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:
"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]
Music and papers on music, chiefly undated, of F G Scott., [1913-1951.]
File
Identifier: MS.22019
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Short score of the overture ‘Renaissance’ (folio 1);(ii) Settings of songs (folio 12) and various musical compositions and transcriptions (folio 34);(iii) Letter and draft prospectus, 1944, of William Maclellan (folio 55);(iv) Lectures (folio 61);(v) Notes and other writings on music (folio 68);(vi) Extracts from music reference books (folios 100).Some of the musical...
Dates:
[1913-1951.]
Music books and papers of Robert Moir (died 1869), who was President of the Edinburgh Church-Music Society and subsequently Conductor of Music at St Magnus' Cathedral, Kirkwall.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21772-21775
Dates:
1511-19th century.
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
Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'E-F'. , 1901-1923
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1126
Scope and Contents
File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Edge, K.M. ("The Shuttles of the Loom"; "Through the Cloudy Porch", undated); Edwards, A.G. ("Landmarks in the History of the Welsh Church", undated);E.A. Wallis Budge (editor) ("An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary", 1920); Eley, C. ("Gardening for the Twentieth Century", undated); Elletson, D.H. ("The Chamerlains", undated); Elliot,...
Dates:
1901-1923
Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'H'., 1895-1920
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1128
Scope and Contents
File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Hall, A.D. ("The Soil"; "Fertilisers and Manures"; "A Pilgrimage of British Farming"; "The Book of the Rothamsted Experiments", undated); Hall, T.D. ("Translation at Sight; or Aids to Facility and Certainty in the Translation of Latin", 1895); Hallam, H. ("Constitutional History of England", undated); Halliburton, W.D. ("Handbook of Physiology", 3 copies,...
Dates:
1895-1920
Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'L'., 1901-1922
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1130
Scope and Contents
File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Lacy, M.E. ("With Dante in Modern Florence", undated);Lambourne, J. ("The Second Leopard"; "The Kingdom That Was"; "Strong Waters"; "Trooper Fault", undated);Lamond, H. ("The Gentle Art: Some Sketches and Studies", undated);Lancaster, O. ("Homes Sweet Homes", undated);Lane, Lieutenant-Colonel W.H. ("Babylonian Problems", undated);...
Dates:
1901-1922
Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'N,O,P & Q'., 1901-1923
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1132
Scope and Contents
File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Napier, Lady ("A Stormy Morning", undated);Nasmyth, J. ("The Moon, Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite", 1903); Admiral The Marquess of Milford Haven ("Naval Medals: Commemorative Medals, Naval Rewards, War Medals, Naval Tokens etc. of France, The Netherlands, Spain and Portugal", undated; "British Naval Medals: Commemorative Medals, Naval Rewards, War Medals,...
Dates:
1901-1923
Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'S'., 1900-1919; 1963
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1134
Scope and Contents
File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Salmon, G. ("The Infallibility of the Church: Lectures Delivered in the Divinity School of the University of Dublin", undated);Samuel, A.M. ("The Herring: Its Effect on the History of Britain", undated); Sandars, M.F. ("Honoré de Balzac: His Life and Writings", undated);Sandes, Major E.W.C. ("Tales of Turkey", "In Kut and Captivity with the Sixth Indian...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900-1919; 1963
Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'W'., 1902-1917
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1136
Scope and Contents
File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Wace, Reverend H. and Piercy, Rev. W.C. ("A Dictionary of Christian Biography", 2 copies, undated);Waddell, Colonel L.A. ("Lhasa and its Mysteries", 1905); Pearson, H. Greenleaf ("James S. Wadsworth of Geneseo", undated);Wakeling, T.G. ("The White Knights", undated); Walker, H.M. ("A History of the Northumberland Fusiliers, 1674-1902", undated); ...
Dates:
1902-1917
Papers (chiefly printed) originating with Sir John Sinclair.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.3.3
Dates:
1804-1830.
Papers collected by the Highland Society of Scotland Ossian Committee and its successor the Committee on Celtic Literature.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.2.10
Dates:
1797-1807.
Papers of and concerning Lady Margaret Sackville, including correspondence with Ehrna Mycale Macgillivray., 1907-1963, undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.3501/38
Scope and Contents
Three letters of Lady Margarent Sackville to Miss E M Macgillivray, 1960, 1962-1963.
One letter of Ausitin Priestman, 1957.
Printed pamphlet being a obituary of Professor James Ritchie, 1958.
Envelope continaining seven letters to Lady Margaret Sackville from various correspondents, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1914, 1920 and undated.
Envelope containing 'Tree music' and "Country verse" both by Lady Margaret Sackville; five copies of prospectus for 'Quatrains and other poems' by Lady Margaret...
Dates:
1907-1963, undated.
Papers of Auldbar estate., 1755-[circa 1900.]
File
Identifier: MS.15418
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: (i) Apprisings, valuations, etc. (folio 1); (ii) Rentals (folio 50); (iii) Papers on roups (folio 93); (iv) Papers on agriculture and forestry (folio 110); (v) Papers on fishing (folio 144); (vi) Papers on dogs (folio 153); (vii) Papers concerning roads (folio 171); (viii) Papers concerning churches (folio 213); (ix) Papers concerning schools (folio 217); (x) Papers concerning prisons (folio 223).
Dates:
1755-[circa 1900.]