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521. Ashley MS A469, A492, A493, B498, A1986, A2948, A2950, A2951

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Ashley MS A469, A492, A493, B498, A1986, A2948, A2950, A2951
Title:
Letters (8) from Joseph Conrad to T. J. Wise; 1919-1922. In the letters among other matters Conrad sends Wise portions of the MS. of The Rover, and describes his methods (22 July 1922), describes the composition of The Rescue (16 Feb. 1919), and sends copies of his Life and Letters and Some Reminiscences (4 Oct. 1921), of the English edition of The Rescue (5 July 1920), and of his 'booklets on J. Galsworthy and The Dover Patrol' (19 October 1922). Ashley Library Catalogue, i, pp. 238, 252-25...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:
1919-1922
Extent:
8 items

522. Ashley MS A2427

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A2427
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Letter from the Rev. William Lisle Bowles to William Scrope of Castle Combe, chiefly concerned with Bowles' The Grave of the Last Saxon, 1822, and Letters to Lord Byron on a Question of Poetical Criticism, 1821, and a visit to Bowles by William Blackwood, founder of Blackwood's Magazine; 10 June...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1822
Extent:
1 item

523. Ashley MS A2878

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Ashley MS A2878
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Letter from Samuel Taylor Coleridge to S. Lutwidge, concerning the illness of Coleridge's son Derwent; 11 July 1822. Printed in E. L. Griggs, Collected Letters of S. T. Coleridge, vol. V, 1971, pp. 245-246. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, pp. 219-220. includes: ff. 137-138b S. Lutwidge: Samuel ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1822
Extent:
1 item

524. Ashley MS B751

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B751
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Letter from Beverly Chew to John H. Wrenn, describing his copy of Giles Fletcher, Christs Victorie, 1610; 28 Aug. 1907. Typewritten copy. [Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, p. 124.] includes: f. 8 John Henry Wrenn, American book collector: Beverly Chew: Letter to John Henry Wrenn from Beverly Ch...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1907
Extent:
1 item

525. Ashley MS B1372

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B1372
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Scope & Content:
'Hear what the Mournful Linnets Say': a nursery rhyme by Christina Rossetti; [1870?]. Copy in the hand of Maria F. Rossetti, written on one side only of an octavo leaf of white laid paper. No watermark. The poem is numbered '14'. At the foot of f. 131 is a note in the hand of W. M. Rossetti, 'Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1870?]
Extent:
1 item

526. Ashley MS B2387

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Ashley MS B2387
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Certificate that his wife had transcribed George Borrow's 'The Bible in Spain' etc. from the original MSS; 30 Jan. 1869. Draft, in the hand of George Borrow, written on one side only of an octave leaf of white laid paper. No watermark. The certificate is dated 'Jan(ry) 30, 1869'. [Ashley Library...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1869
Extent:
1 item

527. Ashley MS B3415

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B3415
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Scope & Content:
Letter from Samuel Johnson to Francesco Sastres informing him 'that he came home last night'; 17 Nov. [1784]. The letter is printed in The Letters of Samuel Johnson, ed. R. W. Chapman, iii, 1952, p. 248. [Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, p. 211]. includes: ff. 80, 81b Francesco Sastres: Samuel ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Nov [1784]
Extent:
1 item

528. Ashley MS 1448, A1852, B4060, B5587

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 1448, A1852, B4060, B5587
Title:
Letters (91) and a postcard from W. M. Rossetti to T. J. Wise; 8 Jan. 1886-27 March 1913. The greater part of the letters concerns the Shelley Society (1886-1892), of which Wise was Secretary from 1887 and Rossetti Chairman. One of the factors contributing to the downfall of the Society was Wise's extravagant policy of issuing facsimile reprints, and the letters reveal Rossetti's patience and generosity contrasted with Wise's incompetence and duplicity. Another subject which features largely...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Norwegian
Date Range:
8 Jan 1886-27 Mar 1913
Extent:
4 items

529. Ashley MS 2291

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 2291
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Scope & Content:
'The Rose Tree': a poem by W. B. Yeats; 1917. Fair copy, with one revision, written on one side only of an octavo leaf of grey wove writing paper headed '18, Woburn Buildings, W. C.'. The leaf is one of two formed by folding a quarto sheet. Watermark 'The Temple / Ancient Vellum' and lamb and fl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 item

530. Ashley MS B2783

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2783
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Scope & Content:
Note by Thomas Carlyle, written in blue pencil on one side only of a scrap of white wove paper, 86 x 128mm. No watermark. The note, which reads 'An "Autograph", Child? Oh surely, Yes, ― by all manner of means! ―', is signed and dated 'T. Carlyle / Chelsea, 21 Novr 1870'. [Ashley Library Catalogu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item