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Found in 1058 Collections and/or Records:

"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]

"Murray's Theological Literature"., 1899-1931

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Identifier: Acc.13328/1164
Scope and Contents

This file contains a small handful of print prospectuses for theological works published by John Murray publishers. Those items present represent the years 1899, 1901, 1914, 1920, 1921, and 1931, alongside a series of loose undated prospectuses.

Dates: 1899-1931

"Old Agreements", John Murray educational titles, by author surname, A-C., 1956-1995

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Identifier: Acc.13328/1477
Scope and Contents File contains a typed index noting authors and titles for which memoranda of agreements (original and copy) are included. Some brief correspondence also appears. Listed titles include:Akrill, T.B, and Millar, C.J. ("Mechanics, Vibrations and Waves"); Akrill, T.B., Millar, C.J., and Whelan, P.M. ("Essential Physics for Ordinary Level"); Allen, F. ("Woodwork Objective and Completion Tests for CSE"; "Metalwork Objective and Completion Tests for CSE"); ...
Dates: 1956-1995

"Old Agreements", John Murray educational titles, by author surname, D-G., 1960-1992

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Identifier: Acc.13328/1478
Scope and Contents File contains memoranda of agreements (original and copy) and some brief correspondence also appears. A typed index noting authors and titles for which memoranda of agreements appear is located in the previous file, A-C. Listed titles here include:Davies, B., Charnley, J., and Rhodes, D.C. ("Multiple Choice Questions in Physics"); Davies, D., Day, T., Graham, D., and Marks, P. ("GCSE Geography"); Dawson, I. and Shephard, C. ("Conflict, Cooperation and...
Dates: 1960-1992

"Old Agreements", John Murray educational titles, by author surname P-S., 1956-1989

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Identifier: Acc.13328/1479
Scope and Contents File contains a typed index noting authors and titles for which memoranda of agreements (original and copy) are included. Some brief correspondence also appears. Listed titles include: Packham, M., and Patrick, J. ("History Series in Five Volumes"); Parry, C. ("American Short Story Series"); Parry-Maddocks, D.F. ("Situation Sets in Chemistry"; "Situation Sets in Physics"; "Situation Sets in Biology"; "Objective and Completion Tests in Human Biology";...
Dates: 1956-1989

"Old Agreements", John Murray educational titles, by author surname T-Z., 1960-1990

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Identifier: Acc.13328/1480
Scope and Contents File contains memoranda of agreements (original and copy) and some brief correspondence also appears. A typed index noting authors and titles for which memoranda of agreements appear is located in the previous file, P-S. Listed titles here include: Tattersall, I.M. ("Human Evolution"); Taylor, E. ("Strength and Stamina Training"); Thomas, J.M. ("Objective and Completion Tests in Basic Economics"); Thompson, A., and Bevan, D. ("Advanced...
Dates: 1960-1990

Original John Murray book prospectuses, by theme., 1962-1978; [?1980s]

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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

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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 'A-C'., 1966-1986

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Identifier: Acc.13328/1138
Scope and Contents File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Amuchástegui, A. ("Studies of Birds and Mammals of South America", undated); Arberry, Professor A.J. ("Discourses of Rumi", undated); Aslin, E. ("E.W. Godwin: Furniture and Interior Decoration", 3 copies, c.1986); Avery, C. ("Florentine Renaissance Sculpture", undated); Bax, B. Anthony ("The English Parsonage", 3 copies, undated); Bean,...
Dates: 1966-1986

Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'B'., 1894-1923

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Identifier: Acc.13328/1123
Scope and Contents File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Baerlein, H. ("On the Forgotten Road", undated); Bailward, W.A. ("The Slippery Slope and other papers", 2 copies, undated); Baker, H. ("The Territorial Force"; undated); Balcarres, Lord ("The Evolution of Italian Sculpture", undated); Ball, J.D. ("Things Chinese or Notes Connected with China", 1904);Ballard, Vice-Admiral G.A. ("The...
Dates: 1894-1923

Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'C'., 1900-1918; 1966

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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'., 1899-1913

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Identifier: Acc.13328/1125
Scope and Contents File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Daly, Major H. ("Memoirs of General Sir Henry Dermot Daly", undated);Oliver, T. (editor) ("Dangerous Trades", undated); Darwin, C. (prospectuses for various publications by John Murray publishers on the subject of Darwin, his writing, correspondence etc; copyright of "Origin of Species", 1901); Litchfield, Henrietta ("Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters,...
Dates: 1899-1913

Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'D-M'., 1964-1986

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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

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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 'G'., 1898-1923

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Identifier: Acc.13328/1127
Scope and Contents File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Gamble, Reverend H.R. ("Sunday & the Sabbath: The Golden Lectures for 1900-1901", c.1901);Ganz, W. ("Memories of a Musician: Reminiscences of Seventy Years of Musical Life", undated); Gardner, Major F. ("Days and Ways of an Old Bohemian", undated);Garnett, W.H.Stuart ("Children and the Law", c.1911); Gaskell, E. ("The Works of Mrs. Gaskell",...
Dates: 1898-1923

Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'H'., 1895-1920

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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 'I, J, & K'., 1905-1922

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Identifier: Acc.13328/1129
Scope and Contents File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Iddesleigh, Earl ("Ione Chaloner"; "Dowland Castle", undated);Ilchester, Earl ("Henry Fox, First Lord Holland, His Family and Relations", undated); "The Historical Record of the Imperial Visit to India, 1911", undated, published for the Government of India by John Murray; Imperial Institute ("Indian Trade Enquiry: Reports on Oil-seeds", 1920; "Indian Trade...
Dates: 1905-1922

Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'L'., 1901-1922

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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 'M'., 1898-1922

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Identifier: Acc.13328/1131
Scope and Contents File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Madden, Right Honorable D.H. ("A Chapter of Medieval History", 2 copies, undated); Magnus, L.A. ("A Concise Grammar of the Russian Language", 1915; "Introduction to Poetry"; "National Education: Essays Towards A Constructive Policy", c.1902); Mallock, W.H. ("A Critical Examination of Socialism", 1908);Malmesbury, Countess, and Brooke-Hunt, V. ("Golden String: A...
Dates: 1898-1922

Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'N-Z'., 1959-1987

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Identifier: Acc.13328/1140
Scope and Contents File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Neuman, B.P. ("Dominy’s Dollars", undated; "The Spoils of War", undated; "The Greatness of Josiah Porlick", undated); Newsome, D. ("Godliness and Good Learning: For Studies on a Victorian Ideal", undated; "A History of Wellington College, 1859-1959", undated); Newton, S.M. ("Health, Art & Reason", undated); Norie, J. ("Caddy Spoons: An Illustrated Guide", 3...
Dates: 1959-1987

Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'N,O,P & Q'., 1901-1923

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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 'R'., 1903-1924

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Identifier: Acc.13328/1133
Scope and Contents File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Radcliffe, W. ("Fishing from the Earliest Times", 4 copies, undated);Ralph, F.H.M. ("A Digest of British Economic History", 2 copies, undated); Ramsay, G.G. ("The Annals of Tacitus, Books I-VI: an English Translation", undated); Raymond, G. Lansing ("The Essentials of Aesthetics", undated); Rees, A.W. ("Creatures of the Night"; "The Heron of Castle...
Dates: 1903-1924

Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'S'., 1900-1919; 1963

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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 'T,U,V'., 1896-1911

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Identifier: Acc.13328/1135
Scope and Contents File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Tangye, H. Lincoln ("In the Torrid Sudan", undated); Tarkington, B. ("His Own People", undated); Tarver, F. ("French Stumbling-Blocks and English Stepping-Stones", 1897); Tayler, J.L. ("The Stages of Human Life", 3 copies, undated); Taylor, C. Carlisle ("The Life of Admiral Mahan, Naval Philosopher", undated); Taylor, F. ("The...
Dates: 1896-1911

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