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Total number of records: 172

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Books and printed items157
Archives15

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Brotherton Collection159
English Literature88

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english literature21
rare books16
english drama13
english poetry13
american literature5
authors, english5
literary forgeries and mystifications4
french literature2
poets, english2
child labor1

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Wise, Thomas James (1859-1937)172
Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909)70
Wise, Thomas James61
Gosse, Edmund (1849-1928)44
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-190936
Ashley Library14
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson Baron (1809-1892)11
Baron Brotherton10
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)10
Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton10

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From 1900117

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Up to 1999120
Up to latest10

Archive Collection

George Borrow, literary manuscripts with related material

Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881)

c.1840-1913

Brotherton Collection items: Autograph manuscripts of two folktales, one beginning "Sigurd son of Volsun", the other entitled "The pisgey and midwife"; autograph manuscripts of four poems, "Grasach Ab...

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Algernon Charles Swinburne manuscripts

Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909)

1851-1999

Comprises a substantial collection of manuscripts (many of them autographs), typed or pencilled transcriptions, and some printed proofs and early editions of literary works by Swinburne, including poe...

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George Byron, correspondence and manuscripts, together with related materials

Byron, George Gordon Byron Baron (1788-1824)

c.1811-1938

Comprises a collection of autograph poetry, letters and other writings by Byron; manuscripts of his poetry and other writings in the hand of others (including Mary Shelley), including copies of his 'E...

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T.J. Wise, proof copies of pamphlets

Wise, Thomas James (1859-1937)

1909-1917

Nine separate titles, as follows, printed for Wise in very limited editions, some annotated by Wise and all of them having proof corrections, often in the hand of Edmund Gosse: (1) "Letters from Alger...

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Papers of T.J. Wise

Wise, Thomas James (1859-1937); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

n.d.

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"A Byron Library" book extracts and notes

Wise, Thomas James (1859-1937); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

n.d.

Pages detached from binding and not in order

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Index cards for authors including Byron, Samuel Pepys, John Milton etc.

Wise, Thomas James (1859-1937); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

n.d.

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Notes and draft of book on Byron

Wise, Thomas James (1859-1937); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

n.d.

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The Bröntes, their lives, friendships and correspondence (v.1)

Wise, Thomas James (1859-1937); Symington, John Alexander (1887-1961)

1932

On spine: The life & letters. "Seven hundred and fifty copies of this edition have been printed."

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The Bröntes, their lives, friendships and correspondence (v.2)

Wise, Thomas James (1859-1937); Symington, John Alexander (1887-1961)

1932

On spine: The life & letters. "Seven hundred and fifty copies of this edition have been printed."

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The Bröntes, their lives, friendships and correspondence (v.3)

Wise, Thomas James (1859-1937); Symington, John Alexander (1887-1961)

1932

On spine: The life & letters. "Seven hundred and fifty copies of this edition have been printed."

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