Proofs. Printed matter.
Found in 405 Collections and/or Records:
‘Gaelic Proverbs, Adages, Maxims & Common Sayings, with an English translation & explanatory notes. To which is added, A Specimen of a Gaelic Calendar', by James McIntyre, schoolmaster in Glasgow.
The author died in January 1835, when the work was about to be published. At the end are printed proofs of part of the preface and selections in manuscript from the proverbs given before. At the beginning is a note on McIntyre's life and work.
Galley and page proofs of bibliography of Giuseppe Verde, by Cecil Hopkinson., Undated.
Galley proof of 'The Vision of Judgment', by Lord Byron under the pseudonym 'Quevedo Redivivus'., ? 1822.
‘Vision of Judgment’ by Byron was published by John Hunt in 1822. Byron had written the poem in 1821 and previously offered the poem to John Murray [II], who refused to publish it.
There are here two folios of galley proofs of 'Vision of Judgment' and give the author as the pseudonym 'Quevedo Redivivus'.
Stanzas 1-44: folio 1;
Stanzas 45-92: folio 2.
Galley proofs of 'Don Juan: Canto III' and 'Don Juan: Canto IV' (to stanza 105), by Lord Byron., 1820.
Galley proofs of translations from Latin of the diary of John Cam Hobhouse during his travels with Byron in Portugal, Spain and Italy., 1815.
There are some minor annotations on folios 1, 7 and 9.
Genealogical papers of Andrew Stuart., 1767-1804, undated.
Correspondence, notes, drafts and memoranda concerning the genealogical researches of Andrew Stuart for his ‘Genealogical history of the Stewarts’, and other works.
Grangerized copy of ‘Scottish men of letters of the eighteenth century’ (London, 1901) by Henry Grey Graham, bound in the first volume of which are proofs of David Hume’s ‘History of England’, volume ii, pages 49-64, with autograph corrections by Hume.
Grangerized copy of ‘Scottish men of letters of the eighteenth century’ (London, 1901) by Henry Grey Graham, volume I, bound in with which are proofs of David Hume’s ‘History of England’, volume ii, pages 49-64, with autograph corrections by Hume. , [1759, circa 1770], 1901.
‘Heredity and politics’ by J B S Haldane, consisting partly of manuscript, and partly of typescript, both extensively amended, together with proofs of some of the tables and other illustrative items., [1937-1938].
The book, which was published in 1938, is an expanded version of a series of lectures given at Birmingham in 1937 under the title 'Human biology and politics'. In view of the numerous additional paragraphs written on separate sheets the text is stamped with a series of consecutive numbers (7 to 230) to indicate the correct sequence to the printer.
Incomplete and undated proofs of works by John Hill Burton, with some miscellaneous newspaper-cuttings., [Before 1882.]
Incomplete manuscript, typescript, and proofs of volume I of ‘The life of George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen’, by Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot, with copies of the illustrations and lists of reviews of the work., [1911, or before.]
Jacket proofs for 'Omnibus 4'., 1997.
Letters and notes concerning the publication by John Murray of 'Works of Lord Byron'., 1896-1915.
Letters, manuscripts and proofs of Christopher Murray Grieve (1892-1978), the author 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
Letters of R L Stevenson to W E Henley with a poem by Stevenson (first line: 'The Gods are dead. Perhaps they are. God knows') and the proof of a woodcut made by Stevenson at Davos in 1882.
Letters of Sir Walter Scott to George Huntly Gordon, with manuscripts, proofs, and other papers., 1817-1831, undated.
Letters of William Adams to James Robert Hope-Scott., 1840-1848, [1870, or before].
Also contains proofs of William Adams' ‘The shadow of the cross’, and letters concerning Adams.