Murray, John Arnaud Robin (publisher (VI), formerly Grey) (1909-1993)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1909 - 1993
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
A portion of the 'Orkney Sea Snake', widely known as the 'Beast of Stronsay', sent to Lord Byron; with correspondence, a transcription and press cutting concerning the same, , 1815-1977.
File
Identifier: MS.43544
Scope and Contents
The box containing the specimens contains a labels reading "A portion of hte bone and bristle of the sea snake found off Orkney 1808. Sent with a descriptiove letter by Joanna Baillie to Lady Byron, for Byron, 1815".The box also has notes and captions relating to the contents attached to the box. There is also related correspondence, press cuttings and notes:Letter of Joanna Baillie to Anne Isabella Byron, Lady Byron, 1815: folios 1-2;...
Dates:
1815-1977.
Archive of John Murray VI and authors associated with him.
Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14349
Content Description
Includes correspondence, book files, manuscripts and proofs relating to Murray authors. Authors featured in the collection include: John Betjeman, Lesley Blanch, George Mackay Brown, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Noni Jabavu, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Dervla Murphy and Freya Stark.Also included are some personal papers of Freya Stark.There are also letters to John Murray VI from correspondents including: Harold Acton, Michael Ayrton, Clive Bell, Isaiah Berlin, Hugh...
Dates:
[?1915-?2016.]
Correspondence and other material relating to 'Astarte', by Ralph Milbanke, 2nd Earl of Lovelace, and Byron correspondence in the possession of Lady Dorchester., 1902-1957, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43535
Scope and Contents
The items in this manuscript mainly relate to Ralph and Mary Milbanke, Lord and Lady Lovelace. There are letters, proofs and other items relating to the publication of ‘Astarte’ by Ralph Milbanke in 1905. In addition, there is correspondence relating to letters of Lord Byron, which were in the possession of Charlotte Carleton, Lady Dorchester, who then bequeathed them to John Murray [IV]. The letters concerning ‘Astarte’ have been ordered before those relating to Byron...
Dates:
1902-1957, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence and other material concerning publications relating to Lord Byron after his death.
Correspondence and papers concerning research into the attempted publication of ‘Unpublished letters of Lord Byron’, edited by Henry Schultes Schultess-Young., 1931-1939.
File
Identifier: MS.43502
Scope and Contents
The letters in this file largely relate to research conducted in the 1930s into a work entitled ‘Unpublished Letters of Lord Byron’ edited by Henry Schultes Schutess-Young. The work was to be published in 1872 by R Bentley, but was pulled from the press following controversy surrounding the ownership of the letters and rights to publish. The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname.Letters of Richard Bentley to John Murray [V], including...
Dates:
1931-1939.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence between Lord Byron and John Murray II; with letters of and to John Murray, publishers, relating to Lord Byron.
Letters and related material concerning works by Robert Charles Dallas about Lord Byron, and the associated injunction., 1824-1951, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43536
Scope and Contents
Contemporary letters have been placed at the beginning of the folder, arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname. Some of the letters have been annotated during legal proceedings relating to the publications. Later letters relating to these works and the court case are then placed, in alphabetical order by correspondent surname.Further proofs of ‘Correspondence of Lord Byron’ and a press cutting relating to the work of Robert Charles Dallas have been added to the end of the...
Dates:
1824-1951, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence and other material concerning publications relating to Lord Byron after his death.
Letters of and concerning William Wordsworth., 1826-? 1846, 1940.
File
Identifier: MS.42588
Scope and Contents
Letters to John Murray II. Letter, 4 December 1826 (postmarked, 8 December 1826), of William Wordsworth to John Murray II. Letter, 2 December 1834, of William Wordsworth to John Murray II. Part of a letter, postmarked 9 December 1834, of William Wordsworth to John Murray II. The fragment is of the address of John Murray only. Above the address is an annotation in the hand of John Murray II : "The Poet Wordsworths...
Dates:
1826-? 1846, 1940.
Letters of John Murray IV, John Murray V and John Murray VI to Thomas James Wise; with correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning the sale and provenance of Byron manuscripts and other items., 1928-1966.
File
Identifier: MS.43503
Scope and Contents
This folder contains some correspondence relating to Thomas James Wise and other correspondence relating to the sale and provenance of items by or relating to Lord Byron. The Wise correspondence has been placed chronologically before that relating to the manuscripts and objects of Lord Byron. The latter has been organised by correspondent surname with miscellaneous material placed at the end of the sequence.Draft of a letter of John Murray [IV] to Thomas James Wise. 1928: folio...
Dates:
1928-1966.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence between Lord Byron and John Murray II; with letters of and to John Murray, publishers, relating to Lord Byron.
Letters of, to or concerning Lord Byron of correspondents with surnames from Gower to Graves; including letters relating to a dedication to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe., 1811-1934.
File
Identifier: MS.43428
Scope and Contents
The correspondence has been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname.
Letters concerning a Lord Byron dedication to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1823-1934, including:letters of Georg Friedrich Benecke probably to Douglas Kinnaird, 1822 and 1826: folios 1-4;manuscript copy of a letter of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe to Georg Friedrich Benecke, undated: folios 5-6;letters of Charles James Sterling to Lord Byron, 1823: folios 7-10;...
Dates:
1811-1934.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Wreford to Wrenfordsley., 1826-1897.
File
Identifier: MS.41307
Scope and Contents
This manuscript includes letters, 1868-1897, of Walter Wren to John Murray III and John Murray IV. Wren comments on Murray publications in his role as coach of candidates for the Indian Civil Service examinations.All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Wreford, Henry, 1854-1856: folios 1-8;Wren, Percival, 1826-1828: folios 9-17; with letter, 1981, of [Richard] Alan Graham-Smith; (1)Wren, Walter,...
Dates:
1826-1897.
Miscellaneous papers concerning David Livingstone., 1863-1982.
File
Identifier: MS.42442
Scope and Contents
Folio 1 : picture postcard of the tombstone of David Livingstone in Westminster Abbey;folio 2-3 : prospectus issued by John Murray, publishers, advertising works by or concerning Livingstone;folio 4 : cutting from "The [?Standard]", no. 326 : “Last letter of Dr. Livingstone”;folio 5 : cutting, supplied through Durrant’s Press Cuttings, from ‘The Standard’, 21st October 1912 : "A Livingstone relic. An inkless letter. Written on a copy of ‘The...
Dates:
1863-1982.
Photocopies of letters of Lady Byron to Lord Byron., 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.43414
Scope and Contents
Note of John Murray VI relating the provenance of the photocopies, 1969: folio 1;Copy of a letter of John Murray VI to Rayner Unwin, 1969: folio 2;Fragment of a letter possibly of Rayner Unwin to John Murray VI, 1969: folio 3;Note possibly relating to the storage of the original letters, undated: folio 4;Photocopies of letters of Lady Byron to Lord Byron, 1813: folios 5-41;Photocopies of letters of Lady Byron to Lord Byron, 1814:...
Dates:
20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Photocopies of letters of Lady Byron to Lord Byron.
Press file for "A Gentleman Publisher's Common Place Book" by John Arnaud Robin Grey Murray and edited by John Richmond Murray, 1996
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/608
Scope and Contents
File contains publishing correspondence and memoranda concerning promotion of the book, book launch guest lists, press contacts lists for review copies of the book, publicity materials, original letters of congratulations to John R. Murray, and a typescript copy of an article by John R. Murray recalling the genesis of the book, entitled "The Making of a Surprise Bestseller". Also present is a special festive issue of 'Stet', a Waterstone's promotional catalogue.
Dates:
1996
Proofs of works relating to 'Lord Byron's correspondence'; with manuscript copies of letters of Lord Byron to Augusta Leigh and related items., 1890-1922, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43401
Scope and Contents
The proofs here all relate to publications concerning Lord Byron. The proofs have been placed in chronological order. Additional related material has been added to the end of the sequence.Galley proofs headed ‘Byron – Letters V’ showing letters of Byron to Augusta Leigh, with annotations including some in the hand of Charlotte Carleton, Lady Dorchester, and later annotations of John Murray VI, 1890, undated: folios 1-8;Proofs of ‘Lord Byron’s Correspondence: Vol I’,...
Dates:
1890-1922, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Proofs and printed items relating to works by Lord Byron, his circle and biographers.
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Proofs of works relating to Lord Byron and published by John Murray.
'The Giaour', by Lord Byron, published at Hermoupolis., 1842-1963.
File
Identifier: MS.43398
Scope and Contents
Copy of 'The Giaour' that was published in 1842 in Syros, Greece. The bolts in this volume are uncut. There is an English to Greek lexicon at the back of the volume: pages 1-123;
With the volume is a letter, 1963, of George Seferiadis to John Murray VI: folio 1.
Dates:
1842-1963.
Untitled manuscript of John Murray IV reminiscences., c.1925
Item
Identifier: Acc.13328/1696
Scope and Contents
File contains an original untitled manuscript by John Murray IV (1851-1928), later noted as 'reminiscences' by Jock Murray VI (JGM). Manuscript is accompanied by an index, also written later by Jock, noting points of interest and relevent page numbers.
Dates:
c.1925
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers concerning company history, and the work of the John Murray Archive, with brief Murray family papers.
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John Murray Family Papers.
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Papers and correspondence of John Murray IV.