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Prospectuses

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 89 Collections and/or Records:

Papers concerning the territorial history of Dumbartonshire, compiled and collected by James Dennistoun for a projected history of Dumbartonshire., 1825-?1842.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.16
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of accounts of the parishes (folio 33), preceded (folio 6) by a prospectus, estimates of printing costs, dedication and other prefatory matter, and followed by an account of Dunbarton Castle (folio 245), notes and extracts from official papers (folio 271) and correspondence, 1826-1833, with various influential persons of the county (folio 335).

Dates: 1825-?1842.

Papers of R Macaulay Stevenson, mostly concerning the Glasgow School of Painters.

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Identifier: Acc.11212
Scope and Contents

Comprises notebooks, exhibition propectuses and correspondence, including letters of: Sir James Guthrie, E A Hornel and E A Walton.

Dates: 1886-1946 and undated.

Prospectus for "The Nestorians and their rituals" by George Badger., 1850.

 Item
Identifier: MS.42414
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Austen Henry Layard was a British archaeologist and politician. He is perhaps best remembered for his excavations at Nimrud and Nineveh. Layard was keen to publicise his discoveries and worked with John Murray to produce lavish publications about his discoveries. These were popular books and went through many editions.The papers here concerning Austen Henry Layard offer a detailed insight into the publishing process surrounding his works about his excavations.The...
Dates: 1850.

Prospectus, proofs and sample issues of the periodical "The Academy"., 1869-1870.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42603-42604
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.

Prospectuses for assorted series., 1899-1975

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13328/1142-1165
Scope and Contents 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: 1899-1975

Prospectuses for assorted titles., 1894-1924; 1959-1987

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13328/1122-1141
Scope and Contents

This sub-series comprises original print prospectuses and some brief promotional ephemera (postcards and bookmarks) for John Murray publications. All files contain their original typescript indexes created by the company. The vast majority date from the 1890s-1920s.

Dates: 1894-1924; 1959-1987

Records of the Edinburgh Further Education Centre.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.9510/1-18
Scope and Contents

Records and some related papers (mostly printed and retained with the collection) of Regent Road Public and Evening School, Day Centre and Institute, Edinburgh, Edinburgh School of Salesmanship and James Clark Technical Institute, all subsequently incorporated within the Telford College of Further Education, Crew Toll, Edinburgh.

Dates: 1886-1974.

Seven letters of John Claudius Loudon to John Milne, Edinburgh.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10709
Scope and Contents

On subjects connected with architecture, gardening, natural history and publishing in these fields.

Together with copy letter, 1832, of Milne to Loudon, and an annotated prospectus for Loudon`s "Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm and Villa Architecture" (1832).

Dates: 1829-1832.