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Photocopy of letter of Walter Scott to William Muir.
Letter concerns the genealogy of the family of Muir of Rowallan.
Photograph, undated, of a letter of Walter Scott to Stephen N. Barber.
Printed circular of James Skene of Rubislaw, "Monumento a Walter Scott".
An appeal in Spanish to erect a monument to Sir Walter Scott.
Receipts for payment of the first dividend by the Trustees of James Ballantyne and Sir Walter Scott.
Includes other accounts and financial papers concerning the affairs of Scott, most being addressed to John Gibson, W.S.
Representation, 1810, by the Clerks of Session, signed by Sir Walter Scott amongst others.
With:
1. commission, 1814, appointing John Elder a Depute Clerk of Session, signed by Sir Walter Scott amongst others
2. printed regimental order, 1808, of the 1st Regiment Royal Edinburgh Volunteers.
Research papers, notes and correspondence of Eric Quayle, including material relating to his books on R M Ballantyne and Walter Scott.
Scott Huxley papers.
Papers concern the affairs of Thomas Scott, brother of Sir Walter, his family, and particularly his son-in-law Colonel Thomas Huxley.
Includes nine letters of Sir Walter Scott, and manuscript concerning the Isle of Man compiled by Thomas Scott, used by Walter Scott in `Peveril of the Peak`.
Scrap-book entitled "Scott Appropriatily [sic] Embellished" compiled by a Mrs Stephens.
Scrap-book consists of cartoons and caricatures from periodicals matched with quotations from Walter Scott`s works.
Seven letters of Eric Linklater.
On literary matters.
With typescript notes of Linklater, for a projected television programme on Sir Walter Scott.
Souvenir facsimile of autograph letter of Sir Walter Scott to Charles Tilt which differs from other known examples.
Ten albums of illustrations for the Waverley Novels selected from various editions and presented on silk for an American collector.
"The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border" (1812, 5th edition) by Walter Scott, with three tipped-in letters of Scott to Charles Erskine of Shielfield.
The tipped-in letters of Scott are 1803, 1816 and undated.
Transcripts of letters of Joanna Baillie to Sir Walter Scott in the collection of the National Library of Scotland.
Includes introduction and notes by Judith B Slagle.
Two letters, 1824, of George Ticknor and George Huntly Gordon.
Letters concern portraits of Sir Walter Scott. Also includes:
1. unrelated letter, 1812, of Sir David Wilkie
2. autograph note, 1816, of Walter Scott to James Ballantyne about "The Antiquary"
3. printed letter, 1829, of Scott
Two letters, 1827-1828, of Mrs Thomas Hughes to Edward Copleston.
Concerning ecclesiastical preferment and a visit to Sir Walter Scott at Abbotsford with a tour of Scotland.
Two letters of David Douglas, publisher, on his edition of Walter Scott`s "Familiar Letters", and on Scott`s life and work.
In the letters the writer hints at his distaste for Scott`s money values and business affairs.
Two letters of J G Lockhart to James Ballantyne.
Letters concern Ballantyne`s relationship with Sir Walter Scott and memoranda of Scott to be supplied by Ballantyne for the use of Lockhart in his projected biography.
Includes notes on the letters by Alexander Ballantyne and transcripts of three letters of Scott to James Ballantyne.
Two letters of J G Lockhart to John Ballantyne.
Lockhart gives favourable opinions on Walter Scott`s "The Abbot" and "Kenilworth".
Two letters of Sir Walter Scott, to Mrs Mary Pringle of Whytbank on personal and family matters.
Two letters of Sir Walter Scott to the Countess of Selkirk and Lord Granton.
Two letters of Thomas Faed.
One letter is illustrated with a sketch discussing his 1849 painting of Sir Walter Scott and his literary friends at Abbotsford.
Includes a sketch, with key, by John Faed of his picture of Shakespeare and his friends at the Mermaid Tavern.
Typescript of "The Ragged Lion" (1994), by Allan Massie.
Volume of `Autograph Letters of Sir Walter Scott, 1800-1826`, containing letters mainly to Charles Erskine and James Curle, with associated documents.
Volume of correspondence of James Nairne, WS, and papers of, and concerning, the Bannatyne Club.
Includes letters of Sir Walter Scott, James Ballantyne and David Laing.