Collection name. Sharp, Hugh Frederick Bowyer, Jute-manufacturer and Book-collector
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Acrostic, 1876, of Lewis Carroll to Marion Bessie [Terry], written on the half-title of ‘The hunting of the snark’ by Carroll (London, 1876); a letter, 1876, of Carroll to Marion Terry is inserted.
A letter from Lewis Carroll to Marion Terry, 1876, is inserted in the volume.
Catalogue compiled by Hugh Sharp of the Hugh Sharp Collection of printed books.
The catalogue was compiled before the transmission of the collection to the National Library of Scotland in 1938. It contains interesting details about many of the books. A newspaper-cutting about the collection, and notes made by members of the National Library staff, found loose in the first volume, have been pasted in.
Copy in typescript carbon of the catalogue, compiled by Hugh Sharp, of his collection of books.
This is a copy of MSS.5053-5054 with the leaves arranged differently, in two separate alphabetical sequences, and was the working copy used by the donor, Campbell White, in looking after the collection before Hugh Sharp's death.
Letters and papers pasted or inserted loose in printed books, inscriptions written in books, etc., in the Hugh Sharp Collection.
Small miscellany of letters and papers to Hugh Sharp, together with some printed items, formerly contained in the Hugh Sharp Collection (MSS.3303-3326).
Most of the correspondence is concerned with the publication of books relating to the works of Lewis Carroll, and with Hugh Sharp's attempts to purchase various rare books and first editions.