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Original manuscript, first and second typescripts, and galley proofs of ‘Gallipoli memories’ by Sir Compton Mackenzie.
Page-proofs and revised page-proofs with corrections by Professor James Moor and others, of each of the two volumes of "ʻH του̑ ʻΟμήρоυ ʼΙλιάς" (Homer's 'Iliad'), printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, Glasgow, 1756.
Page-proofs of ‘Cleg Kelly’ by Samuel Rutherford Crockett, as it appeared in the ‘Cornhill magazine’, July 1895-March 1896, with extensive manuscript corrections by the author.
The proofs represent a subsequent and almost final revision of the manuscript (see MS.6517).
Page-proofs of ‘History of St Andrews’ by the Reverend Charles J Lyon, with numerous corrections and additions by the author, related notes and miscellaneous papers.
The ‘History’ was first published in one volume in 1838; the 1843 edition was considerably enlarged in two volumes. Only a small number of the corrections on these proofs appear in the 2nd edition; the remainder, with the additions and insertions, were probably intended for a 3rd edition.
Page proofs of the first editions of novels or portions of novels of Sir Walter Scott with extensive corrections and additions in Scott's hand.
Page proofs of volume I of ‘The history of Scotland’ by Sir Walter Scott, with extensive additions and corrections by Scott.
Papers and correspondence of Dudley Sommer concerning his biography of Lord Haldane.
Papers and correspondence of Ronald W Clark.
Includes correspondence, notes, manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, drafts, photographs, pamphlets and press cuttings.
Papers concerning Denys Hay`s introductory essay, "Fiat Lux" to "Printing and the Mind of Man" (1967).
Including correspondence, typescript drafts and proofs.
Correspondents include John Carter, Percy Muir and Stanley Morison.
Papers concerning poem sequence of Alan Bold, "Haven".
Includes worksheets, typescripts, proofs, litho plates. Lithographs by John Bellany.
Papers concerning, "The Age of MacDiarmid. Essays on Hugh MacDiarmid and His Influence on Contemporary Scotland. Edited by P H Scott and A C Davis".
Comprising proofs, manuscripts and typescripts of essays, and correspondence.
Papers concerning the literary magazine, "Akros".
Comprising corrected typescripts and proofs of poems, articles, and reviews, together with editorial correspondence.
Papers concerning the magazine "Lallans".
Includes corrected typescripts and proofs of numbers 11-20, and editorial correspondence.
Papers concerning "The Naturalist`s Library", edited by Sir William Jardine.
Containing original drawings, watercolours, working proofs and prints.
Papers concerning Trevor Royle, "James and Jim: a Biography of James Kennaway" (1983).
Includes drafts, proofs, notes and correspondence.
Papers obtained by William Forbes Skene from the Reverend Mackintosh MacKay of Laggan (1800-1873).
Papers of Agnes Miller Parker.
Includes sketches, proofs, engravings for book illustrations and 560 letters, mostly concerning her engravings.
Papers of and concerning Hugh MacDiarmid.
Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems, essays, articles, reviews and autobiography, literary notebooks and correspondence.
Papers of and concerning Norman Douglas.
Includes letters, 1917-1951 and undated, and photographs, 1943-1971 and undated, of Norman Douglas, and papers, 1954-1957, of John Davenport concerning a proposed biography of Douglas. These papers formerly formed part of the collection of John Sanderson.
Papers of and concerning Olive Wyon.
Including devotional notes, notes on Kierkegaard, recollections by her sister, and proofs of "Olive Wyon: A Chronicle".
Papers of and concerning the poet Edwin Muir (1887-1959).
Papers of Callum Macdonald.
Includes manuscripts, corrected typescripts and proofs of publications, together with associated correspondence and printed items.
Papers of "Cencrastus".
Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of articles, reviews, short stories and poems, and business records including minute books, corrspondence and accounts.