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Novels.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Invented prose narratives of considerable length and a certain complexity that deal imaginatively with human experience through a connected sequence of events involving a group of persons in a specific setting.

Found in 494 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and papers, 1996-1999, of Ronald Black concerning the publication of his work 'An tuil: anthology of 20th century Scottish Gaelic verse' (Polygon: Edinburgh, 1999); with papers, 1937-1999, relating to other work on 20th century Gaelic literature.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12035/1-38
Scope and Contents

Includes scripts of two unpublished Gaelic novels of the Rev Ewen MacLean, Edinburgh, and photocopies of 'Leabhar nam Prannag', manuscript poems of Ian Paterson.

Dates: 1937-1999, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Derek Stanford.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11050
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of critical works on Muriel Spark, research notes and proofs of works of Muriel Spark.

Dates: circa 1955-1976.

Correspondence and papers of Tom Scott.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11750/1-122
Scope and Contents

Including correspondence, notebooks, autobiographical and editorial papers.

Dates: 1950-1995.

Correspondence and papers relating to the publication of works of Mollie Hunter.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11073/1-122
Scope and Contents

Includes editorial correspondence, typescripts and proofs of novels, and some book jackets and illustrations.

Dates: 1960-1993, undated.

Cover proofs and promotional material for Ian Rankin’s novel anthologies., 2000-2001.

 File
Identifier: MS.50444
Scope and Contents

Cover proofs, 2000-2001, of Ian Rankin’s novel anthologies. Folios 1-7.

'Rebus: The St Leonard's Years' (Folios 1-3) 'The Jack Harvey Novels' (Folios 4-7)

Includes letter from Susan Lamb of Orion Publishing Group Ltd regarding the jack Harvey cover proofs. (Folio 4)

Advertisement, 2001, for an anthology of Ian Rankin's Rebus novels, 'Three Great Novels'. Folios 8-10.

Dates: 2000-2001.

Draft of chapter XV of the novel ‘The House with the Green Shutters’ by George Douglas Brown., [1901, or before.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.8172
Scope and Contents

The early draft differs very little from the printed version, except that folio 1 has been slightly expanded, and folios 19-23 have been reduced to a short paragraph on page 157 of the Memorial Edition. A section on pages 158-159 does not appear in the notebook.

Dates: [1901, or before.]

Draft of parts of the novel ‘The house with the green shutters’ by George Douglas Brown., [1901, or before.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.8171
Scope and Contents The contents of the notebook are as follows:(i) A section of the novel entitled 'Young Gourlay's first home-coming', which appears in a considerably shortened form as chapter XIX of the finished work. (Folio 1.)(ii) 'Young Gourlay in Edinburgh', a description of Gourlay's reading habits which is not included in the printed version. (Folio 18.) (iii) 'A Possible for House with Green Shutters', being the description of the Reverend Struthers found in chapter...
Dates: [1901, or before.]

Editorial notes for ‘Watchman’, a spy novel by Ian Rankin; with a related contract and advertisements., 1987-2004.

 File
Identifier: MS.50436
Scope and Contents Editorial notes, 1987, for Ian Rankin's novel 'Watchman', from Sara Kerruish at The Bodley Head. Folios 1-2. Contract, 1987, between Ian Rankin, care of Curtis Brown (agents), and The Bodley Head, for Rankin's novel 'Watchman'. Folios 3-14.Includes correspondence to Rankin from Michael Shaw (agent, Curtis Brown) regarding royalties and the contract (Folios 13-14). Advertisement, 1988, for Ian Rankin's novel 'Watchman' in The Bodley Head catalogue. Folios...
Dates: 1987-2004.