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51. Ashley MS 2393

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Ashley MS 2393
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Curriculum Vitae of himself, by George Borrow; between 1862 and 1874. Autograph fair copy, with a few revisions, written on both sides of two conjoined quarto leaves of white laid paper, with a revised passage on a further scrap of the same. No watermark. C. K. Shorter, George Borrow and his Cir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1862-1874
Extent:
1 item

52. Ashley MS 3506 (1)-(3)

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Ashley MS 3506 (1)-(3)
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'Liber Aureus': three volumes used by the Rev. James Boyer, headmaster at Christ's Hospital 1776-1799, for the transcription by his students of their best compositions, including five poems and seven essays by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and one poem by Charles Lamb; 1783-1799. The titles were given by Boyer generally in Latin, but the compositions, sixty five in all, are in English. Ashley Library Catalogue, viii, pp. 154-156.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1783-1799
Extent:
0 items

53. Ashley MS A239, A240, A241, A242

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Ashley MS A239, A240, A241, A242
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Letters (7) from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Richard Henry Horne; 16 Dec. 1843-12 May 1845. Four of the letters (16 Dec. 1843, Dec. 1843, 1843, 6 Feb. 1844) were written during their collaboration in the production of A New Spirit of the Age, 1844, edited by Horne, another (9 June 1844) discusses its reception, while others discuss her poem 'The Dead Pan' (9 June, 20 July 1844) and Edgar Allen Poe (12 May 1845). Also included are a letter (A242, ff. 164-169b) from Elizabeth to Mary Hunter,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Dec 1843-12 May 1845
Extent:
4 items

54. Ashley MS B2952, B5478

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Ashley MS B2952, B5478
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Two Letters from Miss Lilian Hallowes, Joseph Conrad's secretary, to T. J. Wise, the earlier sending a copy of Conrad's Laughing Anne, 1923, and the later sending the latest volume of the American Limited Edition [of Conrad's works]; 5 Nov. 1923, 18 March 1924. [Ashley Library Catalogue, viii, p. 124].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1923-1924
Extent:
2 items

55. Ashley MS 114

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Ashley MS 114
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'The Young Boxer': a story translated from the Persian by George Borrow; circa 1860. Autograph fair copy, heavily revised in places, written on both sides of eleven quarto leaves of white laid paper formed by tearing folio leaves in half. No watermark. The story is entitled 'The Young Boxer. / F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 item

56. Ashley MS 128

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Ashley MS 128
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'The Valkyrie and Raven': a ballad translated from the Norse by George Borrow; before 1862. Autograph draft, written on both sides of four octavo leaves of cream laid paper, and one side only of a fifth (f. 6). No watermark. The ballad is entitled by Borrow on f. 1 'The Valkyrie and Raven/[From ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

57. Ashley MS 2399

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Ashley MS 2399
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Scope & Content:
'Hafbur and Signe': a ballad translated from the Danish by George Borrow; [before 1857?]. Autograph fair copy, with a few revisions, mostly in pencil, written on both sides of nine quarto leaves of blue wove paper, on one side only of a tenth, and on one side only of two leaves of blue laid pape...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[before 1857?]
Extent:
1 item

58. Ashley MS 4413

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Ashley MS 4413
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Biographical Monograph on Victor Hugo, untitled, but beginning 'Hugo, Victor, the greatest poet of his age', by A. C. Swinburne; [1902?]. Autograph fair copy, written on one side only of twelve large quarto leaves of blue wove paper. No watermark. Signed at the end 'Algernon Charles Swinburne'. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1902?]
Extent:
1 item

59. Ashley MS 5101

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Ashley MS 5101
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'Rondeaux Parisiens': ten satirical poems by A. C. Swinburne; 1885. Autograph drafts (ff. 5-8) and fair copies (ff. 17-21). Ashley Library Catalogue, vii, pp. 51-54. Also included are the following poems:― 1. 'The Interpreters'; 1885. Autograph draft, imperfect. f. 8b. 2. Satirical poem, 'The ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1885
Extent:
1 item

60. Ashley MS 5711

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 5711
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Scope & Content:
Extracts, in English, from the Vilkina Saga or Thidrekssaga, by George Borrow; circa 1860. The extracts, which are apparently based on J. Peringskiold's edition of 1715, are written on both sides of twenty-four octavo leaves of pale blue wove paper (ff. 1-7b, 9-25b), on one side only of another ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 item