Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge (London, auctioneers)
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1864 - 1924
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Letters, assignments and receipts concerning the sale of papers and copyrights relating to Lord Byron., Undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43541
Scope and Contents
The papers in this manuscript have been arranged alphabetically by the main correspondent surname or company name.Barry, Matilda and Richard.
Letters of Matilda Barry and Richard Barry to Hugh Ferguson and John Murray [III], with one of Ferguson to Murray, regarding the sale of Lord Byron letters, 1849: folios 1-6;Blayney, Mabella.
Letter of Lady Mabella Blayney to John Murray [II], 1824: folio 7;Breese, John.
Letters of John Breese to John Murray III,...
Dates:
Undated.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Sopwith to Sotheby.
File
Identifier: MS.41133
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The incoming correspondence consists of letters of individuals and companies sent to John Murray, publishers, mostly relating to the business, but also including private letters. The correspondence largely covers the period from the 1760s to the 1920s. Where enclosures exist, they have been kept with their original letters. This series contains most of the extant letters received by the publishing house up to the 1920s, but others are to be found throughout the archive. One...
Dates:
18th century-20th century
Volume containing the catalogue of an auction sale of Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge on 13-15 January 1913, and papers concerning the lots won by Morrison., 1913.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14317/16
Scope and Contents
Morrison bought a continuous run of 101 historical books at this sale, marked as "the property of a gentleman". The volume bears Morrison's bookplate on the front paste-down.
Dates:
1913.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison, Gaelic scholar, including extracts from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness.
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Papers concerning Hew Morrison's formal qualifications, his post as librarian and his own library.