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:
Fair copy with the title 'Gerry - a Ganymede' of an unpublished novel, 'Gilded Ganymede: letters to the Devil' by Fred Urquhart, written under the pseudonym 'Fred Valdred'., 1929-1930.
Item
Identifier: MS.26994
Dates:
1929-1930.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript and typescripts of short stories and novels by Fred Urquhart (1912-1995).
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Manuscripts of an unpublished novel, 'Gilded Ganymede: letters to the Devil' by Fred Urquhart, written under the pseudonym 'Fred Valdred', 1929-1930.
Final carbon typescript of 'The End of Winter' by James Allan Ford, with amendments marked up for the printer., [1968, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.27491
Scope and Contents
The title has been changed to 'A Judge of Men' in manuscript. The final page is missing.
Dates:
[1968, or before.]
Final typescript of ‘The brave white flag’ by James Allan Ford, marked up for the printer., [1961, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.27488
First proofs of parts of ‘Count Robert of Paris’ and ’Castle dangerous’ by Sir Walter Scott, with a very few minor corrections., [1832, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.3780
Scope and Contents
Preceded by a guide to the order of the proofs in MSS.3776-3780.
Dates:
[1832, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Proof-sheets, in various stages, of ‘Count Robert of Paris’ and ‘Castle dangerous’ by Sir Walter Scott, with corrections by Scott, corrections and alterations, many of them extensive, by John Gibson Lockhart and Robert Cadell, and some caustic comments by Lockhart.
First typescript of 'The End of Winter' by James Allan Ford, with manuscript revisions., [1968, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.27490
First typescript of 'The White Flag' by James Allan Ford, with manuscript corrections and additions in both manuscript and typescript. , [1961, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.27487
Scope and Contents
Some sections have evidently been retyped and inserted. Six folios are missing but there are no lacunae in the text.
Dates:
[1961, or before.]
Five volumes of notes of Nancy Brysson Morrison for a historical novel set in Glasgow., 1934-1936.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27291-27295
Fragment of the autograph manuscript of "The Abbot" in hand of Sir Walter Scott
Item
Identifier: Acc.12775
Dates:
? 1820.
Fragment of the manuscript of the novel ‘Fairer than a fairy’ by James Grant, apparently part of chapters lvii and lviii., [1874, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.8879
Further literary papers of Ron Butlin.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13400
Scope and Contents
Literary papers of Ron Butlin, including various drafts of an unpublished novel titled `The Invisible Woman`, and papers relating to `No More Angels`(2007).
Dates:
2001-2012.
Heavily re-worked manuscript of ‘Invitation from Minerva’ by Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'., [1954, or before.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27388-27389
Scope and Contents
Parts of the manuscript are early drafts which vary considerably from the published version. The first 49 folios (corresponding to pages 1-33 of the published text) are missing. There are two versions of the chapter 'Invitation to December' and of most of the final two chapters.
Dates:
[1954, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Margaret M Morrison, the novelist (died 1973), who wrote under the pseudonym 'March Cost'.
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Notes for and manuscripts and typescripts of literary works of Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of 'Invitation from Minerva' by Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'.
Heavily re-worked manuscript of ‘Invitation from Minerva’ by Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'., [1954, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.27388
Dates:
[1954, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Margaret M Morrison, the novelist (died 1973), who wrote under the pseudonym 'March Cost'.
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Notes for and manuscripts and typescripts of literary works of Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of 'Invitation from Minerva' by Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'.
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Heavily re-worked manuscript of ‘Invitation from Minerva’ by Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'.
Heavily re-worked manuscript of ‘Invitation from Minerva’ by Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'., [1954, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.27389
Dates:
[1954, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Margaret M Morrison, the novelist (died 1973), who wrote under the pseudonym 'March Cost'.
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Notes for and manuscripts and typescripts of literary works of Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of 'Invitation from Minerva' by Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'.
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Heavily re-worked manuscript of ‘Invitation from Minerva’ by Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'.
Heavily reworked manuscript of ‘A key to laurels’ by Margaret M Morrison, ‘March Cost’., [1972, or before.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27403-27404
Scope and Contents
Some pages are missing, and there are four versions (one of which is a corrected typescript) of the chapter “Miss Lumsden's Bequest” (MS.27404, folios 22-85).
Dates:
[1972, or before.]
Heavily reworked manuscript of ‘A key to laurels’, part I, by Margaret M Morrison, ‘March Cost’., [1972, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.27403
Dates:
[1972, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Margaret M Morrison, the novelist (died 1973), who wrote under the pseudonym 'March Cost'.
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Notes for and manuscripts and typescripts of literary works of Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'.
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Heavily reworked manuscript of ‘A key to laurels’ by Margaret M Morrison, ‘March Cost’.
Heavily reworked manuscript of ‘A key to laurels’, part II, by Margaret M Morrison, ‘March Cost’., [1972, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.27404
Dates:
[1972, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Margaret M Morrison, the novelist (died 1973), who wrote under the pseudonym 'March Cost'.
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Notes for and manuscripts and typescripts of literary works of Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'.
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Heavily reworked manuscript of ‘A key to laurels’ by Margaret M Morrison, ‘March Cost’.
Heavily reworked manuscript of 'Two guests for Swedenborg', book 1, by Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'., [1971, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.27401
Dates:
[1971, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Margaret M Morrison, the novelist (died 1973), who wrote under the pseudonym 'March Cost'.
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Notes for and manuscripts and typescripts of literary works of Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'.
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Heavily reworked manuscript of 'Two guests for Swedenborg' by Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'.
Heavily reworked manuscript of 'Two guests for Swedenborg' book 2, by Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'., [1971, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.27402
Dates:
[1971, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Margaret M Morrison, the novelist (died 1973), who wrote under the pseudonym 'March Cost'.
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Notes for and manuscripts and typescripts of literary works of Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'.
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Heavily reworked manuscript of 'Two guests for Swedenborg' by Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'.
Heavily reworked manuscript of 'Two guests for Swedenborg' by Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'., [1971, or before.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27401-27402
Dates:
[1971, or before.]
Incomplete galley proofs of ‘The grey wind’ by Edward Albert., 1929.
Item
Identifier: MS.9075
Dates:
1929.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edward Albert (1890-1944), who graduated Master of Arts in English at Edinburgh University, 1908, and spent his professional life as English master at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.
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Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of, and notebooks containing material collected for, the fictional works of Edward Albert.
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Manuscript, typescript and galley proofs of the novel, ‘The grey wind’ by Edward Albert.
Incomplete manuscript, 'Francesca Carrara', by Letitia Landon., ? 1834.
Item
Identifier: MS.42328
Scope and Contents
The incomplete manuscript here relates to the novel, ‘Francesca Cararra’, which was first published in 1834. The novel is set during the English Civil War and focuses on the characters of Francesca and her cousin, Guido.There are some amendments, deletions and additions to the text. The text is not formatted, although chapter divisions are noted.The chapter numbers listed here are taken from ‘Works of L. E. Landon: In Two Volumes’, volume I, published by...
Dates:
? 1834.
Incomplete manuscript of 'Waverley'.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.1.1.0
Scope and Contents
The manuscript comprises the greater part of `Waverley`. Of the parts not included in the manuscript some exist as fragments in the Library`s manuscript collection, fifteen folios are in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, and others are missing.
The first fifty folios of the manuscript are on quarto paper, watermarked 1805, the rest on folio paper, watermarked 1813.
Dates:
?1805-1814.
Incomplete manuscript, undated, of an untitled novel by Cecilia Combe., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.7457
Dates:
Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist, and his household.
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Miscellaneous personal papers, lecture notes and phrenological reports of George Combe; and papers of Cecilia Combe.
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Incomplete manuscript of a novel, and a manuscript of a play, by Cecilia Combe.