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Birkenhead Institute

1963-1965

Letters inviting Berry to contribute to a magazine issue titled 'Tribute to Wilfred Owen' (published to commemorate the inauguration of a library to honour Wilfred Owen) and thanking Berry for his par...

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Methuen

1950-1977

Correspondence on publishing of The Galloping Centaur. Includes MS changes and MS and TS introduction and biography for 2nd edition.

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti to (Walter) Theodore Watts-Dunton

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882)

c. 29.08.1878

Autograph letter. Dated Thursday. Arrangements to dine.

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti to William Michael Rossetti

c. 18 May 1881

'My dear Wm/Many thanks. I shd not dream of being impatient, but if I find it impossible for you to get it done in a short time, I must find out whether the book can wait...'

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SMIRNOVA-MAKSHEEVA, Tat'iana Aleksandrovna (1890-1982)

1947, 1973-1982

Letters from T A Smirnova- Maksheeva to Richard Davies (17, 1977-1981) /1-17/. Poems by T A Smirnova-Maksheeva /18/. Photocopy of obituary /19/. T A Smirnova- Maksheeva `Kanikuky: Rasskaz', "Russkaia ...

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Familiar and courtly letters

Voiture Monsieur de (1597-1648); Brown, Thomas (1663-1704); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Cheek, Thomas; Dennis, John (1657-1734); Aristaenetus; Pliny the Younger; Fontenelle M. de (1657-1757); Briscoe, Samuel (1691-1727); Wycherley, William (1640-1716); Congreve, William (1670-1729)

1700

First edition. The "Epistle dedicatory" signed: Sam. Briscoe. Pt. 2 has title: Letters of friendship, and several other occasions... Written by Mr. Dryden, Mr. Wycherly [and others] With letters w...

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Letters from Charles John Kean and his wife Ellen (née Tree), with related material.

Kean, Charles John

c.1836-1863

Comprises 2 autograph letters, one from Charles Kean to Robert Keeley dated 3 November 1855, and the other from Ellen Tree to William Tilt dated 16 February 1836, 3 portraits of Charles Kean, printed ...

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BC MS Lt 44, p. 63:
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Collection of miscellaneous prose and verse

c.1730-1735

Remains of a formerly bound and consecutively paginated collection of miscellaneous prose and verse, now reduced to a number of loose sheets and gatherings, in various different hands. As recto-paged ...

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Bound volume of artwork by Solomon Alexander Hart

Hart, Solomon Alexander (1806-1881); Barker, Benjamin (1838-)

1835-1902

Around 600 sketches by Hart mounted in a scrapbook which was owned by the Barker family. The artworks are in pencil and ink and wash, with some watercolours. The artworks have been allocated a conse...

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MORLEY Family

1865-1989

Postcards from May Tizengauzen (née Morley; 1896-1974), Leningrad, to Fanny Morley (1872-1947), England (31, 1927-1933) /1-31/. Letter from Fanny Morley, Leningrad, to May Tizengauzen, Leningrad pris...

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IZRAZTSOV, Konstantin Konstantinovich (18??-19??)

1915-1923

RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN PARIS: E P Demidov, Athens, telegram (in code, with decipherment) (1918) /1/; M N Girs, Rome, "Aide-mémoire" (about recognition of Soviet regime) (circulated by S D Sazonov to Russ...

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AIVAZOVSKII, Aleksandr Pavlovich (1891?-1959)

1900s-1950s

Manuscripts, typescripts, notebooks, newspaper cuttings of works by A P Aivazovskii: "Alim: Krymskii razboinik" /1/; "Azrail: Angel smerti" /2-5/; "Caucasian Traditions" /6-8/; "Chto sokhranila pamiat...

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