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721. Ashley MS A458

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Ashley MS A458
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Receipt by Joseph Conrad to McClure, Phillips & Co. for royalties on the American issue of The Inheritors up to 1 Jan. 1902; 24 June 1902. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 233. includes: f. 9 Joseph Conrad, alias Teodor Jósef Konrad Korzeniowski, novelist: McClure, Phillips and Co: Receip...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1902
Extent:
1 item

722. Ashley MS A787

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Ashley MS A787
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Two Letters from George Gissing to Edward Clodd, speaking of George Meredith, a book to be published in the spring ['By the Ionian Sea'?], and a sixth century tale [Veranilda]; 27 April, 30 Dec. 1900. Printed in Coustillas, op. cit., pp. 61-62, 70-71. Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, p. 146. inclu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

723. Ashley MS A1265

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Ashley MS A1265
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Letter from Alfred Noyes to Edmund Gosse, sending a copy of his The Carol of the Fir Tree, 1912, and speaking of his forthcoming Tales of the Mermaid Tavern; 23 Dec. 1912. Ashley Library Catalogue, x, p. 158. includes: ff. 161-162b Alfred Noyes, poet: Sir Edmund William Gosse, writer: Letter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1912
Extent:
1 item

724. Ashley MS A1846

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Ashley MS A1846
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'On the Death of Richard Doyle': a sonnet by A. C. Swinburne; [1883]. Doyle died on 11 Dec. 1883. Autograph fair copy, signed 'Algernon Charles Swinburne', and written on one side only of a part folio leaf of blue laid paper. Watermark figure of Britannia. The text is identical with that first p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1883]
Extent:
1 item

725. Ashley MS B697, B699, B700, B705, B709

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Ashley MS B697, B699, B700, B705, B709
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Letters (6) to T. J. Wise from R. A. Hellewell, H. F. B. Brett-Smith, Montague Summers, and D. Nichol Smith; 10 Jan. 1926- 25 Oct. 1930. The letters chiefly concern the proposed sale to Wise of a copy of John Dryden, The Life of St Ignatius, 1686 (B697), the bibliography of John Dryden, Miscellaneous Essays, 1692 (B699), State of Innocence, 1677, The Conquest of Granada, 1681, and Satyr upon the Dutch, 1662 (B700), and Wise's copy of Sir George Etherege, The Comical Revenge, 1664 (B709), whi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1926-25 Oct 1930
Extent:
5 items

726. Ashley MS A1920

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Ashley MS A1920
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Four Lines of Verse by A. C. Swinburne; n.d. Autograph fair copy, written on one side only of a scrap of pale grey wove paper, 89 x 111mm. The lines, 'Which is most worthy the rod That justice wields when she can, Man, the creator of God, Or God, the creature of man?' are alleged by...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

727. Ashley MS B3911

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Ashley MS B3911
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Verses in an unidentified hand making fun of T. J. Wise for binding his Ruskin volumes in red morocco; n.d. Fair copy, written on one side only of an octavo leaf of white laid paper. No watermark. [Ashley Library Catalogue, iv, p. 190]. includes: f. 90 Thomas James Wise, book collector: Vers...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

728. Ashley MS 282

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Ashley MS 282
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Letter from Thomas Hardy to Edmund Gosse, discussing the character of Robert Browning; 6 March 1899. Printed in The Collected Letters of Thomas Hardy, ii, 1980, ed. R. L. Purdy and M. Millgate, pp. 216-217. Ashley Library Catalogue, x, p. 31. Octavo; ff. ii+2. Thomas Hardy, OM; novelist: Rober...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1899
Extent:
1 item

729. Ashley MS 3639

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Ashley MS 3639
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Letter, with envelope, from George Meredith to Edmund Gosse, describing a visit from Thomas Hardy and commenting on Hardy's The Dynasts; 2 July 1905. Printed in C. L. Cline, Letters of George Meredith, iii, 1970, pp. 1529-1530. Ashley Library Catalogue, x, p. 151. Quarto; ff. i+2. Edward Gosse...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jul 1905
Extent:
1 item

730. Ashley MS 4022

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Ashley MS 4022
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Two Letters from Mary Shelley to Jane Hogg, formerly Williams, the earlier (ff. 1-2b) chiefly concerning Mary's discovery that Jane had been spreading scandalous rumours about her, the later chiefly concerned with a request that Jane would see to the removal of Mary's furniture from the house of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1828-1843
Extent:
1 item