Search

032-001978147

421. Ashley MS A2334

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A2334
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Scotland's Lament': a poem by J. M. Barrie; [1894-1895]. Autograph fair copy, with revisions, written on one side only of three quarto leaves of white wove paper. Watermark '[Hiera]tica / [(a vegetable] Parchment) / [J, S] & Co.'. The MS. has been entitled 'Scotland's Lament', and the leave...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1894-1895]
Extent:
1 item

422. Ashley MS A4376

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A4376
Title:
Scope & Content:
Two Letters from Auguste Vacquerie to A. C. Swinburne, the earlier (ff. 95-96) concerning Vacquerie's Formosa, 1883, and François Victor Hugo's translation of Shakespeare into French, the later R. H. Shepherd's Bibliography of Swinburne, 1883, and Swinburne's subscription towards a statue in hon...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1883
Extent:
1 item

423. Ashley MS A3076, A3077

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A3076, A3077
Title:
Two Letters from Edmund Gosse to T. J. Wise; 21 June 1911, 6 Feb. 1913. In the earlier letter Gosse sends Wise a copy of Austin Dobson's 'Poem to the King', and in the latter discusses the private printing of [Swinburne?] MSS. Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, pp. 49-50.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1911-1913
Extent:
2 items

424. Ashley MS 297

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 297
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letter written from Santos, Brazil, by Richard Francis Burton to A. C. Swinburne, chiefly concerning Swinburne's Poems and Ballads and 'Lesbia Brandon', and also mentioning a threat to castrate Swinburne; 5 April 1867. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 142. Octavo; ff. ii+2. Sir Richard Francis ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1867
Extent:
1 item

425. Ashley MS 843

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 843
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letter from Thomas Hardy to Norman MacColl, recounting that 'the opening incident' in his Tess of the D'Urbervilles, attacked in the Saturday Review as unnatural, was in fact based on a true event; 9 Feb. 1892. Printed in The Collected Letters of Thomas Hardy, i, 1978, ed. R. L. Purdy and M. Mil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1892
Extent:
1 item

426. Ashley MS 2216

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 2216
Title:
Scope & Content:
Two Letters, with envelopes, from Oscar Wilde to John Coulson Kernahan, the earlier concerning the printing of Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891, the later discussing Kernahan's 'A Story for Children from Eight to Eighty'; postmarked [3?] March 1891 and 20 Feb. 1892. The second letter is...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890-1892
Extent:
1 item

427. Ashley MS 5155

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 5155
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Ballade Tragique à Double Refrain': a satirical poem by Max Beerbohm; 1912. Autograph fair copy, written on one side only of a folio leaf of cream laid paper. Watermark 'Wessex Antique'. The MS. is inscribed 'For E. G. [Edmund Gosse] / 1912 / Max'. f. 1. Also included is a letter from Beerbohm ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1913
Extent:
1 item

428. Ashley MS 5765

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 5765
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Shelley in Italy': an essay by Richard Garnett; [1894]. The essay was printed in the English Illustrated Magazine, vol. XII, December 1894, p. 143. Folio; ff. 8. Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet: Richard Garnett, LLD; Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum: Article, 'Shelley in Italy', by Richard ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1894]
Extent:
1 item

429. Ashley MS A1902

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1902
Title:
Scope & Content:
'The Garden Of Cymodoce': a poem by A. C. Swinburne; [1879-1880]. Autograph draft of antistrophe 7, ll. 29-47, written on one side only of a quarto sheet of white laid paper, originally folded to form two octavo leaves, and bearing the printed address 'The Pines, Putney Hill, S.W.'. No watermark...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1879-1880]
Extent:
1 item

430. Ashley MS A2928

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A2928
Title:
Scope & Content:
'The Polish Question A Note on the joint Protectorate of the Western Powers and Russia' by Joseph Conrad; [1916?]. Autograph draft of additional comments written on one side only of a folio leaf of ruled white wove paper. Watermark 'ENGLISH MADE BANK / ROCK BROS LTD.'. The draft is entitled 'Add...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1916?]
Extent:
1 item