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The Adventures of Philip clippings

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Description: Contains 23 clippings of prints from The Adventures of Philip by William Makepeach Thackeray.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1860s-1870s.
Call number: priPEF 90
Creator: Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of January 2025.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

The English humorists of the eighteenth century clippings

Visual Materials

Contains 12 prints from William Makepeace Thackeray's The English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century.

priPEF 92

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Roundabout papers and other contributions to the Cornhill Magazine : to which are added The second funeral of Napoleon and Mrs. Katherine's lantern / 1860-1867

Rare Books

Volume includes numerous essays and stories by Thackeray from the Cornhill Magazine, dating from 1859 to 1867. It also includes an article by T.R. Sullivan titled "A Thackeray manuscript in Harvard College Library" from Scribner's magazine, 1893. Volume also contains seven ms. letters, three by the author, inserted throughout the volume. The first, a letter from Thackeray to a friend and contributor to the Cornhill Magazine, dated 21 June and is tipped in before the title page; the second, a [2] page letter from C. Macaulay to Mr. Taylor, dated 1 Feb. [18]60; followed by another [2] page letter by Macaulay, this one to Thackeray and dated 7 Feb. 1860; a [1] page letter from Thackeray, dated 18 July 1860; a [1] page undated and unsigned letter from Thackeray to Mr. Williams; two ms. letters, the first dated 24 Oct. '61[?] and the second 23 Dec. 1862, are included as examples of the letters Thackeray received as editor of Cornhill magazine. Also includes the original front paper wrappers from the issues of Cornhill Magazine and from the issue of Scribner's magazine.

16613

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Album and unpublished manuscript

Manuscripts

Album compiled by Arthur Coyte Paget, who was a schoolfellow and close friend of William Makepeace Thackeray. The album includes original drawings by Thackeray, printed material, and a manuscript by Paget.

mssHM 40011

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Ephemera: Magazine clipping: Redbook: "The Brave Adventure."

Manuscripts

The collection contains literary manuscripts, family papers, business papers, correspondence, clippings and photographs by or related to Eugene Manlove Rhodes. Some manuscripts are on microfilm reels, and portions of the correspondence are photostatic copies. Significant correspondents include: Witter Bynner, Bernard DeVoto, Albert Bacon Fall, Houghton Mifflin Company, Rupert Hughes, Stuart N. Lake, Conrad Richter, Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett and William Allen White. The addenda consists of correspondence from Eugene Rhodes and May Davison Rhodes to Rhoda Williams Marshall, Harold D. Carew, and Gordon Young, among others.

mssRhodes papers

The adventures of Captain Horn by Frank R. Stockton

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for The Adventures of Captain Horn by Frank R. Stockton; a man's face is visible in profile peering out from behind thickly hanging ivy vines.

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William Makepeace Thackeray letters to the Countess of Blessington, with original drawings

Manuscripts

The letters to the Countess of Blessington were removed from the volume by Huntington Library staff in June 1937 and cataloged separately (mssHM 15251-15294).

mssHM 40008

The Adventures of Philip clippings

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