Murray, John, Sir, Knight (publisher (IV)) (1851-1928)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1851 - 1928
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Bigge, C. to Billing and Sons, Ltd., 1829-1923.
File
Identifier: MS.40100
Scope and Contents
The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent.Bigge, Constance.Letter, [1916], of Constance Bigge to John Murray IV. Folios 1-2.Bigge, George Richard.Letters, 1870-1871, 1879-1880 and 1882, of George Bigge to John Murray III. Folios 3-13.Bigge, Lewis Amherst Selby.Letters, 1889-1890, 1893-1895, 1898-1899, 1901, 1903, 1906, 1909, 1920 and undated, of Lewis Bigge to John Murray III, to John Murray IV...
Dates:
1829-1923.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Janet Ross., 1889-1918.
File
Identifier: MS.41040
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1889-1918 and uncertain dates, of Janet Ross to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern her continuing work on “The land of Manfred” and “Early years recalled”, some revision for a new edition of “Three generations…”, and other publications or proposed publications, not all of which were published by Murray. There is also much exchange of news of family and friends. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1889: folios 1-16;1890-1892: folios...
Dates:
1889-1918.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Robert Playfair., 1879-1899.
File
Identifier: MS.40961
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern mostly the preparation and publication of works by Robert Playfair in the “Murray’s Handbooks” series:Playfair’s revision of “A handbook for travellers in Algeria” (1874);“A handbook for travellers in Algeria and Tunis, Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Carthage, etc.” (1878 and subsequent editions);“A handbook to the Mediterranean” (1881 and subsequent editions).The...
Dates:
1879-1899.