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The lady

Michaeljohn, Kate

1997

Contains article about Arthur Ransome on p.74: "Ransome's Harvest" / by Kate Michaeljohn.

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Title: By a lady

Author: Johnson, Esther;, i.e. Stella ?

Attribution: A lady

Date(s): 1724 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 9

Contents: Request that as her beauty diminishes her mind should improve

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Sender: Thornycroft, Agatha, Lady

Recipient: Gosse, Ellen, Lady

Letters: 1

Date(s): 16 Oct 1883

Location: BC Gosse correspondence.

Category: 19c2 Female

Note: Not in printed catalogue. Not found 07/01/99.

Sender: Gosse, Ellen, Lady

Recipient: Thornycroft, Agatha, Lady

Letters: 1

Date(s): 16 Oct 1883

Location: BC Gosse correspondence. In LADY ELLEN GOSSE box

Note: Not in printed catalogue.


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The letters of Disraeli to Lady Bradford and Lady Chesterfield (v.1)

Disraeli, Benjamin Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881); Bradford, Selina Louisa Forester Bridgman Countess of (1894); Chesterfield, Anne Elizabeth Forester Stanhope Countess of (1802-1885); Zetland, Lawrence John Lumley Dundas Marquis of (1876-)

1929

New York ed. (Appleton) has title: The letters of Disraeli to Lady Chesterfield and Lady Bradford.

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The letters of Disraeli to Lady Bradford and Lady Chesterfield (v.2)

Disraeli, Benjamin Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881); Bradford, Selina Louisa Forester Bridgman Countess of (1894); Chesterfield, Anne Elizabeth Forester Stanhope Countess of (1802-1885); Zetland, Lawrence John Lumley Dundas Marquis of (1876-)

1929

New York ed. (Appleton) has title: The letters of Disraeli to Lady Chesterfield and Lady Bradford.

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Lady with a Dulcimer
Drawing

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The royal ladies

Robyns, Gwen

c1969

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Travelling ladies

Keefer, Janice Kulyk (1953-)

1990

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The lady of the lake

Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832); Gilbert, Sir John (1817-1897); Foster, Myles Birket (1825-1899)

1857

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The ladies library (v.1)

Berkeley, George (1685-1753); Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)

1751

Compiled by George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne.

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