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 32 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
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
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 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.
"Mr. Murray's Christmas List Illustrated"., 1906
Item
Identifier: Acc.13328/1156
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:
1906
"Mr. Murray's Illustrated List"., ?1905-1914
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13328/1142-1151
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:
?1905-1914
"Mr. Murray's Illustrated List"., [?1905]
Item
Identifier: Acc.13328/1142
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]
"Mr. Murray's Illustrated List"., 1907
Item
Identifier: Acc.13328/1143
Scope and Contents
Office premises at 50 Albemarle Street is illustrated on the cover.
Dates:
1907
"Mr. Murray's Illustrated List"., 1908-1909
Item
Identifier: Acc.13328/1145
Scope and Contents
Two copies present.
Dates:
1908-1909
"Mr. Murray's Illustrated List"., 1909
Item
Identifier: Acc.13328/1146
Scope and Contents
Two copies present.
Dates:
1909
"Mr. Murray's Illustrated List"', 1910
Item
Identifier: Acc.13328/1147
Scope and Contents
Two copies present.
Dates:
1910
"Mr. Murray's Illustrated List"., 1911
Item
Identifier: Acc.13328/1148
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:
1911
"Mr. Murray's Illustrated List"., 1914
Item
Identifier: Acc.13328/1151
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:
1914
"Mr. Murray's New and Forthcoming Books of Colonial Interest and Novels"., 1920s
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1165
Scope and Contents
This file contains five distinct prospectuses, with duplicates.
Dates:
1920s
"Murray's Cheap Fiction Library"., [?1910s-1920s]
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1163
Scope and Contents
This file contains a small handful of printed prospectuses and order forms for works published by John Murray publishers in their "Cheap Fiction Library" series. Items are largely undated but the order forms date from 1917 and one prospectus from 1923.
Dates:
[?1910s-1920s]
"Murray's Library"., c.1912-1931
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1162
Scope and Contents
This file contains a small handful of print prospectuses for works published by John Murray publishers in their "Murray's Library" series. Prospectuses are undated but the series ran between 1912-1931.
Dates:
c.1912-1931
"Murray's Shilling Library"., [?1912-?1931]
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1160
Scope and Contents
This file contains a small handful of undated printed prospectuses for 'Murray's Shilling Library" series, established to re-print titles from Murray's back catalogue at a cheaper rate. This series is believed to have operated between ?1912-?1931. File also includes a paper order form for the series.
Dates:
[?1912-?1931]
Original John Murray book prospectuses, by theme., 1962-1978; [?1980s]
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1141
Scope and Contents
File contains original themed prospectuses for publications by John Murray publishers. Broad themes include: Art, architecture and the decorative arts; Byron studies; children's books; educational history; health education; nautical books; sports and recreation; aviation ("Flight"); self-teaching ("Success Studybooks"); travel; travel history; Victoriana; Murray paperback editions; biography and autobiography; wit and humour; gardening and horticulture; crafts; Arthur Conan Doyle studies;...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1962-1978; [?1980s]
Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'A'., 1899-1917
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1122
Scope and Contents
File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors:Abbott, W. ("Commercial Theory and Practice", undated);Acworth, W.M. ("Historical Sketch of State Railway Ownership", undated);Adams, W.M. ("The House of the Hidden Places: A Clue to the Creed of Early Egypt", undated);Adlam, G.H.J. ("Chemistry", undated);Aide, H. ("We are Seven: Half Hours on the Stage", 1902);Ainger, A.C. ("Memories of...
Dates:
1899-1917
Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'C'., 1900-1918; 1966
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1124
Scope and Contents
File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Cable, B. ("Air Men O’War", undated); Caillard, E.M. ("Individual Immortality", 1903); Calvert, W.J.R. ("Physics: Volume 1", undated); Cambray, P.G. ("Irish Affairs & The Home Rule Question", undated); Campbell, Rev. L. ("Sophocles: The Seven Plays in English Verse"; "Plato’s Republic", undated); Candler, E. ("The Sepoy", undated);...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900-1918; 1966
Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'D-M'., 1964-1986
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1139
Scope and Contents
File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Davies, P. ("Splendours of the Raj: British Architecture in India, 1660-1947", 2 copies, 1985); Delgado, A. ("The Enormous File: A Social History of the Office", undated); Denham, H.M. ("The Adriatic: A Sea-Guide to its Coasts and Islands", undated; "The Tyrrhenian Sea: A Sea-Guide to its Coasts and Islands", undated);Conan Doyle, A. ("Lone Dhow: Hunting...
Dates:
1964-1986