Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'W'., 1902-1917
Scope and Contents
File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors:
Wace, Reverend H. and Piercy, Rev. W.C. ("A Dictionary of Christian Biography", 2 copies, undated);
Waddell, Colonel L.A. ("Lhasa and its Mysteries", 1905);
Pearson, H. Greenleaf ("James S. Wadsworth of Geneseo", undated);
Wakeling, T.G. ("The White Knights", undated);
Walker, H.M. ("A History of the Northumberland Fusiliers, 1674-1902", undated);
Wallace, H.F. ("The Big Game of Central and Western China", undated);
Walters, H.B. ("History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman", undated);
Walters, W.C. Flamstead ("Limen: A First Latin Book", undated);
‘Theta’ ("War Flying: The Everyday Adventures of a Pilot", undated);
Repington, Charles à Court ("The War in the Far East, 1904-1905", 1905);
Ward, Major B.R. ("Notes on Fortification", undated);
Ward, Major C.H. Dudley ("A Romance of Nineteenth Century: Compiled from the letters and family papers of Viscount Esher", undated; "The 56th Division", undated);
Ward, J. ("Greek Cities and Their Coins", undated; "The Sacred Beetle: A Popular Treatise on Egyptian Scarabs", 2 copies, 1902; "Our Sudan: Its Pyramids and Progress", 3 copies, 1905; "Greek Coins and their Parent Cities", 2 copies, 1902);
Ward, M.A. ("Towards the Goal", undated);
Warren, T. Herbert ("By Severn Sea and Other Poems", undated);
Waters, Colonel W.H.H. ("The War in South Africa, 1899-1902", 2 copies, undated);
Wates, G.F. ("The Magic of Common Sense", 2 copies, undated);
Watson, Colonel Sir C.M. ("British Weights and Measures", undated; "The Life of Major-General Sir Charles William Wilson", 2 copies, 1909);
Watson, E.H. Lacon ("Cloudesley Tempest"; "The Happy Elopement"; "The Barony of Brendon"; "Reflections of a Householder"; "Hints to Young Authors"; "The Family Living"; "Barkers", undated);
Watson, Dr. M. ("The Prevention of Malaria"; "Rural Sanitation in the Tropics", undated);
Watt, Sir G. ("The Commercial Products of India", undated);
Watts, Brigadier-General C.N. ("History of the 60th (London) Division", 2 copies, undated);
Weathers, J. ("The Bulb Book, or Bulbous and Tuberous Plants for the Open Air, Stove, and Greenhouse", undated);
Webster, N.H. ("The Sheep Track", multiples, undated; "The Chevalier de Boufflers: A Romance of the French Revolution", multiples, undated);
Webster, R.G. ("The Awakening of an Empire"", undated);
Weigall, R. ("Lady Rose Weigall: A Memoir Based on her Correspondence and the Recollections of Friends", undated);
Weintz, H.J. ("Spanish Principia: Part I", undated);
Strong, S.A. ("A Catalogue of Letters and Other Historical Documents Exhibited at the Library at Welbeck", 5 copies, 1903);
Welch, A. and L. ("The Story of Gliding", 2 copies, undated);
Lady Loval ("The Life of Sir Frederick Weld", undated);
Westcott, B. Foss ("The Gospel According to St. John: The Greek Text with Introduction and Notes", undated);
Leupp, F.E. ("George Westinghouse: His Life and Achievements", undated);
Weston, Reverend W. ("The Playground of the Far East"; "The Japanese Alps", undated);
Weyman, S.J. ("Author's Complete Edition of the Works of Stanley J. Weyman", undated);
Wharton, E. ("The Valley of Decision", undated);
Wharton, Rear-Admiral Sir W.J. L. ("Hydrographical Surveying: A Description of the Means and Methods Employed in Constructing Marine Charts", undated);
Mrs. Watt Smyth ("Physical Deterioration: Its Causes and the Cure", 1904);
Bramah, Ernest ("What Might Have Been: The Story of a Social War", c.1907);
Wheeler, S. ("The Coronation Durbar at Delhi, 1903", 1904; "History of the Delhi Coronation Durbar, undated);
Wheeler-Holohan, V. ("Divisional and Other Signs", undated);
Whetham, W.C.D. ("The Recent Development of Physical Science", undated);
White, Sir W.H. ("A Manual of Naval Architecture", undated);
Manning, F. ("The Life of Sir William White", undated);
Holt-White, R. ("The Life and Letters of Gilbert White of Selborne", 2 copies, undated);
Whymper, E. ("Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-1869", undated; "Chamonix and the Range of Mont Blanc", undated);
Wiel, A. ("The Navy of Venice", 1910);
Wigram, E. ("Alan! Alan!", undated; "Firm Foundations: A Guide for Parents and Others to Religion and Religious Education", undated);
Willcocks, Brigadier-General Sir J. ("From Kabul to Kumassi: Twenty-Four Years of Soldiering and Sport", 1904);
Williams, G. ("The Magicians of Charno", undated);
Williams, J. Fischer ("The Reform of Political Representation", undated);
Williams, Sir R. ("How I Became a Governor", undated);
Williamson, J. Bruce ("The History of the Temple, London: From the Institution of the Order of the Knights of the Temple to the Close of the Stuart Period", undated);
Willey, A. ("Convergence in Evolution", undated);
Willis, Paymaster Captain G.H.A. ("The Royal Navy As I Saw It", undated);
Willmott, E. ("The Genus Rosa", 2 copies, 1910);
Wilson, Captain H.A. ("A British Borderland: Service and Sport in Equatoria", undated);
Wilson, Reverend W. ("The House of Airlie", undated);
Bradford, Admiral Sir E. ("Life of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson", undated);
Wollaston, A.F.R. ("Life of Alfred Newton"", undated);
Wolseley-Lewis, M. ("The Sevenfold Gifts: Instructions and Prayers for the Use of Candidates for Confirmation", 1906);
Viscountess Wolseley ("In a College Garden", 2 copies, undated);
Wood, Sir H. Trueman ("A History of The Royal Society of Arts", undated);
Harper, G. McLean ("William Wordsworth: His Life, Works, and Influence", undated);
Worsfold, W. Basil ("The War and Social Reform", undated);
Wright Henderson, R.W. ("John Goodchild", undated);
Wright, J. ("The Home Mechanic", 1903);
Wyld, H.C. ("Studies in English Rhymes from Surrey to Pope: A Chapter in the History of English", undated);
Leighton, R. ("Correspondence of Charlotte Grenville, Lady Williams Wynn, and her Three Sons", undated).
Prospectuses for various works by Sir Charles Walston, c.1916/17;
Prospectuses for upcoming titles by Ernest Weekley, multiples, undated;
Prospectuses for titles in the 'Wisdom of the East' series, undated;
Prospectuses for upcoming financial and economic titles by Hartley Withers, undated;
Prospectuses for upcoming titles by P.C. Wren;
Original file index for 'W' is also present.
Dates
- Creation: 1902-1917
Creator
- John Murray (publishers, London) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
1 Folders
Language of Materials
English
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk