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Total number of records: 21

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Books and printed items16
Archives5

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Brotherton Collection12
English Literature12
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection4
Herbert Read Collection3

Top 10: Subject

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poetry21
emotions2
family2
artists' books1
ballads, english1
bereavement1
church1
classical music1
decorative arts1
drawing1

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Berlin (Germany)1
Berlin, Germany1
Dresden, Germany1
Genoa, Italy1
Great Britain1
Leipzig, Germany1
London, United Kingdom1
Vienna, Austria1

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Monro, Harold (1879-1932)8
Bowra, C M (1898-1971)1
Doran, John1
Doran, John (1807-1878)1
International Cultural Society of Korea1
Kim, Hae-Sook1
Lewis, Richard (1935-)1
Lijn, Liliane (1939-)1
Lijn, Liliane, 1939-1
Mason, Penny1

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'V.B's Song' by Mary Cowden Clarke

16 Oct 1874

Lyrics to 'V.B's Song' by Mary Cowden Clarke, to be sung to the tune of 'Little Bo Peep'. Written at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy and dated 16 October 1874. A note on the reverse records that 'V.B' r...

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Transcripts of Thomas Hood's 'Spring' and 'Song to his Wife'

Mar 1876

Transcripts of Thomas Hood's poem 'Spring' by Mary Cowden Clarke, copied by Mary Cowden Clarke for her sister Clara Anastasia Gigliucci (née Novello) in March 1876. Bound with red thread. Accompanied...

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Out of the earth I sing : poetry and songs of primitive peoples of the world

Lewis, Richard (1935-)

[1968]

A collection of poems from primitive peoples throughout the world on such themes as love, nature, and death. Illustrated with photographs of the art of these peoples.

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Orpheus : A collection of one thousand nine hundred seventy four of the most celebrated English and Scotch songs. With a glossary explaining the Scotch words. In three vols (v.1)

1749

Each volume has special title-page under its individual title, engraved in imitation of print. The general title page, also engraved to imitate print, appears in vol. 1 only. Originally issued separ...

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Orpheus : A collection of one thousand nine hundred seventy four of the most celebrated English and Scotch songs. With a glossary explaining the Scotch words. In three vols (v.2)

1749

Each volume has special title-page under its individual title, engraved in imitation of print. The general title page, also engraved to imitate print, appears in vol. 1 only. Originally issued separ...

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Orpheus : A collection of one thousand nine hundred seventy four of the most celebrated English and Scotch songs. With a glossary explaining the Scotch words. In three vols (v.3)

1749

Each volume has special title-page under its individual title, engraved in imitation of print. The general title page, also engraved to imitate print, appears in vol. 1 only. Originally issued separ...

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Poems by Sir Warwick Hele Tonkin

1739

Three handwritten poems on German themes by Sir Warwick Hele Tonkin. The first is titled ‘Song on leaving Berlin’ and dated November 1739.

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The Chapbook : (a yearly miscellany) (no.26, May 1922)

Monro, Harold (1879-1932)

Nos. 1-6 are called v.1; no. 7-12 called v.2. Nos. 6 and 18 consist of songs with piano accompaniment.

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The Chapbook : (a yearly miscellany) (no.27, July 1922)

Monro, Harold (1879-1932)

Nos. 1-6 are called v.1; no. 7-12 called v.2. Nos. 6 and 18 consist of songs with piano accompaniment.

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The Chapbook : (a yearly miscellany) (no.14, Aug. 1920)

Monro, Harold (1879-1932)

Nos. 1-6 are called v.1; no. 7-12 called v.2. Nos. 6 and 18 consist of songs with piano accompaniment.

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The Chapbook : (a yearly miscellany) (no.20, Feb. 1921)

Monro, Harold (1879-1932)

Nos. 1-6 are called v.1; no. 7-12 called v.2. Nos. 6 and 18 consist of songs with piano accompaniment.

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