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Bindings. Binding components.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Collectively the parts of books applied in the process of attaching the leaves and covering them.

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

Associated publication papers of John Murray, publishers., 1960s-2003

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13328/1503-1509
Scope and Contents

This sub-series contains a file of book jacket proofs for both general and educational titles, alongside a file of hardback bindings and a display/design file of book covers. Also present is a folder of papers concerning works commissioned by John Murray, publishers.

Dates: 1960s-2003

Hardback book bindings., c.1968-1972

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1507
Scope and Contents File contains hardback bindings for the following titles: "Within the Taurus" by Lord Kinross; "The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" by John Dickson Carr; "The Early History of the Church: Vol. II", by L.M. Duchesne; "Syria and Lebanon", by Robin Fedden; possibly "The Traveller's Tree: A Journey through the Caribbean Islands" by Patrick Leigh Fermor; "Poetical Works of Lord Byron". Bindings have been annotated...
Dates: c.1968-1972

Letters to Hugh Elliot from members of his own family, with original binding., 1771-1775.

 File
Identifier: MS.12952
Scope and Contents From the Series: Hugh Elliot was British ambassador successively in Munich and Ratisbon, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris, Dresden and Naples, then governor of the Leeward Islands, and finally of Madras. Elliot was partly educated in France, and from 1770 until his withdrawal from Naples in 1806 he was almost permanently on the Continent. His diplomatic papers, especially those relating to the Copenhagen and Naples embassies, are rich in material for the general political history of Europe. He also enjoyed wide...
Dates: 1771-1775.

Letters to the 1st Earl of Minto received from Britain, being chiefly personal correspondence and letters of recommendation; with original binding., 1799-1801.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.11229
Scope and Contents From the Series: Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates: 1799-1801.

Original binding for the collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton., 1781-1820, and undated.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MSS.30.5.22-30.5.23(original binding)
Scope and Contents From the Series: The collections is supplemented by a large number of finished drawings (some in colour), a few maps, and some architectural plans and elevations, professionally drawn for Hutton by others, or done as favours by some of his correspondents, together with a number of separately acquired prints, and engraved views cut out from contemporary printed booksThe collection, which was previously bound in two large volumes, was subsequently dismounted and the items individually attached to...
Dates: 1781-1820, and undated.

Original binding for the letters to Hugh Elliot from members of his own family., [After 1775.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.12952 [Original container]
Scope and Contents From the Series: Hugh Elliot was British ambassador successively in Munich and Ratisbon, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris, Dresden and Naples, then governor of the Leeward Islands, and finally of Madras. Elliot was partly educated in France, and from 1770 until his withdrawal from Naples in 1806 he was almost permanently on the Continent. His diplomatic papers, especially those relating to the Copenhagen and Naples embassies, are rich in material for the general political history of Europe. He also enjoyed wide...
Dates: [After 1775.]

Original binding for the letters to the 1st Earl of Minto received from Britain, being chiefly personal correspondence and letters of recommendation., [1801, or after.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.11229[Original binding]
Scope and Contents From the Series: Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates: [1801, or after.]

Original binding of the page proofs of ‘Ivanhoe’, ‘Tales of my landlord' ('The bride of Lammermoor' and 'A legend of Montrose’), and ‘The Abbot’ by Sir Walter Scott., [1820, or after.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.3401 [Original binding]
Scope and Contents From the Series: There are also many comments by James Ballantyne, pointing out mistakes or raising questions, in consequence of which Walter Scott frequently alters the text.The quantities of text contained in these proofs are indicated in the descriptions of the individual manuscripts by reference to pages of the volumes of the first editions.At the beginning of MS.3401 is inserted part of the catalogue of the 1868 sale of Cadell's collection of Scott manuscripts, at which all...
Dates: [1820, or after.]

Original binding of the photograph album chiefly of Sir Charles Dalrymple's contemporaries at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge., 1862-1863.

 Item
Identifier: MS.25667 [Original binding]
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

There are also photographs of Militia camps at Ayr attended by Sir Charles Dalrymple, Scottish and English churches and cathedrals, Oxford and Cambridge colleges, Eton, Harrow, Edinburgh, Inverness, and Stirling. With views taken in Devon, the Isle of Wight, the Lake District, and also in Europe, North America and Canada.

Dates: 1862-1863.

Original binding of the scrapbook of Frances, Marchioness of Ailsa, wife of Archibald, 3rd Marquess, and daughter of Sir Mark MacTaggart- Stewart., 1902-1910.

 Item
Identifier: MS.25678 [Original binding]
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Margaret Anna Dalrymple, Lady Newhailes, was the first wife of Sir David Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Newhailes. The daughter of Sir Mark John MacTaggart-Stewart, 1st Baronet of Southwick, Lady Dalrymple was divorced from Sir David in 1919 and married Sir Patrick Graham Blake, 5th Baronet of Langham in 1925. She died in 1962.

Dates: 1902-1910.

Original binding of the volume of official papers of the Honourable James St Clair relating to the expedition to Canada., 1745-1746.

 Item
Identifier: MS.25687 [Original binding]
Scope and Contents From the Series: The main interest of the papers lies in the military and diplomatic material relating to General St Clair's career in the British army over thirty years. The 2nd son of the 10th Lord Sinclair, James St Clair succeeded as titular 12th Lord Sinclair in 1750 on the death of his brother, who was attainted in 1715. In 1747 he married Janet, daughter of Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet of Hailes, and widow of Sir John Baird, 2nd Baronet of Newbyth. He served with the Foot Guards in Gibraltar in...
Dates: 1745-1746.

Original binding of the volume of official papers of the Honourable James St Clair relating to the expedition to the west coast of France., 1745.

 Item
Identifier: MS.25688 [Original binding]
Scope and Contents From the Series: The main interest of the papers lies in the military and diplomatic material relating to General St Clair's career in the British army over thirty years. The 2nd son of the 10th Lord Sinclair, James St Clair succeeded as titular 12th Lord Sinclair in 1750 on the death of his brother, who was attainted in 1715. In 1747 he married Janet, daughter of Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet of Hailes, and widow of Sir John Baird, 2nd Baronet of Newbyth. He served with the Foot Guards in Gibraltar in...
Dates: 1745.

Page proofs of ‘Ivanhoe’, ‘Tales of my landlord' ('The bride of Lammermoor' and 'A legend of Montrose’), and ‘The Abbot’ by Sir Walter Scott, with extensive corrections and additions in Scott’s hand; with original binding., [1819, or before; 1820, or before.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.3401
Scope and Contents From the Series: There are also many comments by James Ballantyne, pointing out mistakes or raising questions, in consequence of which Walter Scott frequently alters the text.The quantities of text contained in these proofs are indicated in the descriptions of the individual manuscripts by reference to pages of the volumes of the first editions.At the beginning of MS.3401 is inserted part of the catalogue of the 1868 sale of Cadell's collection of Scott manuscripts, at which all...
Dates: [1819, or before; 1820, or before.]

Photograph album, chiefly of Sir Charles Dalrymple's contemporaries at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, and of many of the leading Anglican clergymen of the time; with original binding., 1858-1869.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.25666
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

There are also photographs of Militia camps at Ayr attended by Sir Charles Dalrymple, Scottish and English churches and cathedrals, Oxford and Cambridge colleges, Eton, Harrow, Edinburgh, Inverness, and Stirling. With views taken in Devon, the Isle of Wight, the Lake District, and also in Europe, North America and Canada.

Dates: 1858-1869.

Photograph album chiefly of Sir Charles Dalrymple's contemporaries at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge; with original binding., 1862-1863.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.25667
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

There are also photographs of Militia camps at Ayr attended by Sir Charles Dalrymple, Scottish and English churches and cathedrals, Oxford and Cambridge colleges, Eton, Harrow, Edinburgh, Inverness, and Stirling. With views taken in Devon, the Isle of Wight, the Lake District, and also in Europe, North America and Canada.

Dates: 1862-1863.