Novels.
Found in 216 Collections and/or Records:
Photocopy of James F Hendry, "The Cosmeticians: a Novel of the Future".
'Pirate' by Sir Walter Scott, first edition (Edinburgh, 1822), with anonymous manuscript 'Remarks', 1822, assigning the authorship to Scott, and related material inserted.
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.
Proof-sheets, in various stages, of ‘Count Robert of Paris’ and ‘Castle dangerous’ by Sir Walter Scott, with corrections by Scott, corrections and alterations, many of them extensive, by John Gibson Lockhart and Robert Cadell, and some caustic comments by Lockhart.
The chief alteration in ‘Count Robert’ is the omission of the duel between Anna Comnena and the gravid Brenhilda. ‘Castle dangerous’, which was to have formed two volumes, is very much reshaped and the final portion in particular is reduced.
Proofs of George MacDonald, "St George and St Michael" (1876), with corrections and revisions by the author.
Proofs of the first edition of ‘Quentin Durward’ by Sir Walter Scott.
The proofs correspond to volume iii, pages 1-360, of the work as published, with the corrections in MS.3404 incorporated, and some further manuscript corrections, of a minor kind, by James Ballantyne and others. There are no corrections in Sir Walter Scott's hand.
Research papers and typescript drafts of the novel "Light" by Margaret Elphinstone.
‘Scottish Crusoe’, the first volume of an unpublished novel.
Set in Scotland, the novel describes the attempts of the boy hero, Toby Touchwood, to imitate Robinson Crusoe.
"The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border" (1812, 5th edition) by Walter Scott, with three tipped-in letters of Scott to Charles Erskine of Shielfield.
The tipped-in letters of Scott are 1803, 1816 and undated.
'The navy officer, or true blue will never stain', manuscript of a novel written for Elizabeth Mackenzie Menzies of Culdares, later Mrs John Beresford.
Three volumes, containing much of David Macbeth Moir's poetry, and the last part of John Galt's novel ‘The last of the lairds’, with related material.
Two notebooks of Naomi Mitchison.
With corrected typescript drafts of part of "The Oath Takers".
Two notebooks of Naomi Mitchison.
Containing manuscript corrected drafts, 1970, of an unpublished novel, "The Clone Mums", and notes on travels in India.
Typescript and pasted-up magazine cuttings of parts of ‘Cleg Kelly' by Samuel Rutherford Crockett, with extensive manuscript corrections by the author.
Typescript and proofs of two novels by Allan Campbell McLean (1922-1989).
Typescript copy of an early, unpublished version of James Kelman, "A Chancer" (1985).
With a note by the author on the composition of the novel.
Typescript copy of Michael Allan, "The Tramp" (1975), a novel.
With unrelated photographs and documents.
Typescript drafts of novel of Jessie Kesson, "Where the Apple Ripens" (1978).
With manuscript and typescript of associated short story and radio play, undated.
Typescript drafts, proofs and setting copy of the novel `The Gabriel Hounds` by Mary Stewart, with manuscript working notes concerning the novel.
Typescript (mostly carbon) of sections of 'The Witch', an unfinished novel by David Lindsay.
Typescript of a novel and a memoir of Colin Mackay.
Includes related letters to Heather Scott.