Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'N,O,P & Q'., 1901-1923
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
Creator
- John Murray (publishers, London) (Organization)
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
1 Folders
Language of Materials
English
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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