Prospectuses
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 89 Collections and/or Records:
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Nicholas and Sarah Nicolas., 1826-1856.
File
Identifier: MS.40878
Scope and Contents
(i) Letters of Nicholas Nicolas.The letters are to John Murray II and John Murray III. They concern various publications, not all of them published by John Murray, in which Nicholas Nicolas was involved as editor. The publications relate especially to British history, among them:“The history of the battle of Agincourt; and of the expedition of Henry the Fifth into France” (London : Johnson, Brooke Street, Holborn, 1827);“The Retrospective Review, and...
Dates:
1826-1856.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Walter Marsham Adams., 1890-1898.
File
Identifier: MS.40006
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1890-1898 and uncertain dates, of Walter Marsham Adams to John Murray IV, with related letters. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1890: folios 1-2;1894: folios 3-25;1895: folios 26-84;1896: folios 85-90;1897: folios 91-102;1898: folios 103-141; (1)uncertain dates: folios 142-144. (2)1. Includes letter, 1898, of Charles Thompson to John Murray IV: folio 103;...
Dates:
1890-1898.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of William Knight., 1895-1914.
File
Identifier: MS.40663
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1895-1914, of William Knight to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray, with related letters and papers. They concern his editorship of, and his own contribution to, the University extension manuals series, his works “Lord Monboddo and some of his contemporaries” and “Varia: studies on problems of philosophy and ethics”. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1895: folios 1-33; (1)1896: folios 34-72; (2)1897: folios 73-114; (3)1898:...
Dates:
1895-1914.
Marked prospectus for the periodical "The Academy", with assorted proofs of the publication., 1869-1870.
File
Identifier: MS.42603
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
1869-1870.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers concerning the periodical publication, "The Academy".
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Prospectus, proofs and sample issues of the periodical "The Academy".
Minute book and other papers of Highland Village Industries Committee, Kyle of Lochalsh.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11442
Dates:
1902-1944.
Miscellaneous manuscript and a few printed items.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.19
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Printed prospectus of the Sanitary Protection Association of Edinburgh, late 19th century. (Folio 1.)(ii) Printed list of members, with subscriptions, of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries (Konungliga Norraena Fornfraeda-Felag), 1849, in Icelandic. There are also an extract from the constitution of the Society (in French), a note on the subscriptions (in Danish), and a list of the books published by the Society....
Dates:
1561, 17th century-late 19th century.
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.
"Mr. Murray's Illustrated List"., 1907
Item
Identifier: Acc.13328/1144
Scope and Contents
Volume features the John Murray 'JM' monogram on the cover. Two copies present.
Dates:
1907
"Mr. Murray's Illustrated List"., 1912
Item
Identifier: Acc.13328/1149
Scope and Contents
Two copies present.
Dates:
1912
"Mr. Murray's Illustrated List"., 1913
Item
Identifier: Acc.13328/1150
Scope and Contents
Two copies present.
Dates:
1913
"Mr. Murray's Illustrated List of Books Suitable for Christmas Gifts"., 1903-1906; 1922-1930
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13328/1152-1159
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series comprises original print prospectuses for an assortment of reprint series introduced by John Murray publishers as a means of selling remaindered titles at lower prices. These include: "Murray’s Imperial Library"; "Murray’s Library"; "Murray’s Cheap Fiction Library"; and "Murray's Shilling Library". Also included are prospectuses for Murray's Theological Literature list; Murray's Selected Stock list; Murray’s Colonial Trade list; Murray’s Illustrated list; and Murray’s...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1903-1906; 1922-1930
"Murray's Imperial Library"., c.1930
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1161
Scope and Contents
This file contains a small handful of printed prospectuses for 'Murray's Imperial Library" series, established to re-print titles from Murray's back catalogue at a cheaper rate. This series is believed to have operated between approximately 1898-1930, with the prospectuses appearing to date from its final years.
Dates:
c.1930
"Murray's Theological Literature"., 1899-1931
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1164
Scope and Contents
This file contains a small handful of print prospectuses for theological works published by John Murray publishers. Those items present represent the years 1899, 1901, 1914, 1920, 1921, and 1931, alongside a series of loose undated prospectuses.
Dates:
1899-1931
Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'A-C'., 1966-1986
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1138
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,...
Dates:
1966-1986
Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'B'., 1894-1923
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1123
Scope and Contents
File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Baerlein, H. ("On the Forgotten Road", undated); Bailward, W.A. ("The Slippery Slope and other papers", 2 copies, undated); Baker, H. ("The Territorial Force"; undated); Balcarres, Lord ("The Evolution of Italian Sculpture", undated); Ball, J.D. ("Things Chinese or Notes Connected with China", 1904);Ballard, Vice-Admiral G.A. ("The...
Dates:
1894-1923
Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'D'., 1899-1913
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1125
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,...
Dates:
1899-1913
Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'G'., 1898-1923
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1127
Scope and Contents
File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Gamble, Reverend H.R. ("Sunday & the Sabbath: The Golden Lectures for 1900-1901", c.1901);Ganz, W. ("Memories of a Musician: Reminiscences of Seventy Years of Musical Life", undated); Gardner, Major F. ("Days and Ways of an Old Bohemian", undated);Garnett, W.H.Stuart ("Children and the Law", c.1911); Gaskell, E. ("The Works of Mrs. Gaskell",...
Dates:
1898-1923
Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'I, J, & K'., 1905-1922
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1129
Scope and Contents
File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Iddesleigh, Earl ("Ione Chaloner"; "Dowland Castle", undated);Ilchester, Earl ("Henry Fox, First Lord Holland, His Family and Relations", undated); "The Historical Record of the Imperial Visit to India, 1911", undated, published for the Government of India by John Murray; Imperial Institute ("Indian Trade Enquiry: Reports on Oil-seeds", 1920; "Indian Trade...
Dates:
1905-1922
Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'M'., 1898-1922
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1131
Scope and Contents
File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Madden, Right Honorable D.H. ("A Chapter of Medieval History", 2 copies, undated); Magnus, L.A. ("A Concise Grammar of the Russian Language", 1915; "Introduction to Poetry"; "National Education: Essays Towards A Constructive Policy", c.1902); Mallock, W.H. ("A Critical Examination of Socialism", 1908);Malmesbury, Countess, and Brooke-Hunt, V. ("Golden String: A...
Dates:
1898-1922
Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'N-Z'., 1959-1987
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1140
Scope and Contents
File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Neuman, B.P. ("Dominy’s Dollars", undated; "The Spoils of War", undated; "The Greatness of Josiah Porlick", undated); Newsome, D. ("Godliness and Good Learning: For Studies on a Victorian Ideal", undated; "A History of Wellington College, 1859-1959", undated); Newton, S.M. ("Health, Art & Reason", undated); Norie, J. ("Caddy Spoons: An Illustrated Guide", 3...
Dates:
1959-1987
Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'R'., 1903-1924
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1133
Scope and Contents
File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Radcliffe, W. ("Fishing from the Earliest Times", 4 copies, undated);Ralph, F.H.M. ("A Digest of British Economic History", 2 copies, undated); Ramsay, G.G. ("The Annals of Tacitus, Books I-VI: an English Translation", undated); Raymond, G. Lansing ("The Essentials of Aesthetics", undated); Rees, A.W. ("Creatures of the Night"; "The Heron of Castle...
Dates:
1903-1924
Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'T,U,V'., 1896-1911
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1135
Scope and Contents
File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Tangye, H. Lincoln ("In the Torrid Sudan", undated); Tarkington, B. ("His Own People", undated); Tarver, F. ("French Stumbling-Blocks and English Stepping-Stones", 1897); Tayler, J.L. ("The Stages of Human Life", 3 copies, undated); Taylor, C. Carlisle ("The Life of Admiral Mahan, Naval Philosopher", undated); Taylor, F. ("The...
Dates:
1896-1911
Original John Murray book prospectuses, featuring upcoming titles by authors with surnames beginning 'Y & Z'., 1900-1907
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1137
Scope and Contents
File contains original print prospectuses for publications by the following authors: Yate, Major A.C. ("Lieutenant-Colonel John Haughton, Commandant of the Thirty-Sixth Sikhs", 1900); Young, E. Hilton ("The System of National Finance", undated);Young, Colonel G.F. ("The Medici", 4 copies, c.1900); Younghusband, Sir F. ("Wonders of the Himalayas"; "India and Tibet"; "The Gleam", undated); Yusuf-Ali, A. ("Life and Labour of the People...
Dates:
1900-1907
Papers compiled and collected by James Dennistoun for a projected history of Dumbartonshire., 1825-?1842.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.19.2.16-19.2.24
Scope and Contents
The material was compiled over a number of years, probably between about 1825 and 1840, and consists of accounts of parishes and families, notes and extracts from printed sources and collections of formal documents, and some original documents and printed items. The complete title of the work was apparently intended to be `Dumbartonshire Illustrated with regard chiefly to its Territorial History and Family Antiquities`, but the work appears never to have been finished (for example, there are...
Dates:
1825-?1842.
Papers concerning the Labour College, London.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7545
Scope and Contents
Including printed prospectuses, syllabi of courses and circulars.
Dates:
circa 1920.