Manuscripts
Pearls of the Faith; or, Islâm's Rosary, being the Ninety-Nine Beautiful Names of Allah
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Pearls of the faith; or, Islam's rosary : being the ninety-nine beautiful names of Allah (Asmâ-el-husnâ)
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13526
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Gesta Venatica; Being a Record of Game etc. Bagged in India
Manuscripts
A signed, autograph manuscript; commencing in Poona, India. A record of the weapons used and animals hunted in various parts of India; with many fine ink drawings in both black ink and watercolors. Covers and many pages are loose; with blank pages.
mssHM 32436
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The Light of the World; or, The Great Consummation
Manuscripts
A signed, autograph manuscript; written in Tokyo, Japan, in Arnold's Azala garden. A narrative poem in six books.
mssHM 14992
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Poetical manuscript commonplace book
Manuscripts
A verse miscellany, entitled "Poetical Manuscript Commonplace book" on the spine and "English Verses, Time of James and Charles the First" within the volume; it is written in a single neat italic hand, probably written in Oxford, England, approximately 1635, and associated with Christ Church College, Oxford University. The volume contains 108 poems, almost all of which are presented anonymously; there are mentions of race and skin color and more than 60 of the poems concern women, love, or marriage. Some of the poems are attributed to, among others, Thomas Carew, Richard Corbet, Robert Herrick, Ben Jonson, Henry King, Thomas Randolph, and William Strode. The volume has 19th-century foliation and a list of contents in the front. The volume is bound in contemporary calf, sewn on four alum-tawed slips, covers with a single gilt rule border, head of spine has some damage, and the end leaves were replaced in approximately 1830; also, with a catalogue cutting pasted inside front cover and a morocco-backed slipcase.
mssHM 84418
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[Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966]. [Ninety-Two Days: autograph draft:] Chapters Five - Nine
Manuscripts
The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence and ephemera, the majority written by Evelyn Waugh and related to his later works. The manuscripts include Decline and fall, Ninety-Two days, and material related to Basil Seal rides again, A Little learning and The Loved one. The majority of the correspondence is with Chapman and Hall, is business-related and covers the years 1961-1968; other business correspondents include A.D. Peters, Associated Book Publishers Ltd, Methuen & Co., and Penguin. Other correspondents in the collection include: Robert Murray Davis, Anne Adelaide Ford, Hugh Heckstall-Smith, James G. Hepburn, Marie-Jacqueline Lancaster, Sir Victor Mallet, Alfred Robert McIntyre, Howard Irwin Ross, Christopher Sykes, Arthur Waugh, Laura Waugh and Joel Wells. The ephemera includes Inter-Office business correspondence, compact disks, clippings, photographs, including an original Carl Van Vechten photograph, printed material and original storage boxes; the oversize folder contains one LP phonograph record.
EW 6(2).