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Interleaved and annotated copy of ’Hamlet … by William Shakespeare … printed from the acting copy, with remarks and critical, by D G … as performed at the Theatre Royal, London’ (London, [?1826-?1847]), used as a prompt book for the 1849 production at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh with Thomas Powrie in the leading role.
There are notes, instructions and sketches throughout by Thomas Powrie and by the stage manager, J H Smith.
John of Fordun`s "Scotichronicon", edited by W Goodall (Edinburgh, 1759), with notes by Professor D E R Watt preparatory to his edition.
Letter books, correspondence and notes of Sir Lewis Robertson.
Letters and cards of Ian Hamilton Finlay to Christine Shaw.
Includes copies of Wild Hawthorn Press books, art-works, private view cards and other papers relating to Ian Hamilton Finlay.
Letters and papers of the geologist, Leonard Horner, and of his family.
Letters of Robert Pearse Gillies to Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan, and others.
Letters concern literary, antiquarian and social matters.
Includes a file on the provenance of these letter books and their significance.
Manuscript known as ‘Neil MacBeath’s Psalter’, containing medical notes in Gaelic and prayers and Psalm 118 in Latin.
Maxwell of Monreith family papers.
Including rentals, 1700-1726, natural philosophy notes, circa 1700, archaeological notes, commonplace books, and literary manuscripts, circa 1882-1930, of Sir Herbert Maxwell.
Microfilm of family letter books of John Harriott, Magistrate of the Thames Police, containing copies of letters written chiefly to members of his family in India.
The contents are as follows:
Family letter book of John Harriott, containing copies of letters written chiefly to members of his family in India. (MS.5066);
Family letter book of John Harriott, containing copies of letters written chiefly to members of his family in India; with three letters of, and two letters to, Harriot, and four leaves of rough notes. (MS.5067).
Microfilm of letter book of Stephen Hislop containing copies or notes of his outgoing letters chiefly to army and government officers, but also to other missionaries; with some private letters, and notes on financial transactions.
Microfilm of Margaret Sinkler's music-book, containing a collection of airs, chiefly Scottish; with notes thereon by Lady Dorothea Ruggles-Brise.
The contents are as follows:
Margaret Sinkler's music-book, 1710, containing a collection of chiefly Scottish airs (MS.3296 [Glen.143(i)]);
Notes, [1927, or before], on the airs in Margaret Sinkler's music-book, by Lady Dorothea Ruggles-Brise, who indicates in what collections, if any, they first appeared (MS.3297 [Glen.143(ii)]).
Microfilm of papers, 1592-1654, of Sir James Balfour; and, sermons, 1660, of Presbyterian preachers.
Microfilm of tunes from assorted music books
Microfilm of two account books, the first 1843-1859 and (inverted) 1822-1830, the second 1818-1829, of the farm of Glenim, Dumfriesshire.
One of the account books also contains the diary of a clerk in the lead-mines at Leadhills, June-December 1745, and July 1746, and notes on optics, 18th century.
Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reels 1-16 (Adam Matthew).
Minute book, February 1911-December 1914, of the Labour Party, Edinburgh branch, with three pages of notes, circa 1980, by Russell A Fox relating to persons mentioned in the minutes.
Minute books and accounts of various political associations.
Minute books of: (1) Cardross Unionist Association, 1938-1961; (2) Cunninghame District Conservative Local Government Advisory Committee, 1979-1983.
Notes and accounts of Bridge of Weir Liberal Association, 1919-1964.
Accounts of Galloway Liberal Association, 1930-1933.
Minutes of Strathclyde Liberal Regional Association, circa 1974.
Miscellaneous papers including household account book of the Faculty of Advocates.
Music book compiled by J Crichton Donaldson.
Music book of Elizabeth Cunningham containing notes on musical theory and a number of Scottish psalm tunes set out in three parts with the melody in the tenor.
Musical compositions and other papers, 1871-1926, undated, of John Davidson; and correspondence and compositions [circa 1883- circa 1917], undated, of James Scott Skinner.
Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.
The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.
Notebook ruled for cash, which was used for legal notes, elementary French exercises and as a commonplace book (folios 2-12, 1-34 verso inverted). The entries, the latest of which is dated 1739, are written mostly in Byrom`s system of shorthand, which was not published until 1767.
The owner, who remains unidentified, was a young man, probably of wealthy family, studying law, possibly at one of the Inns of Court in London. Pages have been torn out after folios 11, 12 and 13 inverted; folios 30-34 are written sideways. The volume, which was received without the original covers, was unintentionally rebound upside-down, and incorrectly labelled on the spine ‘French Commonplace Book’.
Notebooks of lecture notes and excercise books of Elsie Jean McGuire relating to her studies at Edinburgh College of Domestic Science.
Includes text books.