Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'A'., 1899-1917
Scope and Contents
File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors:
Abbott, W. ("Commercial Theory and Practice", undated);
Acworth, W.M. ("Historical Sketch of State Railway Ownership", undated);
Adams, W.M. ("The House of the Hidden Places: A Clue to the Creed of Early Egypt", undated);
Adlam, G.H.J. ("Chemistry", undated);
Aide, H. ("We are Seven: Half Hours on the Stage", 1902);
Ainger, A.C. ("Memories of Eton Sixty Years Ago", 1917; "Latin-English Dictionary", 1903);
Aitken, R. ("Beyond the Skyline, undated);
Ward, E. F. ("Christopher Monck, Duke of Albemarle", undated);
Alcock, A. ("A Naturalist in Indian Seas", 1902);
Alexander, A. ("A Wayfarer’s Caravan", undated; "A Wayfarer's Log", undated);
Alexander, S.A. ("Progressive Revelation", c.1910);
Amundsen, R. ("The South Pole", undated);
Anderson, Dame A. M. ("Women in the Factory: An Administrative Adventure 1893-1921", undated);
Anderson, Sir. R. ("Sidelights on the Home Rule Movement", undated);
Anderson, T. ("Volcanic Studies in Many Lands", 1903);
Anesaki, M. ("Buddhist Art", 3 copies, undated);
Anson, Sir A. ("About Others and Myself, 1745-1920", undated);
Anson, Captain W.V. ("The Life of John Jervis, Admiral Lord St. Vincent", undated; "Life of Admiral Lord Anson", undated; "The Launch of H.M.S. Centurion", undated);
Arfa, General H. "Under Five Shahs", undated);
Armitage-Smith, G. ("Principles and Methods of Taxation", 1914);
Armitage, E.S. ("The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles", undated);
Ashbee, C.R. ("Jerusalem, 1918-1920", undated; "Jerusalem, 1920-1922", undated);
Askwith, Lord ("Industrial Problems and Disputes", undated);
Assorted authors ("Alaska", 1904; various archaeology titles, undated);
Aston, Major-General Sir G. ("Memories of a Marine", undated);
Aston, Brigadier-General G.G. ("Letters on Amphibious Wars", undated);
Atherton, G. ("Ancestors"; "Rezánov"; "Tower of Ivory"; and other new novels, undated);
Atton, H. ("The King’s Customs", undated);
Houseman, L. ("Of Aucassin & Nicolette: A Translation in Prose and Verse from the Old French", undated);
Austen-Leigh, M.A. ("Personal Aspects of Jane Austen", undated);
Awdry, W. ("Early Chapters in Science", 1899);
Ayscough, J. ("San Celestino", undated).
File also contains the original typescript file index, and three copies of an additional prospectus, not adhering to the original alphabetical order, and promoting four titles as follows "A Century of Archaeological Discoveries"; "Renascence"[sic]; "The Shores of the Adriatic: An Architectural and Archaeological Pilgrimage"; and "The Evolution of Italian Sculpture", undated.
Dates
- Creation: 1899-1917
Creator
- John Murray (publishers, London) (Organization)
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Extent
1 Folders
Language of Materials
English
Genre / Form
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