Manuscripts

Armadale : a novel with title page, dedication, and introduction

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Description: Volume II also includes letters (mssHM 33787-33789) and a printed copy and autograph version of Armadale: a drama in three acts (mssHM 33790),
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1864-1880.
Call number: mssHM 33786
Creator: Collins, Wilkie (1824-1889)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from William K. Bixby sale, 1918.
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The Lay of St. Medard. Golden Legends No. VII. By Thomas Ingoldsby, Esq

Manuscripts

An autograph manuscript by Richard Harris Barham. The volume also contains other manuscripts, engravings, and letters; with the bookplate of Frederick Locker. The volume also contains a letter from Barham to My dear Madam (mssHM 14391); a motto in the handwriting of Barham (mssHM 14392); The Lay of St. Medard, with a copy of a letter from George Bentley (mssHM 14393); George Cruikshank's rough pencil sketch for the Legend of St. Mendard (mssHM 14394); an autograph letter by George Cruikshank to Frederick Locker (mssHM 14395); and two printed engravings of Barham by Richard Bentley.

mssHM 14391-14395

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Tracings from the title pages of emblem books in the libraries of Thomas Corser, Henry Yates Thompson, and Henry Green

Manuscripts

The three volumes are bound in matching leather bindings; with indexes and extensive bibliographic comments on each emblem volume. Volume I - From the Emblem books of the Reverend Thomas Corser MA Strand, Manchester. Volume II - From the Emblem books of Henry Yates Thompson Esq. Thingwall, near Liverpool. Volume III - From the Emblem books of Henry Yates Thompson and of Henry Green MA Knutsford.

mssHM 944

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Miscellaneous Thoughts; Anecdotes, & Characters; of Books & Men

Manuscripts

mssHM 1271 is the second volume of the octavo manuscript and is incomplete; mssHM 1271 (FAC) is a facsimile copy.

mssHM 1271

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The Death of Balder. A Heroic Play with Songs; in three acts

Manuscripts

Also bound in the volume: Balder's Dreams. From the Ancient Norse: a poem (mssHM 14491); a printed copy of the limited issue of the play The Death of Balder.

mssHM 14398

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From Sea to Sea

Manuscripts

Three volumes in one box. Volumes one and two contain carbon copy pages; with an autograph postcard by Kipling laid into the front of volume one. Volume three consists of a series of photographs which illustrate volumes one and two.

mssHM 12429

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Minute book

Manuscripts

This minute book contains a printed copy of the "Rules and Regulations" for the club (inside front cover) and meeting minutes from 1883 to 1900. There are also programs for plays (both glued in and loose), newspaper reviews, tickets and general flyers in the volume, all related to the drama club.

mssHM 78361

Armadale : a novel with title page, dedication, and introduction

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