Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'D'., 1899-1913
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, 1792-1896", undated);
Darwin, Major L. ("Bimetallism: A Summary and Examination of the Arguments for and against a Bimetallic System of Currency", undated);
David, Mrs. Edgeworth ("Funafuti", 1899);
Davidson, L.Campbell ("Catherine of Braganca: Infanta of Portugal and Queen-Consort of England", undated);
Davidson, A.A. ("A Highland Family", undated);
Davies, G.S. ("Renascence [sic]: The Sculptured Tombs of the Fifteenth Century in Rome", undated; "Charterhouse in London: Monastery, Mansion, Hospital, School", undated);
Dawson, R. ("Red Terror and Green", undated);
de Jonnes, A. Moreau ("Adventures in Wars of the Republic and Consulate", 2 copies, undated);
de la Pasture, Mrs. ("The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square", undated);
Delmé-Radcliffe, Lieutenant Colonel C. ("A Territorial Army in Being: A Practical Study of the Swiss Militia", undated);
Denis, L. ("The Mystery of Joan of Arc", undated, translated from the French by Arthur Conan Doyle);
Denison, L.E. (editor) ("Fifty Years at East Brent: The Letters of George Anthony Denison, 1845-1896", undated);
de Stein, E. ("The Poets in Picardy and other poems", 2 copies, undated);
des Voeux, Sir G.W. ("My Colonial Service", 1903);
Devee, S. ("The Autobiography of an Indian Princess", undated);
Dicey, Prof. A.V. ("A Fool’s Paradise", 1913);
Gwynn, S. and Tuckwell, G.M. ("The Life of the Right Honorable Sir Charles W. Dilke", undated);
Disraeli, B. ("Whigs & Whiggism: Political Writings", 2 copies, undated);
Monypenny, W.F. ("The Life of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield", Vols. I & II, undated);
Buckle, G.E. ("The Life of Benjamin Disraeli", Vols. V & VI, undated);
Diver, M. (prospectus outlining a number of upcoming novels by Maud Diver, undated);
Dolbey, Captain R.V. "A Regimental Surgeon in War & Prison", undated);
Doyle, Adrian Conan ("Lone Dhow: Hunting Tiger-Shark off Somaliland", undated);
Doyle, Arthur Conan (a series of prospectuses for various publications by John Murray publishers on the subject of Doyle and Sherlock Holmes);
Dracott, A.E. ("Simla Village Tales", 1906);
Duchesne, Monsignor L. ("The Early History of the Christian Church: From its Foundation to the End of the Fifth Century", undated);
Dudgeon, G.C. ("The Argicultural and Forest Products of British West Africa", 3 copies, undated);
Lyall. Sir A. ("The Life of the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava", undated);
Duncon, J. ("Lady Lettice Vi-countess Falkland" [sic], undated);
Durand, R. ("Spacious Days: A Tale of Adventure in Elizabethan Times", undated);
The Very Reverend The Dean of Winchester ("A Memoir of the Right Reverend Richard Durnford", undated);
Fowler, Reverend J.T. ("The Life and Letters of the Reverend John Bacchus Dykes", undated).
Prospectuses for "Discovery: a monthly popular journal of knowledge", undated;
File also contains the original typescript file index.
Dates
- Creation: 1899-1913
Creator
- John Murray (publishers, London) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
1 Folders
Language of Materials
English
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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