Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'A-C'., 1966-1986
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, W.J. ("Trees & Shrubs: Hardy in the British Isles", 3 versions, undated);
Bedoukian, K. ("The Urchin: An Armenian’s Escape", undated);
Mary M. Lago & Karl Beckson (editors) ("Max & Will: Max Beerbohn and William Rothenstein, their Friendship and Letters, 1893 to 1945", undated);
Book reading event flyer (Patricia Beer and D.J. Enright reading from their upcoming title "Here & Human: Living Poets: Poets of our Time", undated);
Beevor, A. ("The Violent Brink: London Rocked by Guerilla Group", undated [poster];
Bigham, C. ("The Kings of England, 1066-1901", undated; "The Prime Ministers of Britain, 1721-1924", undated; "The Chief Ministers of England, 920-1720", undated);
Billcliffe, R. ("Mackintosh Textile Designs", undated);
Billington, M. ("Peggy Ashcroft", undated);
Blanch, S. ("For All Mankind: A New Approach to the Old Testament", 9 copies, undated);
Brickell C. and Sharman F. ("The Vanishing Garden: A Conservation Guide to Garden Plants", 1986);
Bolitho, H. ("The Galloping Third: The Story of The Third The King’s Own Hussars", 3 copies, undated);
Boughton, T. ("The Story of the British Light Aeroplane", undated);
Cairns, J.C. ("Bush & Boma: A Canadian District Officer in Tanganyika", 3 copies, undated);
Calmann, J. ("The Letters of John Calmann, 1951-1980", 2 copies, undated);
Carringer, R.L. ("The Making of Citizen Kane", 4 copies, undated);
Carroll, M. ("Gates of the Wind", undated);
Christian, G. ("Tomorrow’s Countryside: The Road to the Seventies", 1966);
Clarke, B. (editor) ("Architectural Stained Glass", undated);
Colledge, E. (editor) ("The Mediaeval Mystics of England", undated; "From Glory to Glory"", undated);
Colquhoun, K. ("Foreign Wars: A Novel", 1985);
Colvin, B. ("Land & Landscape", undated);
Colvin. H. ("A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840", 2 copies, undated);
Cook, B. ("Beryl Cook’s London", undated) [poster];
Cramp, H. St. G. ("A Yeoman Farmer’s Son", 1985);
Crook, J. Mordaunt ("William Burges and the High Victorian Dream", 3 copies, 1981).
Prospectuses, posters, and ephemera for works by, and about, John Betjeman, undated;
Prospectuses and ephemera for works by art historian Kenneth Clark, undated, including a booklet for the BBC2 tie-in with the publication of "Civilisation", 1969.
Dates
- Creation: 1966-1986
Creator
- John Murray (publishers, London) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
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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