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Promotional materials. Information artefacts

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Addison Ross Gallery, London, 1989

 File
Identifier: MS.50727
Scope and Contents

This file contains letters, work lists, press releases, mailing lists, price lists, costings, ephemera, and copy news reviews regarding Lucinda Mackay's exhibition, 24-29 July 1989.

Dates: 1989

Assorted advertisements of works., 1843-1854

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1251
Scope and Contents

File contains an assortment of promotional listings which appear to have been printed in published sources, including journals, newsletters, and quarterly magazines. Listings include those for 'popular works'; 'forthcoming works'; 'works in preparation'; 'works in general literature'; 'important works just published'; 'general lists of works'; 'books suited for railway readers'; and Dr. Smith's School-Dictionary of Antiquities.

Dates: 1843-1854

Assorted advertisements of works., 1861-1867

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1253
Scope and Contents

File contains an assortment of promotional listings which appear to have been printed in published sources, including journals, newsletters, and quarterly magazines. Listings include those for 'general lists of works'; 'new works'; 'forthcoming works'; lists for Easter; student manuals; 'announcements'; and quarterly lists of forthcoming works.

Dates: 1861-1867

Assorted advertisements of works., 1873-1877

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1255
Scope and Contents

File contains an assortment of promotional listings which appear to have been printed in published sources, including journals, newsletters, and quarterly magazines. Listings include those for 'general lists of works'; 'new works'; 'forthcoming works'; 'quarterly lists of new and forthcoming works'; and 'announcements'.

Dates: 1873-1877

Assorted advertisements of works., 1890-1895

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1257
Scope and Contents

File contains an assortment of promotional listings which appear to have been printed in published sources, including journals, newsletters, and quarterly magazines. Listings include those for 'new books'; 'forthcoming works'; 'general lists of works'; and 'works in general literature'.

Dates: 1890-1895

Assorted advertisements of works., undated

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1259
Scope and Contents File contains an assortment of promotional listings for 'books of history, biography and reminiscences'; 'books on horticulture, agriculture and country lore'; 'general list of works'; 'modern English series'; 'new and forthcoming works'; 'new novels'; 'musical series'; 'works on archaeology'; "The Cornhill Magazine"; 'commercial class books'; 'travel and adventures'; 'books on the origins and progress of the war'; John Murray's thin paper editions; 'standard works'; 'standard works on...
Dates: undated

Business archive of Mainstream Publishing.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13617
Scope and Contents

The archive covers the company`s independent existence from 1978-2005 and includes some earlier related papers. In 2005 the firm entered into a business arrangement with Random House, and the later archive is now with the parent company.

Dates: Circa 1970-2005.

Further papers relating to the preparation and publication of ‘Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1951-1954.

 File
Identifier: MS.50199
Scope and Contents Typescript, [?1951 or ?1952]: ‘List of journals containing articles to be incorporated in projected book, and of articles in question’. Folios 1-2.Typescript list, [?1951], of suggested titles for the work by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn subsequently published as ‘Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality’. The list has been annotated to suggest the most suitable title. Folio 3.Carbon copy of folio 3. The carbon copy has not been annotated. Folio 4....
Dates: 1951-1954.

Press advertisements extracted from print sources, excluding newspapers., 1815-1938

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13328/1250-1259
Scope and Contents

This sub-series comprises original advertising listings which appear to have been printed in published sources, including journals, newsletters, and quarterly magazines. Listings include those for 'new books'; 'standard works'; and 'works in preparation', amongst other categories. Many listings have been annotated with the titles of the sources in which they appeared, and from which they appear to have been physically extracted and later arranged together.

Dates: 1815-1938

Promotional advance information print inserts for education titles., 1989-1996

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1242
Scope and Contents

This folder contains colour inserts promoting upcoming educational titles from John Murray publishers. These inserts offer descriptions of the books, including chapter outlines, information on the authors, publication details as to dates and prices, and illustrated examples. Many also contain a detachable order form.

Dates: 1989-1996

Promotional materials for 'Magnus Magnusson’s Quiz Book'. , 2000.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13542/107
Scope and Contents

File includes sample quiz questions and speeches delivered at various bookshops and events.

Dates: 2000.