Novels.
Found in 494 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscripts, typescripts, drafts and proofs of novels of Mary Stewart., 1950-1982.
Manuscripts, typescripts, working papers, and published extracts of the novels of Ian Rankin., 1984-2018.
'Mary Lawrence' by Cecilia Campbell, an unpublished novel written circa 1850 and revised and enlarged in 1877., [Circa 1850], 1877.
It was probably this manuscript which Mrs Campbell offered to Blackwood and Sons for publication in 1878 (see MS. 4372, folio 127).
Materials relating to 'The Gabriel Hounds' by Mary Stewart, published 1967.
Microfilm of Drafts and notes [1801-1802] of Joseph Strutt for the novel, ‘Emma Darcy, or, the Manners of Old Times’, which Sir Walter Scott completed and published as ‘Queenhoo-Hall’ in 1808.
Microfilm of eight ledgers of Alasdair Gray, containing work notes for stories, poems, plays, and his last novel, with draft of letters and many diary entries.
Microfilm of four ledgers of Alasdair Gray., 1973-2008.
Microfilm of manuscript of 'The heart of Midlothian' by Sir Walter Scott.
Microfilm of manuscript of the novel ‘Now and then’ by Samuel Warren.
Microfilm of manuscript of the novel ‘Witchwood’ by John Buchan, here called 'The minister of Woodilee'.
Microfilm of manuscripts and drafts of and concerning George Douglas Brown.
Microfilm of manuscripts of ‘The betrothed’ and ‘Chronicles of the Canongate’ by Sir Walter Scott, from the Pforzheimer Library.
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript, [1825, or before], of ‘The betrothed’ by Sir Walter Scott (MS.23047);
Manuscript, [before 1829], of the ‘Chronicles of the Canongate’, 1st and 2nd series, by Sir Walter Scott (MS.23048).
Microfilm of original manuscript of ‘Redgauntlet’ by Sir Walter Scott.
Microfilm of page proofs of ‘Ivanhoe’, ‘Tales of my landlord' ('The bride of Lammermoor' and 'A legend of Montrose’), and ‘The Abbot’ by Sir Walter Scott, with extensive corrections and additions in Scott’s hand.
Microfilm of page proofs of ‘The fortunes of Nigel’, and ‘Quentin Durward’, by Sir Walter Scott, with extensive corrections and additions in Scott’s hand.
The contents are as follows:
Page proofs of ‘The fortunes of Nigel’ by Sir Walter Scott, with extensive corrections and additions in Scott’s hand, [1822, or before] (MS.3402);
Page proofs of ‘The fortunes of Nigel’, and ‘Quentin Durward’, by Sir Walter Scott, with extensive corrections and additions in Scott’s hand, [1822, or before; 1823, or before.] (MS.3403).
Microfilm of page proofs of ‘The fortunes of Nigel’, and ‘Quentin Durward’, by Sir Walter Scott, with extensive corrections and additions in Scott’s hand., [1822, or before; 1823, or before.]
Microfilm of proofs of ‘Quentin Durward’ by Sir Walter Scott., [1823, or before.]
The contents are as follows:
Page proofs, [1823, or before], of ‘Quentin Durward’ by Sir Walter Scott, with extensive corrections and additions in Scott’s hand (MS.3404);
Proofs, [1823, or before], of the first edition of ‘Quentin Durward’ by Sir Walter Scott (MS.3405).
Microfilm of proofs of ‘The fortunes of Nigel’, and ‘Quentin Durward’, by Sir Walter Scott.
Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant (Adam Matthew, 1999).
The content descriptions for each microfilm are taken from the catalogue descriptions of the original items and as such there may be variations between the contents of the microfilms and the descriptions provided.
The dates are taken from the accession records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.
Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant. Reel 5. ‘The quiet heart’, articles for “Blackwoods magazine”, ‘Annals of a publishing house’., [1854, or before-1898 or before.]
Microfilm of the incomplete manuscript of ‘Waverley’ by Sir Walter Scott.
Microfilm of the manuscript of chapters 4 and 1-2 of 'Il bizarro, a Calabrian tale', an unpublished novel by Sir Walter Scott.
There is a summary of the novel in ‘The journal of Sir Walter Scott’, page 709.
Microfilm of the manuscript of ‘The talisman’ by Sir Walter Scott.
See Gillian Dyson, 'The manuscripts and proof sheets of Scott's Waverley novels', ‘Edinburgh Bibliographical Society Transactions’, volume iv, part 1 (1960), page 35.
Microfilm of typescripts and notes of ‘The witch’ by David Lindsay.
The contents are as follows:
Typescript, ?1942, of chapter 20 of 'The witch' by David Lindsay (MS.27251);
Typescripts and notes, [?1942], chiefly of David Lindsay of 'The witch (MS.27252).
Microfilm of unfinished and untitled novel, [1805-1858]; and, lecture notes, 1811-1832, of George Combe.
The contents are as follows:
Unfinished and untitled novel, [1805-1858], by George Combe, dealing with the childhood and early manhood of a boy who was anxious to go to sea (MS.7438);
Lecture notes, 1811-1832, of George Combe (MS.7439, folios 57-85).