.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item