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Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'W'., 1902-1917

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Identifier: Acc.13328/1136

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

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1 Folders

Language of Materials

English

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