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Proofs. printed matter

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 303 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of Paul Henderson Scott.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13505/1-79
Scope and Contents Paul Henderson Scott was born and educated in Edinburgh, attending Edinburgh’s Royal High School and then moving on to study at Edinburgh University. It was at university that he first became involved with the Saltire Society. Shortly after this Scott was called up to serve in World War Two. He began his training as an army officer driving a lorry. However, through contact with diplomats from the foreign office he decided to take the examination and soon became a diplomat. A long diplomatic...
Dates: 1976-2001

Papers of the Canongate Press.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10892
Scope and Contents

Includes typescripts and corrected proofs of publications and correspondence.

Dates: 1985-1993.

Papers of the "Edinburgh Review".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9635
Scope and Contents

Includes corrected typescripts and proofs of articles, short stories, poems and reviews, with associated correspondence.

Dates: 1980-1987.

Papers of the Scottish literary magazine "Chapman".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11978
Scope and Contents

Includes corrected typescripts, proofs and editorial correspondence.

Dates: 1989-1991.

Papers of Valerie Gillies.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8791
Scope and Contents

Comprises manuscripts and typescripts of 12 poems, with typescripts, proofs and a printed copy of "Bed of Stone".

Dates: 1981-1984.

Papers of W R Aitken.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11748
Scope and Contents

Includes proofs of editorial work on "Complete Poems of Hugh MacDiarmid" (1978).

Dates: circa 1961-1980.

Part of a proof-sheet of `Frederick the Great` by Thomas Carlyle, with his corrections.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.2.1.11
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: ?1864.

Part of corrected proof copy of Sir Compton Mackenzie, "Rogues and Vagabonds" (1927).

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.9034
Scope and Contents

With:

160 pamphlets and periodicals, 1893-1970 and undated, from Mackenzie`s library

fivle letters, 1935-1951, to Mackenzie.

Dates: 1893-1970 and undated.

Photocopies of corrected manuscripts and proofs of fragments, undated, of Thomas Carlyle, "History of Friedrich II of Prussia".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8022
Scope and Contents

With a letter, 1839, of Carlyle to James Aitken, and a letter, 1920, of Margaret Carlyle Aitken to Mary Walker.

Dates: 1839-1920 and undated.

Printed papers in Archibald William 13th Earl of Eglinton’s claim to the Earldom of Winton., 1840.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.1.27(i-ii)
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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).

Dates: 1840.

Proof copy of Dorothy Haig, "The Man I Knew".

 Item
Identifier: Acc.7133
Scope and Contents

Containing numerous passages crossed through or corrected with typed past-overs.

Dates: 1935-1936.

Proof copy of Morley Jamieson, "Ten Poems".

 File
Identifier: Acc.7300
Scope and Contents

With manuscript notes of Jamieson concerning the poems.

Dates: 1978.

Proof copy of 'Poor things', by Alasdair Gray, with a related letter.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11160/1-2
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1992-1993.

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.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42299-42300
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1870.

Proofs of, and pages from, an article, "Thackeray in the United States", by James Wilson., 1901-1902.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.32008-32011
Scope and Contents

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".

Dates: 1901-1902.