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Microfilm of page proofs of volume I of ‘The history of Scotland’ by Sir Walter Scott, with extensive additions and corrections by Scott.
Microfilm of papers relating to 'Translation from an ancient Chaldee manuscript' by James Hogg.
Microfilm of proof-sheets, [1827, or before], of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott; and, letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland.
The contents are as follows:
Proof-sheets of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott, volume v, pages 225-240, with autograph corrections by Scott, [1827, or before] (MS.496);
Letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland (MS.2991).
Microfilm of proofs of ‘The fortunes of Nigel’, and ‘Quentin Durward’, by Sir Walter Scott.
Notes, circa 1840-circa 1865, of Peter Cunningham, on English actresses.
With corrected proofs, 1833, of Cunningham`s "Life of William Drummond of Hawthornden".
Page-proofs of ‘History of St Andrews’ by the Reverend Charles J Lyon, with numerous corrections and additions by the author, related notes and miscellaneous papers.
The ‘History’ was first published in one volume in 1838; the 1843 edition was considerably enlarged in two volumes. Only a small number of the corrections on these proofs appear in the 2nd edition; the remainder, with the additions and insertions, were probably intended for a 3rd edition.
Papers and correspondence of Dudley Sommer concerning his biography of Lord Haldane.
Papers and correspondence of Ronald W Clark.
Includes correspondence, notes, manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, drafts, photographs, pamphlets and press cuttings.
Papers concerning Trevor Royle, "James and Jim: a Biography of James Kennaway" (1983).
Includes drafts, proofs, notes and correspondence.
Papers obtained by William Forbes Skene from the Reverend Mackintosh MacKay of Laggan (1800-1873).
Papers of and concerning Olive Wyon.
Including devotional notes, notes on Kierkegaard, recollections by her sister, and proofs of "Olive Wyon: A Chronicle".
Papers of John Murdoch Henderson.
Papers of Nigel Tranter.
Includes corrected manuscripts and typescripts of 24 novels, with related proofs, research notes and art-work.
Papers of Paul Henderson Scott.
Political, academic and personal papers of John Pitcairn Mackintosh, political academic and MP for Berwick and East Lothian.
Proof copy of a reprint of "Jones’s directory or, useful pocket companion, for the year 1786", interleaved and heavily annotated by John Buchanan, 'Glasguensis'.
There are some proof corrections on the title-page by James MacLehose, the publisher, and on the fly-leaf his signature and a note by his son, the donor.
Proof copy of Morley Jamieson, "Ten Poems".
With manuscript notes of Jamieson concerning the poems.
Proof-sheets of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe’s edition of James Kirkton’s 'Secret and true history of the Church of Scotland'.
Proof-sheets of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott, volume v, pages 225-240, with autograph corrections by Scott.
There is also a note by James Ballantyne (page 237).
Research notes, manuscripts and correspondence concerning, and proofs of, the 'Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino' (London, 1851), by James Dennistoun.
Two sets of rough proofs of Cecil L`Estrange Ewen, "A History of Surnames of the British Isles" (London, 1931).
Enclosing the author`s notes for a second edition.
Typescript drafts, proofs and setting copy of the novel `The Gabriel Hounds` by Mary Stewart, with manuscript working notes concerning the novel.
Typescripts, manuscripts, research notes, correspondence and other papers of Duncan Fraser and of Standard Press publishers, Montrose.
Including corrected typescripts and proofs of historical and topographical works, and circa 400 letters and copies of letters.
With papers, 1928-1959, of the Standard Press, Montrose.
Typescripts, proofs, notes and drawings relating to Nigel Tranter`s "The Fortified House in Scotland".
Includes sound recordings of this and other works by Tranter.