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Vol. LXIV ( ff. 347 ). 14 June 1888- 10 Oct. 1890.

includes:

ff. 1, 3, 241 Mary Cholmondeley, novelist: Letters, etc., to, and agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1888-1892, n.d.: Partly signed.
ff. 4, 10, 12, 13 Charles Herbert Williams, solicitor, of Nottingham: Letters to, and agreement with R. Bentley and Son: 1888.: Partly signed.
f. 6 Butler and Tanner; printers, Frome: Letter to C. H. Williams: 1888.: Copy.
f. 8 Butler and Tanner; printers, Frome: Letter to the executors of Rev. F. S. Williams: 1888.
ff. 14 (signed), 16, 17 Henry James Coleridge, Jesuit priest: Correspondence and agreement with R. Bentley and Son: 1888.
ff. 18, 136, 137, 224, 228-232, 332 (copy), 327 Mary Mackay, alias 'Marie Corelli'; novelist: Correspondence and business transactions with R. Bentley and Son: 1885-1895.: Partly signed.
f. 21 William Clowes and Sons, Ltd; printers, London: Letters, bills, receipts, etc., to R. Bentley and R. Bentley and Son: 1870-1897.
f. 22b Kelly and Co; printers and publishers: Letters to, and agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1884-1888.: Partly signed.
ff. 23-25, 30 James Hogg, junior; publisher: Letters to, and agreements with, R. Bentley and Son: 1883-1890.
f. 26 Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington; booksellers and publishers: Letter on behalf of, to R. Bentley and Son: 1888.
f. 26 Samuel Warren Searle, publisher: Letter to R. Bentley and Son: 1888.: Signed.
f. 27 F. V White and Co; publishers: Letter to R. Bentley and Son: 1888.: Signed.
f. 28 James Wrigley and Son; paper manufacturers, London and Bury: Letters, etc., to R. Bentley and R. Bentley and Son: 1870-1888.
f. 32 Joseph Wood Richards Adams, accountant: Letters, etc., to R. Bentley and Son: 1872-1874.
f. 33 Horace Frank Lester, author: Agreement with R. Bentley and Son: 1888.: Signed.
ff. 35-38 Charles Dixon, naturalist: Agreement with R. Bentley and Son and receipt: 1888.: Signed.
f. 39 Charles Whymper, painter and illustrator: Letter to G. Bentley: 1888.
f. 40 Philip Lutley Sclater, FRS; Secretary, Zoological Society of London: Letter to Messrs. M. and N. Hanhart: 1888.: Signed.
ff. 42-56 Charles Dixon, naturalist: Proofs of his 'Our Rarer Birds', pp. i-xv, etc.: 1888-1890, n.d.: Partly printed.
ff. 57-59 Charles Dixon, naturalist: Statement rel. to his action against the newspaper 'Land and Water': [1890?].: Draft.
f.60 Charles Dixon, naturalist: Letter to G. Bentley: 1890.
ff. 62,63 Florence Alice Price, afterwards James alias Warden; novelist: Agreements with, and receipts to R. Bentley and Son: 1888-1891.: Signed.
f. 64 Mrs Mary Leighton, alias 'H Forester', translator: Agreement with R. Bentley and Son: 1888.: Signed.
ff. 66,157,157b, 333,333b Hugh Stowell Scott, alias 'Henry Seton Merriman', novelist: Letter, etc., to, and agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1887-1897.: Mostly signed.
ff. 68, 69, 304 Emily Frances Adeline Sergeant, novelist: Agreements with, and receipts to R. Bentley and Son: 1882-1891.: Signed.
f.70 Julian Marshall, art collector and author: Agreement between Mrs. F. A. Marshall and R. Bentley and Son: 1888.: Countersigned by.
f.70 Florence Ashton Marshall, composer and author: Agreement with R. Bentley and Son: 1888.: Signed.
ff. 72, 73 Salomon Hirzel, publisher, of Leipzig: Letter on behalf of, to R. Bentley and Son: 1888.: Germ. with Engl. transl.
f. 74 Mrs Annie Edwards, alias Edwardes; novelist: Agreements, etc., with R. Bentley and Son: 1877-1893.: Signed.
ff. 76, 180 Mrs Mary E. Mann, novelist: Agreements with, and receipt to R. Bentley and Son: 1888-1892.: Signed.
f. 78 Mary Anne Martha Marks, formerly Hoppus; novelist: Letter to, and agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1888-1893.: Mostly signed.
ff. 80, 184, 185 (abstract) Thomas Adolphus Trollope, writer; brother of Anthony Trollope: Correspondence and agreements with R. Bentley, and R. Bentley and Son: 1876-1889.
f.82 George Routledge and Sons Ltd; publishers: Correspondence and agreement with R. Bentley and Son: 1881-1888.
f.84 Frederick Warne and Co, publishers: Letter to G. Bentley: 1888.
ff. 86, 87,335,335b Lewis Strange Wingfield, traveller, writer, actor and painter: Agreements with, and receipts to R. Bentley and Son: 1877-1890.: Signed.
ff. 88, 341-345 Eleanor Catherine Price, novelist: Agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1886-1898.: Signed.
f. 91 Mrs Frances Elizabeth McFall, novelist: Letter to, from G. Bentley: 1888.: Copy.
f. 93 Mrs Helen B. Taylor, writer on cookery: Letter to G. Bentley: 1888.
ff. 95, 97 (extracts), 291, 293 Guy Le Strange, orientalist: Correspondence and agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1888-1890.: Partly signed.
f. 98 Violet Florence Martin, novelist: Agreement with R. Bentley and Son: 1888.: Signed.
f.98 Miss Edith Oenone Somerville, novelist: Agreement with R. Bentley and Son: 1888.: Signed.
f. 100 Rhoda Broughton, novelist: Agreements with R. Bentley and Son, and receipts: 1872-1898.: Signed.
f. 102 (copy) Rhoda Broughton, novelist: Letters to G. Bentley: 1879, 1888.
ff. 104, 280 Constance Isabella Stuart Smith, author; HM Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories 1921: Agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1889-1899.: Signed.
f. 106 Reverend Frederick Edward Gretton, author: Agreement with R. Bentley and Son: 1889.: Signed.
f. 109 (abstract) James Brinsley Richards, journalist: Correspondence, etc., and agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1882-1889.: Partly signed.
ff. 110, 111 Mary Elizabeth Carter, afterwards Stevenson; novelist: Agreements with R. Bentley and Son, and receipt: 1883-1893.: Signed.
ff. 112, 113 Joseph Fogerty, novelist: Agreement with R. Bentley and Son, and receipt: 1889.: Signed.
f. 114 Matilda Barbara Betham-Edwards, author: Letter to, and agreements with R. Bentley and Son, etc.: 1883-[1889?].
f.115 Margaret Louisa Woods, née Bradley; novelist and poet: Letter to G. Bentley: 1889.
f. 119 Margaret Louisa Woods, née Bradley; novelist and poet: Receipts to R. Bentley and Son: 1887, 1889.: Signed.
ff. 120, 122 Lady Margaret Elizabeth Majendie, née Lindsay; wife of Lewis Ashhurst Majendie; novelist: Agreements with, and receipts to R. Bentley and Son: 1880-1889.: Signed.
f. 123 Katherine Adelaide Chetwynd, daughter of Mrs. Julia Bosville Chetwynd; translator: Agreement on behalf of, with R. Bentley and Son: 1889.
ff. 125, 129 (copy), 254-258 Mrs Julia Bosville Chetwynd, novelist: Correspondence with G. Bentley: 1889-1890.
f. 127 Nathaniel T. Beard, employee of R Bentley and Son: Correspondence with G. Bentley: 1883, 1889.
ff. 130, 275 Rosa Nouchette Carey, author: Correspondence and agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1879-1897.: Partly signed.
f. 132 New Telephone Company; Limited, London: Agreement with R. Bentley and Son: 1889.
f. 134 Thomas Edgar Pemberton, biographer of the stage: Letter to, and agreements with R. Bentley and Son and related memorandum: 1889, 1892.: Mostly signed.
f. 138 Sir Squire Bancroft Bancroft, formerly Butterfield; actor-manager: Agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1887-1890.: Signed.
f. 141 George Bentley, of Richard Bentley and Son, publishers: Correspondence with his assistant, B. Cousens: 1879, 1889.
f. 141 Benjamin Cousens, accountant, of R Bentley and Son, publishers: Correspondence with G. Bentley: 1879, 1889.
ff. 142 (signed), 176, 316 (signed) Freiherr Christian Bernhard von Tauchnitz, publisher, of Leipzig: Agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1872-1897.: Germ.
ff. 144, 145 Victoria Rybot, formerly Baker; novelist: Agreements with, and receipts to R. Bentley and Son: 1889, 1893.: Signed.
ff. 146, 146b Miss Anne Elliot, novelist: Letter, etc., to, and agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1883-1897.: Mostly signed.
f. 149 Emma Friswell, widow of J H Friswell, author: Letter to R. Bentley and Son: 1889.: Extract.
f. 151 Miss Grace L. Keith Johnston, novelist: Correspondence, agreements, etc., with R. Bentley and Son: 1882-1897.: Mostly signed.
ff. 151, 248 (copy) Alexander Pollock Watt, literary agent: Agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1886-1890.: Mostly signed.
f. 153 Georgiana Marion Craik, afterwards May; novelist: Agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1880-1891.: Signed.
f. 155 Miss Constance Cotterell, novelist: Agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1889, 1893.: Signed.
f.159 Mary Anne Martha Marks, formerly Hoppus; novelist: Letter to G. Bentley: 1889.
f.162 William Clark Russell, author: Certificates of registration in Leipzig and at Stationers' Hall of his 'An Ocean Free-Lance': 1881, 1889.
f. 163 Henry Erroll, novelist: Agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1887-1889.: Signed.
ff. 165, 167 (signed) Charles Edwardes, author: Letter to, and agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1886, 1889.
ff. 169-171 Miss Emma Frances Poynter, novelist: Agreement with R. Bentley and Son: 1889.: Signed.
f. 172 Miss Helen Hester Colvill, novelist: Agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1889, 1894.: Signed.
f. 174 William Edward Norris, novelist: Letters, etc., to and agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1883-1897.: Mostly signed.
f. 178 George Robert Gissing, novelist: Agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1882, 1889.: Signed.
f.182 Douglas Mackinnon Baillie Hamilton Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald: Agreement with R. Bentley and Son: 1889.: Signed.
f.188 Emily Tennyson Bradley, historical writer: Letter to G. Bentley: 1889.
f. 191 Miss Julie Sutter, translator: Letter to, and agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1884-1895.: Partly signed.
ff. 192-195 Miss Julie Sutter, translator: Letter to G. Bentley: 1890.
f. 197 William Fraser Rae, writer: Letters to R. Bentley: 1888-1889.
f. 200 Chatto and Windus; publishers, London: Agreements with A. P. Watt and R. Bentley and Son: 1887, 1889.: Signed.
f.200 Alexander Pollock Watt, literary agent: Agreement with R. Bentley and Son and Chatto and Windus: 1889.
f. 202 C. Du Parquet, translator: Letter to C. Bentley: 1889.: Fr.
f. 205 Catherine Edith Macauley Martin, née Mackay alias 'Mrs. Alick Macleod'; novelist: Correspondence with R. Bentley and Son: 1890-1894.
f.210 Miss Florence Louisa Layard, translator and novelist: Memorandum conc. her 'Correspondence of Madame Du Noyer': 1890.
ff. 210, 316 (Germ.), 337 Hugh Farrie, alias Westbury; author: Agreements with R. Bentley and Son, and B. von Tauchnitz: 1890.: Signed.
f. 212 Herbert Rose Barraud, photographer, of London: Correspondence with R. Bentley and Son: 1887, 1890.
ff. 214-215b Catherine Hannah Charlotte Jackson, widow of Sir G Jackson, KCH; author: Letters, reports, etc., to, and agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1871-1890, n.d.: Partly signed.
f. 218 Charles Robert Walker, civil engineer: Letter to R. Bentley and Son: 1890.
f. 221 Frances Anne Kemble, actress: Correspondence with G. Bentley: 1881-1890.
f. 223 Frances Anne Kemble, actress: Receipts to, and agreement, etc., with R. Bentley and Son: 1878-1890.: Mostly signed.
ff. 226, 227 Mary Mackay, alias 'Marie Corelli'; novelist: Proofs of a page of her novel 'Ardath': 1890.: Printed.
f. 233 Miss Emma Elliot, novelist: Agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1884-1896.: Signed.
f. 235 Miss Emma Elliot, novelist: Letter to, from R. Bentley and Son: 1890.: Copy.
ff. 237-240 Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE; novelist: Arbitration award, etc., conc. his 'Allan's Wife': 1890.: Copies.
f. 243 Thomas Willert Beale, author: Agreement with R. Bentley and Son: 1890.: Signed.
f. 245 Frances Eleanor Trollope, 2nd wife of Thomas Adolphus Trollope: Letter to, and agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1876-1895.: Mostly signed.
f.247 Arthur Locker, novelist and journalist: Letter to G. Bentley: 1890.
f.248 Mrs Julia Bosville Chetwynd, novelist: Agreement on behalf of, with R. Bentley and Son: 1890.: Copy.
f. 250 (typewritten) Alexander Pollock Watt and Son; literary agents: Letters to R. Bentley and Son: 1890, 1894.
ff. 251-253 Katherine Adelaide Chetwynd, daughter of Mrs. Julia Bosville Chetwynd; translator: Proof pages of her translation of G. Freytag's 'Reminiscences of my Life': [1890?].: Printed.
ff. 259, 263, 265 Alexander Pollock Watt, literary agent: Letters to R. Bentley and Son.: 1885-1898.: Mostly typewritten. Signed.
f. 262 Billing and Sons; printers, Guildford: Letters to R. Bentley, and to R. Bentley and Son: 1890, 1895.
ff. 266-268 Charles Wolcott Balestier, American author: Agreement with R. Bentley and Son: 1890.: Typewritten. Signed.
ff. 269,270 John Leith Veitch, novelist: Agreements with, and receipts to R. Bentley and Son: 1881, 1890.: Signed.
f. 271 Miss Bettina Walker, writer on music: Agreement with R. Bentley and Son: 1890.: Signed.
f. 273 Major Arthur Thomas Fisher, writer on sport: Agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1890-1896.: Signed.
ff. 277-279 Ernest James Myers, poet: Memorandum conc. his 'Lord Althorp': 1890.
f. 279 George Bentley, of Richard Bentley and Son, publishers: Letter to - Thompson: 1890.
ff. 282, 284-288 Miss May Herbert, translator: Letters to, and agreement with R. Bentley and Son: 1890-1891.: Signed.
f. 290 William John Parry, Welsh author: Memorandum conc. the grant of translation rights to: 1890.
f. 297 Virginia Taylour, translator: Receipt to R. Bentley and Son: 1890.: Signed.
ff. 298-300 Virginia Taylour, translator: Letters to G. Bentley: 1890.
f. 301 Helen Buckingham Mathers, afterwards Reeves; novelist: Letters to G. Bentley: 1878-1890.
f. 305 Walter George Barttelot, 2nd Baronet 1893: Agreement with R. Bentley and Son: 1890.: Signed.
f. 307 Eugène Plon afterw. Plon (Eugène), Nourrit and Co; publishers, Paris: Letters to G. Bentley: 1881-1891.: Fr.
ff. 310, 311 Verlagsanstalt und Druckerei Actien-Gesellschaft; Hamburg: Letter to R. Bentley and Son: 1891.: Germ., with Engl. transl.
f. 313 Walter George Barttelot, 2nd Baronet 1893: Registration certificate at Stationers' Hall of his 'Life of Edmund Musgrave Barttelot': 1891.
f. 315 Charles Scribner's Sons, publishers, of New York: Letters on behalf of, to R. Bentley and Son: 1879-1892.
f. 315 Lemuel W. Bangs, of Charles Scribner's Sons, publishers: Letters to R. Bentley and Son: 1886-1892.
f. 318 William Powell Frith, painter: Agreement with R. Bentley and Son and receipt: 1887, 1890.: Signed.
f. 320 William Nelthorpe Beauclerk, nephew of William, 9th Duke of St Albans; diplomatist: Memorandum conc. his 'Rural Italy': 1890.
f. 322 (signed) Henry Stephens Salt, social reformer: Correspondence and agreement with R. Bentley and Son: 1890-1896.
ff. 324-326 Henry Stephens Salt, social reformer: Letters to G. Bentley: 1890.
f.329 Mary Mackay, alias 'Marie Corelli'; novelist: Telegram to G. Bentley: 1890.
f. 339 Captain Claude Arthur Bray, Major -General 1918; KCMG 1918; novelist: Agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1890-1896.: Signed.
f.346 Eleanor Catherine Price, novelist: Letter to G. Bentley: 1890.

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Add MS 46560-46682 : BENTLEY PAPERS. Records of the publishing house known successively as Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley ( 1829- Aug. 1832…
Add MS 46611-46631 : B. Agreements and records of agreements
Add MS 46611-46626 : BENTLEY PAPERS. Vols. LII - LXVII. Agreements with authors, publishers and others, together with letters and papers relating…

Add MS 46623 : Vol. LXIV ( ff. 347 ). 14 June 1888- 10 Oct. 1890. includes: ff. 1, 3, 241 Mary Cholmondeley, novelist: Letters, etc., to,…

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1888

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1890

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14 Jun 1888-10 Oct 1890

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