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Total number of records: 143

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Books and printed items136
Archives7

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English Literature143
Brotherton Collection25

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english essays30
english language17
english literature5
authors, english2
authors, irish2
english poetry2
letters2
names, geographical2
poets, english2
children's poetry, english1

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Haworth (England)1
Rhine River Valley1
Yorkshire (England)1

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Lynam, Robert30
Lynam, Robert (1796-1845)30
Hood, Thomas (1799-1845)19
Todd, Henry John (1763-1845)13
Smith, Sydney (1771-1845)10
Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)9
Hood, Tom7
Hood, Tom (1835-1874)7
Ingoldsby, Thomas (1788-1845)6
Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894)6

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Verene Shepherd - Transients to Settlers: The Experience of Indians in Jamaica 1845-1950

1994

Multiple partial typescript draft copies with accompanying corrections. Also includes a small amount of correspondence

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The fair maid of the exchange : a comedy

Heywood, Thomas (1574-1641); Heywood, Thomas (1574-1641); Rowley, William (1585-1642); Field, Barron (1786-1846); Shakespeare Society (Great Britain)

1846

With special title-pages dated 1845, and reproductions of original title-pages, 1607 and 1653.

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The gift

1845 "A Christmas, New Year, and birthday present".

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The cabin book : or, Sketches of life in Texas

Sealsfield, Charles (1793-1864); Mersch, Ch Fr

1844

Published in 1845 under title: Life in Texas. Printed in double columns.

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The castle of indolence : an allegorial poem, written in imitation of Spenser

Thomson, James (1700-1748)

1845

Added title-page, engraved, has title: Illustrations of Thomson's Castle of indolence, by William Rimer. Art Union of London, 1845.

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Cædmon's des Angelsachsen biblische Dichtungen

Caedmon; Bouterwek, Karl Wilhelm (1809-1868)

1854

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Cædmon's des Angelsachsen biblische Dichtungen

Bouterwek, Karl Wilhelm (1809-1868); Caedmon

1849-51

The Anglo-Saxon poems Gensis, Exodus, Daniel, Azarias, and Christ and Satan, formerly ascribed to Caedmon.

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Thomas Gray Manuscripts

Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)

11 Apr 1763 - 1845

Includes a printed copy of Gray's 'Luna est habitabilis' signed by the author; a page from a journal with manuscript notes by Gray on natural history and the weather [11-17 Apr 1763]. A contemporary ...

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The poems of Edgar Allan Poe

Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849); Williams, H Noel (1870-1925); Robinson, W Heath (1872-1944)

1900

From verso of t.p.: Chiswick Press : Charles Whittingham and Co.... London. Includes publisher's notices: p. [ii]. Title page in red and black typeface.

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