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Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'N,O,P & Q'., 1901-1923

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Identifier: Acc.13328/1132

Scope and Contents

File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors:

Napier, Lady ("A Stormy Morning", undated);

Nasmyth, J. ("The Moon, Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite", 1903);

Admiral The Marquess of Milford Haven ("Naval Medals: Commemorative Medals, Naval Rewards, War Medals, Naval Tokens etc. of France, The Netherlands, Spain and Portugal", undated; "British Naval Medals: Commemorative Medals, Naval Rewards, War Medals, Naval Tokens, Portrait Medallions, Life-Saving Medals, Engraved Pieces etc.", undated);

Nekludoff, A. ("Diplomatic Reminiscences Before and During the World War, 1911-1917", undated);

Neuman, B.P. ("Open Sesame", undated; "Dominy’s Dollars", undated; "The Spoils of Victory", undated);

Nevill, Captain H.L. ("Campaigns on the North-West Frontier", undated);

Newbolt, H. ("Poems: New and Old", undated; "The Year of Trafalgar", undated);

Newland, C.Bingham ("What is Instinct?: Some Thoughts on Telepathy and Subconsciousness in Animals", undated);

Newman, G. ("Bacteriology and Public Health", 1904);

Newsome, D. ("Godliness and Good Learning: For Studies on a Victorian Ideal", undated);

Newton, L.H. ("Somewhere in Scotland", undated);

Nicholson, J.Shield ("The Revival of Marxism", undated);

Nielsen, Dr. F. ("The History of the Papacy in the Nineteenth Century", 1906);

Noble, Sir A. ("Artillery and Explosives: Essays and Lectures", undated);

Nojine, E.K. ("The Truth about Port Arthur", undated);

Nolloth, Reverend C.F. ("The Christian Faith", undated);

Norman, C.B. ("Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VII", undated);

Norris, Kathleen (prospectuses for her various novels, undated);

Childe-Pemberton, W.S. ("Life of Lord Norton, Statesman and Philanthropist, 1814-1905", undated);

Norwood, C. ("The Higher Education of Boys in England", undated);

"The Natives of South Africa", edited by the South African Native Races Committee, undated;

Ogilvie, Major D.D. ("The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry", undated);

Ollivant, A. ("The Gentleman", undated);

Wallace, R. ("Eleanor Ormerod, Economic Entomologist: Autobiography and Correspondence", undated);

Ostler, A. ("The Arabs in Tripoli", undated);

Oswald, E. ("The Legend of Fair Helen, as treated by Homer, Goethe, and Others", undated);

Ovenden, Reverend C.T. ("The Face of Nature: Popular Readings in Elementary Science", undated);

Bovill, A.G. ("Roddy Owen: A Memoir", undated);

Palmer, F. ("With the British on the Somme"; "Through American Eyes", undated);

Panter-Downes, M. ("The Shoreless Sea", undated; "Storm Bird"; "The Chase", undated);

Parker, E.H. ("John Chinaman and a Few Others", 1902);

Parkinson, C. Northcote ("East and West"; "Ponies Plot", undated);

Partridge, Reverend F. ("The Soul of Wealth: The Opportunity of the Church of England", undated);

Patterson, J.E. ("Fishers of the Sea", undated);

Author unknown ("The Parting of the Ways, or Conquest by Purchase", undated);

Pearce, E.H. ("A History of the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy", undated);

Pease, Sir A.E. ("The Book of the Lion", undated);

Peel, G. ("The Private Letters of Sir Robert Peel", undated);

Mackay, T. ("The Reminiscences of the Late Albert Pell", undated);

Pengelly, H. ("The Life of William Pengelly of Torquay, F.R.S., Geologist", undated);

Penny, Reverend F. ("The Church in Madras, Vol. III", 2 copies, 1922);

Petrie, W.M. Flinders ("The Growth of the Gospels", undated; "Researches in Sinai", undated);

Petro, W. ("Triple Commission", undated);

Pickering, W.H. ("The Moon: A Summary of the Recent Advances in our Knowledge of our Satellite", 1904);

Pickthall, M. ("The Children of the Nile"; "The Myopes"; "Pot au Feu"; "The Valley of the Kings", undated);

Phillimore, Sir W.G.F. ("Three Centuries of Treaties of Peace and their Teaching", undated);

Phillipps, E. March ("The Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel", undated);

Phillpots, E. ("The Thief of Virtue"; "The Haven"; "Fun at the Fair", undated);

Plunkett, Sir H. ("Ireland in the New Century", 1904/1905);

Pocock, R. ("Horses", undated);

A.M.S. ("Point and Pillow Lace: A Short Account of Various Kinds", undated);

Politovsky, E. ("From Libau to Tsushima", c.1906);

Pollen, A. ("John Hungerford Pollen, 1820-1902"; "Mother Mabel Digby, 1835-1911"; undated);

Lord Hanworth ("Lord Chief Baron Pollock: A Memoir by his Grandson", undated);

Poole, W. Mansfield ("Grammaire Française: A French Grammar for the Use of the Middle Classes in Schools", 6 copies, undated);

Poore, G.V. ("A Treatise on Medical Jurisprudence", 1901);

Stratton-Porter, G. ("Michael O’Halloran", 1916);

Pottier, E. ("Douris and the Painters of Greek Vases", undated);

Branche A. and Dagoury, L. ("Dr. Poumiés: Recollections of a Parisian", undated);

Poynter, A. ("The Coming War", undated);

Pratt, E.A. ("Trade Unionism and British Industry", 1904; "The State Railway Muddle in Australia"; "The Organization of Agriculture", 1905, "The Transition in Agriculture", 1906; "Railways and their Rates", 1905; "Licensing and Temperance in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark", 1906; "The Licensed Trade", 1907);

Price, N. ("Vagabond’s Way: Haphazard Wanderings on the Fells", undated);

Prothero, R.E. ("The Psalms in Human Life", 2 copies, 1904);

Prospectuses for Murray's "Progressive Science Series", 1898-1899;

Prospectus promoting upcoming titles from "Murray's Naval Interest" series;

Prospectuses for "The Navy League Annual", 1910; 1911; 1914);

Prospectus for upcoming titles from Murray's Philosophy list, undated;

Prospectus on upcoming titles from Murray's "Books on Palestine" list, undated;

Prospectus for Murray's "Pocket Editions of Notable Works", undated;

Prospectus for "The Press Album", published in aid of the Journalists’ Orphan Fund, undated;

Prospectus for "The Quarterly Review", c.1923.

Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (prospectus for various new titles on his works, undated);

Original file index for 'N', 'O', 'P', & 'Q' is also present.

Dates

  • Creation: 1901-1923

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1 Folders

Language of Materials

English

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