Prospectuses.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents designed to inform prospective investors or patrons, consisting of a formal summary of a proposed commercial, literary, or other venture, or a description of the features or services of an institution or business.
Found in 89 Collections and/or Records:
"An Illustrated List of Books suitable for Christmas Gifts"., 1903
Item
Identifier: Acc.13328/1153
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series comprises original print prospectuses for an assortment of reprint series introduced by John Murray publishers as a means of selling remaindered titles at lower prices. These include: "Murray’s Imperial Library"; "Murray’s Library"; "Murray’s Cheap Fiction Library"; and "Murray's Shilling Library". Also included are prospectuses for Murray's Theological Literature list; Murray's Selected Stock list; Murray’s Colonial Trade list; Murray’s Illustrated list; and Murray’s...
Dates:
1903
"An Illustrated List of Books suitable for Christmas Gifts"., 1905
Item
Identifier: Acc.13328/1155
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series comprises original print prospectuses for an assortment of reprint series introduced by John Murray publishers as a means of selling remaindered titles at lower prices. These include: "Murray’s Imperial Library"; "Murray’s Library"; "Murray’s Cheap Fiction Library"; and "Murray's Shilling Library". Also included are prospectuses for Murray's Theological Literature list; Murray's Selected Stock list; Murray’s Colonial Trade list; Murray’s Illustrated list; and Murray’s...
Dates:
1905
"An Illustrated List of Books suitable for Christmas Gifts"., 1922
Item
Identifier: Acc.13328/1157
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series comprises original print prospectuses for an assortment of reprint series introduced by John Murray publishers as a means of selling remaindered titles at lower prices. These include: "Murray’s Imperial Library"; "Murray’s Library"; "Murray’s Cheap Fiction Library"; and "Murray's Shilling Library". Also included are prospectuses for Murray's Theological Literature list; Murray's Selected Stock list; Murray’s Colonial Trade list; Murray’s Illustrated list; and Murray’s...
Dates:
1922
Business papers of John Blythe Kinross., 1927-1984, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8699/1-26
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Containing correspondence, memorandums, diaries and other papers.The main interest of the collection lies in the material to the Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation (ICFC), to the financing of small businesses, and in general to Kinross’s activities in the City of London from 1928 to the present day. In addition to formal business, the papers contain a significant quantity of private correspondence, and some interest diaries. All the papers carry useful and sometimes...
Dates:
1927-1984, undated.
Correspondence and papers of Peter Guthrie Tait, Professor of Natural Philosophy, Edinburgh University., 1868-[circa 1874], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1704, folios 74-82
Scope and Contents
Prospectus of a new club to be started in Edinburgh (later the Edinburgh Evening Club), with relevant letters to Peter Guthrie Tait, 1869; letter of Tait to ‘Nature’ with notes by James Clerk Maxwell, circa 1874; letters of Dean Ramsay and Charles Dodgson to Tait, introducing students of mathematics to him, 1868, undated.
Dates:
1868-[circa 1874], undated.
Correspondence, notes, proofs and press cuttings concerning 'Letters and Journals of Lord Byron', by Thomas Moore and to the events surrounding the destruction of the memoirs of Lord Byron, 1821-1835, 1938, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43538
Scope and Contents
The letters here have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname. Notes relating to Lord Byron have then been placed, with printed material ordered chronologically at the end of the sequence.When first made available for consultation, before foliation, this folder contained notes relating to a meeting regarding the placement of a statue of Lord Byron. These were identified during cataloguing as relating to notes in Ms.43533, so have been moved to that folder at...
Dates:
1821-1835, 1938, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence and other material concerning publications relating to Lord Byron after his death.
Correspondence of Hilda D. Spear, with related prospectuses and photographs.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14022/1-5
Dates:
1954-1998.
Correspondence principally to, and of, Patrick Chalmers of Auldbar relating to the Edinburgh, Dundee & Northern Railway and to the Aberdeen Railway Company., 1841-1844.
File
Identifier: MS.19589
Scope and Contents
With printed prospectus (folio 1) and report (folio 8) concerning the Edinburgh, Dundee and Northern Railway and other papers relating thereto, 1841-1844.
Dates:
1841-1844.
File containing assorted leaflets, fliers, prospectuses and postcards relating to exhibitions and other cultural events and activities concerning the arts., 1992-1993.
File
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 13(1)
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The Attic Archive evolved organically from the activities of Pete Horobin, beginning in 1978. When Horobin's association ended, the archive was continued in turn by Marshall Anderson, Peter Haining and, lastly, aitch. Each change of custody coincided with the start of a new phase of activity, each phase undertaken, usually, over ten years.The papers of the Attic Archive are now dispersed through various cultural institutions, each having a particular association with the archive,...
Dates:
1992-1993.
Grangerized copy of ‘A large new catalogue of the Bishops of...Scotland’ by Robert Keith (Edinburgh, 1755).
File
Identifier: MS.8888
Scope and Contents
The volume contains additional notes and information (taken chiefly from the Acts of the General Assembly) written in a contemporary hand in the margins of many of the pages and on small sheets of paper tipped in at various places throughout.
Also enclosed are a printed prospectus of the work, dated Edinburgh, 1753, receipted by the author (folio 3), and a letter, 1925, returning the volume to its owner.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1753, 1755, 1925.
Joint prospectuses of the Edinburgh School Board Continuation Schools., 1915-1919.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9510/9-10
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Records and some related papers (mostly printed and retained with the collection) of Regent Road Public and Evening School, Day Centre and Institute, Edinburgh, Edinburgh School of Salesmanship and James Clark Technical Institute, all subsequently incorporated within the Telford College of Further Education, Crew Toll, Edinburgh.
Dates:
1915-1919.
‘Journal of a trip to the Island of Gottland, Sweden, Denmark, &c., &c., with Some Correspondence, and Remarks upon the Capabilities of that Island as a Field for Emigration, by John Shedden Dobie'.
File
Identifier: MS.1804
Scope and Contents
The author was one of a party who made a tour of inspection of Gottland in connection with a scheme, promoted by Robert Chambers, the publisher, to settle British farmers there. Their report was entirely adverse. The volume includes a printed prospectus of the scheme, relevant newspaper articles, and correspondence with Chambers, 1850, and is illustrated with several water-colour sketches.
Dates:
1850.
Later additional prospectuses, 1959-1987
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1138-1141
Scope and Contents
This sub-series contains original print prospectuses for John Murray publications. Files cover a later period than the earlier series of prospectuses, and these files have not been indexed to the same degree of detail by the company.
Dates:
1959-1987
Letter of and concerning Ottone Bron., 1933-1938.
File
Identifier: Acc.13145/19
Scope and Contents
19 letters of Ottone Bron to Michael Roberts:
17 March, 20 May, 1 September, 13 November and 28 December 1933;
1 March, 26 June, 15 August 1934, enclosing a photograph of Horace Bron, and a bill from La Grande Sassière, Tignes, and 22 December 1934;
17 May and 30 June 1935;
4 February, 22 May, and 13 August 1936;
23 March, 18 May, 2 June, 9 August, 22 September, 11 October (receipt), 17 October, and 27 December 1937;
21 March 1938Letter, 30 December 1938, of Camille...
Dates:
1933-1938.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Michael Roberts, including some later papers of Janet Adam Smith concerning Michael Roberts.
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Correspondence to and some of Michael Roberts.
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Correspondence to Michael Roberts.
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Letters to Michael Roberts, arranged by subject.
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Letters to Michael Roberts, concerning mountaineering.
Letters and papers chiefly relating to the Herring Fisheries in Scotland, and to police and prisons in Scotland., 1779-1848, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.354A
Scope and Contents
(i) Letters and papers (manuscript and printed) relating chiefly to the Herring Fisheries in Scotland, 1791-1796, 1801-1812, 1847, undated. The subjects include considerations on the best mode of encouraging the White Herring Fishing, 1791; British Society for Fisheries and the road from Dingwall to Ullapool, 1792; memorial of the Adventurers in the British White Herring Fisheries, 1794; reports, etc., of the Highland Society of Scotland on the proposed British White Fishery Bill [?1801];...
Dates:
1779-1848, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and documents received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son, Robert, 2nd Viscount.
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Letters and papers relating chiefly to the Herring Fisheries in Scotland, and to police and prisons in Scotland, with a few maps and plans of prisons.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Gabbitas to Gallichan, and company names beginning with initial G., 1816-1914.
File
Identifier: MS.40434
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.G. Beltrami & C.Letter, 1910, of Giovanni Beltrami on behalf of G Beltrami & C. to John Murray IV. Folio 1.G C Jamieson.Letters, 1891, of George Charles Jamieson on behalf of G C Jamieson to John Murray IV. Folios 2-7.Folio 2. Letter, 1891, of George Charles Jamieson to Katherine Evelyn Murray.Folio 3. Memorandum, 1891,...
Dates:
1816-1914.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Gaull to Geikie., 1835-1912.
File
Identifier: MS.40442
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Gaull, P.Letter, 1894, of P Gaull to John Murray IV. Folios 1-2.Gaussen, Alice Cecilia Caroline.Letters, 1905, of Alice Cecilia Caroline Gaussen to John Murray IV. Folios 3-5.Gavioli, Luigi.Letter, 1900, of Luigi Gavioli to John Murray IV. Folio 6.Gawapy, Sydney.Letter, 1909, of Sydney Gawapy to John Murray...
Dates:
1835-1912.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Gillies to Girls., 1775-1917.
File
Identifier: MS.40449
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. Further correspondence has been added to the end of the sequence.Gillies, John.Letter, 1775, of John Gillies to John Murray I. Folios 1-2.Gillies, Margaret.Letter, 1835, of Margaret Gillies to John Murray II. Folio 3.Gillies, Robert Pearse.Letters, 1817, 1821 and 1851, of Robert Pearse Gillies to John Murray II and John Murray...
Dates:
1775-1917.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Haass to Hadow, and company names beginning with initial H., 1820-1909.
File
Identifier: MS.40500
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. An additional correspondent has been added to the end of the sequence.H. Blaikley and Co.Memorandum, 1901, of H. Blaikley and Co. to John Murray IV. Folio 1.H. Champion.Letter, 1896, of H. Champion to John Murray IV. Folios 2-3.H. J. Cooper and Co. Ltd.Letter, 1893, of Frederick James Forman on behalf of H. J. Cooper and Co Ltd...
Dates:
1820-1909.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Hassall to Hathorn., 1820-1914.
File
Identifier: MS.40531
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Hassall, Arthur.Letters, 1891, 1894-1895, 1897-1898 and 1900-1901, of Arthur Hassall to John Murray III and John Murray IV. Folios 1-54.Folios 3-4. Circular, ?1891, advertising a work entitled ‘Five Queens of the Eighteenth Century’. Sent as an enclosure of letter, 1891, of Arthur Hassall to John Murray III, folios 1-2.Folio 39. Title page, 1900, for ‘A...
Dates:
1820-1914.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Herbertson to Hermann., 1858-1910.
File
Identifier: MS.40552
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Herbertson, Andrew John. Letter, 1900, of Andrew John Herbertson to John Murray IV. Folio 1.Herbertson, Fanny Louisa Dorothy.Letters, 1901, of Fanny Louisa Dorothy Herbertson to John Murray IV. Folios 2-9.Folios 4-7. Prospectus, 1901, for ‘Descriptive Geography from original sources’ by Fanny Louisa Dorothy Herbertson and Andrew John...
Dates:
1858-1910.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Horwitz to Housman., 1827-1910.
File
Identifier: MS.40583
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Horwitz, Ernst.Letters, 1904, of Ernst Horwitz to John Murray IV. Folios 1-7.Folio 3. Visiting card, ?1904, of Ernst Horwitz. Sent as an enclosure of letter, 1904, of Ernst Horwitz to John Murray IV, folios 1-2.Folios 4-5. Prospectus, ?1904, for a work entitled ‘Aryan Civilisation in the Light of Language’ by Ernst Horwitz. Sent as an enclosure of...
Dates:
1827-1910.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Johnson, S. to Johnston, T., 1819-1927.
File
Identifier: MS.40623
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Johnson, Stuart Henry James.Letter, 1910, of Stuart Henry James Johnson to John Murray IV. Folios 1-3.Folio 3. Visiting card, ?1910, of Stuart Henry James Johnson. Sent as an enclosure of letter, 1910, of Stuart Henry James Johnson to John Murray IV, folios 1-2.Johnson, Thomas.Letter, 1889, of Thomas Johnson to John Murray III. Folio 4....
Dates:
1819-1927.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Lattimer to Lavergne., 1808-1914.
File
Identifier: MS.40673
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. A further correspondent has been added to the end of the sequence.Lattimer, Gertrude Helen Ward.Letters, 1914 and undated, of Gertrude Helen Ward Lattimer to John Murray IV. Folios 1-2.Lattimer, Robert Binney.Letters, 1904 and 1912, of Robert Binney Lattimer to John Murray IV. Folios 3-7.Lau, Louis Jacques Auguste de.Letters,...
Dates:
1808-1914.