Proofs. printed matter
Found in 303 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of Paul Henderson Scott.
Papers of Sylvia Thompson, of and relating to Ian Hamilton Finlay, Robert Crombie Saunders and William Sydney Graham; with copies of published works of William Sydney Graham and Robert Crombie Saunders.
Papers of the Canongate Press.
Includes typescripts and corrected proofs of publications and correspondence.
Papers of the "Edinburgh Review".
Includes corrected typescripts and proofs of articles, short stories, poems and reviews, with associated correspondence.
Papers of the Scottish literary magazine "Chapman".
Includes corrected typescripts, proofs and editorial correspondence.
Papers of Valerie Gillies.
Comprises manuscripts and typescripts of 12 poems, with typescripts, proofs and a printed copy of "Bed of Stone".
Papers of W R Aitken.
Includes proofs of editorial work on "Complete Poems of Hugh MacDiarmid" (1978).
Papers relating to projects led by or run in collaboration with the Scottish Poetry Library., 1984-2012.
Part of a proof-sheet of `Frederick the Great` by Thomas Carlyle, with his corrections.
Thomas Carlyle’s additions, written on the back of an envelope, are attached and were incorporated in the first edition. The passage concerns the Battles of Züllichau and Havre-de-Grace.
Part of corrected proof copy of Sir Compton Mackenzie, "Rogues and Vagabonds" (1927).
With:
160 pamphlets and periodicals, 1893-1970 and undated, from Mackenzie`s library
fivle letters, 1935-1951, to Mackenzie.
Photocopies of corrected manuscripts and proofs of fragments, undated, of Thomas Carlyle, "History of Friedrich II of Prussia".
With a letter, 1839, of Carlyle to James Aitken, and a letter, 1920, of Margaret Carlyle Aitken to Mary Walker.
Printed papers in Archibald William 13th Earl of Eglinton’s claim to the Earldom of Winton., 1840.
The papers relate to: peerage cases and forfeited peerages arranged in alphabetical order of title (Adv.MS.26.1.1-26.1.29); landed families and baronetcies, arranged in alphabetical order of family (Adv.MS.26.2.1-26.2.12); various legal and other topics (Adv.MS.26.2.13-26.2.23).
Proof copy of Andrew L Drummond, "German Protestantism Since Luther" (1951), and annotated copy of "The Story of American Protestantism" (1st [British] edition, 1949) by the same author.
With associated letters and papers.
Proof copy of Dorothy Haig, "The Man I Knew".
Containing numerous passages crossed through or corrected with typed past-overs.
Proof copy of Gaelic translation of part of Hugh MacDiarmid, "A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle", translated by the Reverend Roderick Macdonald.
Proof copy of Morley Jamieson, "Ten Poems".
With manuscript notes of Jamieson concerning the poems.
Proof copy of 'Poor things', by Alasdair Gray, with a related letter.
A heavily annotated paperback proof of 'Poor things', donated by Alasdair Gray to Mark Fleming for auction at a Scotland in Europe fundraising event, with an accompanying letter explaining the donation.
Proofs, and privately printed edition of, 'Contemporary account of the separation of Lord and Lady Byron; also of the destruction of Lord Byron`s memoirs', by John Cam Hobhouse., 1870.
The proofs and printed edition of this work by John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton, detail two of the most controversial moments in life and reputation of Byron - the breakdown of his marriage and the burning of his memoirs. The work was originally privately printed in 1870, but then included in 'Recollections of a long life', which was edited by Lady Dorchester (the daughter of Hobhouse) and published by Murray between 1909 and 1911.
Proofs and specimens of wood engravings from works published by W and R Chambers.
Proofs, "Discoveries in the ruins of Nineveh and Babylon", by Austen Henry Layard., 1853.
The proofs here relate to 'Discoveries in the ruins of Nineveh and Babylon', by Austen Henry Layard. It was published in 1853 by John Murray.
The proofs include the title pages and illustrations. Other than the title pages, they are annotated throughout.
Proofs for illustrations of Donald MacKenzie for Paul Harris, "The Rhythm of the Glass" (1977), and Garrett Anderson, "Brennan`s Book" (1977).
Proofs of and illustrations for three collections of poems of Samuel Pollock.
Proofs of, and pages from, an article, "Thackeray in the United States", by James Wilson., 1901-1902.
James Wilson`s article on Thackeray was published by the Century Co., New York, as two "papers" in "The Century Magazine" : the first in December 1901; the second in January 1902. The article was also published in the same months in the "Cornhill Magazine".
This group of papers indicates the way that the article was adapted for publication in the "Cornhill Magazine" from the article as set-up for publication in "The Century Magazine".