John Murray (publishers, London)
Organization
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Catalogues and advertising material of John Murray, publishers., 1815-2008
Series
Identifier: Acc.13328/906-1286
Scope and Contents
This series contains printed catalogues, prospectuses, advertising material, postcards, order forms, and stock lists created by John Murray, publishers, for the promotion and sale of their general, educational, and specialist subject list titles.
Dates:
1815-2008
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Frere, P. to Freshfields., 1821-1911.
File
Identifier: MS.40429
Scope and Contents
The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent.Frere, Philip Howard.Letters, 1865, of Philip Frere to John Murray III. They concern the death of Frere’s mother, Mary (d 1864), and the copyright of the fifth volume, edited by his father, William, of the five volume work, “Original letters written during the reigns of Henry VI. Edward IV. and Richard III. by various persons of rank or consequence [of the Paston family]” (1787-1789 - G.G.J. and J....
Dates:
1821-1911.
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 Scott, M. to Scouller., 1812-1924.
File
Identifier: MS.41072
Scope and Contents
The letters are arranged alphabetically by the surnames of the writers. Where more than one letter is held for a writer, the letters are arranged by date.Scott, Anne, 1830. Folios 1-2.Scott, Mary Monica Maxwell, 1880-1919. Folios 3-53. Partially dated. Folios 54-69.Scott, Percy, estimates for “Antarctic Expedition”, by Captain Percy Scott. Folios 70-71.Scott, Peter, 1854. Folios 72-73.Scott, R.A., 1812. Folios 74-75....
Dates:
1812-1924.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Bell, E to Bell, G., [? 1835]-1926.
File
Identifier: MS.40080
Scope and Contents
The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent.Bell, Edith.Letters and a postcard, 1903-1907, of Edith Bell to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray. Folios 1-72.Folios 3-4. Letter, 18 December 1902, of Hugh Chisholm to John Murray IV concerning Edith Bell. The letter was forwarded as an enclosure to Edith Bell’s letter to John Murray IV of the 17 April 1903 (folios 1-2).Folios 21-22. Copy, in the hand of Edith Bell, of a...
Dates:
[? 1835]-1926.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Edwards, M. to Egerton, C., 1829-1918.
File
Identifier: MS.40367
Scope and Contents
The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent.Edwards, Matilda Barbara Betham.Letters, 1881-1886, 1888, 1890, 1892, 1897 and 1916, of Matilda Edwards to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. Folios 1-63.Edwards, Richard.Letter, 1862, of Richard Edwards to ?John Murray III. The letter is in French. Folios 64-65.Edwards, Robert E.Letter, 1867, of Robert Edwards to John Murray III. Folio...
Dates:
1829-1918.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Harries to Harrison, D., 1822-1917.
File
Identifier: MS.40526
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.Harries, Roger.Letter, 1823, of Roger Harries to John Murray II. Folios 1-2.Folio 1. Includes an excerpt of a letter, 1823, of Peter Lee to Roger Harries.Harris, Charles.Letters, 1903-1905 and 1917, of Charles Harris to John Murray IV and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios...
Dates:
1822-1917.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Prothero, Hope to Prothero, Rowland., ? 1888-1922.
File
Identifier: MS.40981
Scope and Contents
Prothero, Hope. Letters, [?1888] and [?1898]. Folios 1-3.Prothero, Mary Frances. Letters, [1899]-1922, and undated. Folios 4-21.[Note] Folio 12. Wet-press copy of a letter, 21 ?February 1922, of John Murray IV to Mary Prothero.Prothero, Michael. Letter, 1917. Folio 22.Prothero, Rowland Edmund. Letters, 1890-1894, with related papers. The letters are to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray. They concern, mostly, Prothero’s editorship of the...
Dates:
? 1888-1922.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Francis Warre Cornish and of his wife, Blanche., 1886-1916.
File
Identifier: MS.40278
Scope and Contents
(i) Letters of Francis Warre Cornish to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. The letters mostly concern the preparation and publication of various works written, compiled or edited by Cornish, including:“The Eton Horace. Notes to the odes, book 1” (1887);“The Eton Horace. Notes to the odes, Carmen saeculare, and Epodes” (1888);“A concise dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities based on Sir William Smith’s larger dictionary, and incorporating the...
Dates:
1886-1916.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of George Prothero., 1905-1911.
File
Identifier: MS.40979
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray IV and mostly concern Prothero’s editorship of the “Quarterly Review”. They are arranged chronologically.1905-1911: folios 1-209.[Note 1] Folios 38-39. Letter, 6 February 1907, of Francis Darwin to George Prothero in answer to a letter of Prothero suggesting that Darwin might like to consider producing annotated editions of the works of his father, Charles Darwin. The letter was sent as an enclosure to Prothero’s letter to John Murray IV...
Dates:
1905-1911.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of George Prothero., 1912-1917, 1919-1922 and undated.
File
Identifier: MS.40980
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray IV and mostly concern Prothero’s editorship of the “Quarterly Review”. They are arranged chronologically.1912-1917, 1919-1922: folios 1-165 [Notes 1-4].Undated and partially dated letters. The letters are arranged by the place at which each was written. Edinburgh, 2 Eton Terrace. Folio 166. London, 50A Albemarle Street. Folio 167.London, 7 Mandeville Place. Folio 168.Rye. Folios 169-177....
Dates:
1912-1917, 1919-1922 and undated.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Lionel Trotter., 1860-1909.
File
Identifier: MS.41204
Scope and Contents
Letters of Lionel Trotter to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. The letters 1860-1866 concern Trotter’s wish to be engaged to write biography, and his suggestion of several likely subjects, including Byron, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and John Murray II. The letter for 1889 concerns the publication of Trotter’s “Life of the Marquis of Dalhousie” (W.H. Allen and Co., 1889), and his desire to find another subject. The letters 1895-1902 concern the preparation and...
Dates:
1860-1909.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Robert Cooke., 1860-1890.
File
Identifier: MS.40269
Scope and Contents
1860-1869: folios 1-71;
1870-1879: folios 72-214;
1880-1889: folios 215-257;
1890: folios 258-259;
undated: folio 260.
Dates:
1860-1890.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Robert Cooke, with related papers., 1870-1892.
File
Identifier: MS.40270
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1877-1891, of Robert Cooke to John Murray IV. Folios 1-20.Letters, 1888 and 1891, of Robert Cooke to Hallam Murray. Folios 21-33.Disassociated parts of letters of Robert Cooke to the Murrays. Folios 34-36.Related papers.Letter, 7 April 1875, of Robert Cooke to S.H. Lindley concerning the “Quarterly Review”. Folios 37-38.Proof advertisement, 1870, for the “Quarterly Review”, no. 258. Folios 39-40.Papers...
Dates:
1870-1892.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Thomas Michell., 1890-1898.
File
Identifier: MS.40809
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern the preparation and publication of various editions of the “Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland and Finland” and “The Handbook for Travellers in Norway”. Also mentioned are articles by Michell on Russia and Norway for the “Quarterly Review”.The letters are arranged chronologically.1890-1891: folios 1-18;1892: folios 19-58;1893: folios 59-92 [Note];...
Dates:
1890-1898.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of William Gowers., 1893-1908 and undated.
File
Identifier: MS.40473
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern various matters including: publications on medicine; articles published in, or to be considered for, the “Quarterly Review”;talk of the Athenaeum Club. Also detailed are Gowers’s suggestions for the revision of the 1885 edition of “A handbook for travellers in North Wales”.The letters are arranged chronologically.1893-1894: folios 1-34;1895: folios 35-70;1896-1898: folios 71-102...
Dates:
1893-1908 and undated.
Press advertisements, extracted from newspapers., 1960; 1968-1999
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13328/1260-1282
Scope and Contents
This sub-series comprises original and reproduced press cuttings advertising the forthcoming publication of new titles from John Murray publishers. The cuttings have been annotated with the title of the publication in which they appeared (e.g. The Bookseller), the date, and any associated costs. Most cuttings have been glued to separate sheets for reinforcement. The chronological run is incomplete.
Dates:
1960; 1968-1999
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- Letters. Correspondence. 15
- Advertisements. 4
- Typescripts. 3
- Visiting cards. 3
- Estimates. Financial records. 2
- Illustrations. Layout features. 2
- Notes. 2
- Booksellers' catalogues. 1
- Business records. 1
- Circulars. Fliers. 1
- Copies. Derivative objects. 1
- Drafts. Documents. 1
- Excerpts. 1
- Financial records. 1
- Forms. Documents. 1
- Legal documents. 1
- Lists. 1
- Maps. Cartographic materials. 1
- Memorandums. 1
- Order forms. 1
- Outlines. Documents. 1
- Pages. 1
- Photographs. 1
- Picture postcards. 1
- Portraits 1
- Press releases 1
- Proofs. printed matter 1
- Prospectuses 1
- Prospectuses. 1
- Receipts. Financial records 1
- Sales catalogues. 1
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