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Galley proofs. Proofs (printed matter).

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: First proofs printed from type, usually meaning those printed before it is made up into pages.

Found in 91 Collections and/or Records:

Galley proofs for the published work ‘Poems’ by Lord Byron, with annotations., ? 1816.

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Identifier: MS.43403
Scope and Contents Corrected galley proofs of three poems featured in ‘Poems’ by Lord Byron published by John Murray in 1816.The poems here begin ‘When we two parted’, ‘Bright be the place of thy soul’, and ‘Must thou go, my glorious chief’.‘When we two parted’ was first published as a song sheet with music by Isaac Nthan in 1815.‘Bright be the place of thy soul’ first appeared in ‘The Examiner’, 11th June 1815.‘Must thou go, my glorious chief’ is also known as...
Dates: ? 1816.

Galley proofs of Christopher Murray Grieve, “Hugh MacDiarmid's” translation of Bertolt Brecht's play ‘The threepenny opera’., [1973, or after.]

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Identifier: MS.27050
Scope and Contents From the Series: As well as writing books, Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’ was a prolific author of essays and articles and was frequently asked to speak on literary or other topics. He was in the habit of re-using parts of his writings on different occasions, so it is not unusual to find substantial identical passages occurring in different works. Due to the fragmentary nature of some of the material, it is not always evident whether a manuscript was intended for publication or for a talk;...
Dates: [1973, or after.]

Galley proofs of 'Collected poems' by Robert Garioch, with manuscript corrections by Sutherland., August 1976.

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Identifier: MS.26592
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Robert Sutherland (1909-1981) who wrote under the name 'Robert Garioch', was educated in Edinburgh and, after the war of 1939-1945 when he was a prisoner in Italy and Germany, became a schoolteacher in Kent. He returned to Edinburgh in 1959, where he taught and worked for the School of Scottish Studies in the University.

Dates: August 1976.

Galley proofs of 'Collected poems' by Robert Garioch, with manuscript corrections by Sutherland., September 1976.

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Identifier: MS.26593
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Robert Sutherland (1909-1981) who wrote under the name 'Robert Garioch', was educated in Edinburgh and, after the war of 1939-1945 when he was a prisoner in Italy and Germany, became a schoolteacher in Kent. He returned to Edinburgh in 1959, where he taught and worked for the School of Scottish Studies in the University.

Dates: September 1976.

Galley proofs of ‘Gleanings by an undergraduate’ and ‘But the Earth abideth’, and page proofs of ‘The solitary way’, ‘Riddles in Scots’ and other individual poems., [1923, or before-1943, or before.]

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Identifier: MS.8625
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

William Soutar's output of work, most of it produced during the last thirteen bed-ridden years of his life, is quite remarkable. Apart from his regular and lively correspondence, and his poetry both in English and in Scots, he left a long sequence of diaries and journals, as well as a record of his dreams extending over more than twenty years.

Dates: [1923, or before-1943, or before.]

Galley proofs of 'Jephthah and the Baptist' translated in to Scots by Robert Garioch Sutherland, with manuscript corrections., [1959, or before.]

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Identifier: MS.26601
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Robert Sutherland (1909-1981) who wrote under the name 'Robert Garioch', was educated in Edinburgh and, after the war of 1939-1945 when he was a prisoner in Italy and Germany, became a schoolteacher in Kent. He returned to Edinburgh in 1959, where he taught and worked for the School of Scottish Studies in the University.

Dates: [1959, or before.]

Galley proofs with manuscript corrections of ‘Lucky poet’ by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’., 1943.

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Identifier: MS.27040
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Hugh MacDiarmid originally submitted the text to a publisher in 1939 but was obliged to reduce its length very considerably. For his accounts of this, see his manuscript introduction (MS.27036, folio l, and what follows) and his prefaces to the editions of 1943 and 1972.

Dates: 1943.

Geography notes, chiefly by Elisée Reclus with typescript of his lectures, 1930., ?1920-[1936], undated.

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Identifier: MS.10631
Scope and Contents Also included are typescripts of memoranda by Paul Otlet on the Palais Mondial (folio 99), a lecture, undated, by Marcel Hardy on botanical geography (folio 148), a typescript of a paper, ?1920, by H W Lyons, Professor of Economics at Indore Christian College (folio 164), and a typescript and revised galley-proof of 'A museum of human geography at Domme, Dordogne', by Arthur Geddes, published in ‘Geography’, volume xxi (1936), pages 226-227 (the typescript is falsely dated 1946) (folio...
Dates: ?1920-[1936], undated.

Incomplete sections of books by Christopher Murray Grieve 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., 1938-[1971, or before.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27051-27054
Scope and Contents From the Series: As well as writing books, Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’ was a prolific author of essays and articles and was frequently asked to speak on literary or other topics. He was in the habit of re-using parts of his writings on different occasions, so it is not unusual to find substantial identical passages occurring in different works. Due to the fragmentary nature of some of the material, it is not always evident whether a manuscript was intended for publication or for a talk;...
Dates: 1938-[1971, or before.]

Letters of Lady John Scott to her nephew William Moore and his wife., ?1891, 1892-1898, undated.

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Identifier: MS.10993, folios 138-166
Scope and Contents

Also included are notes by the donor, Marjorie Moore, and galley proofs from her biography of Admiral Sir Arthur Moore, ‘Adventure in the Royal Navy’. Three of Lady John Scott's letters are printed in this work (page 106).

Dates: ?1891, 1892-1898, undated.

Letters of Thomas Carlyle to his family, with undated drafts and miscellanea., 27 June 1865-1870, undated.

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Identifier: MS.518
Scope and Contents

Includes 22 draft letters, ?1867-?1870, an "Author’s note of 1868" to 'Sartor Resartus', a page of manuscript of 'Past and present', a note for 'Cromwell', a galley-proof of 'Frederick', other fragments, a book-plate, and a stencil for a silhouette.

Dates: 27 June 1865-1870, undated.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Elsey to Elton., 1809-1912.

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Identifier: MS.40379
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Elsey, Elizabeth Theresa.Letter, 1898, of Elizabeth Theresa Elsey to John Murray IV. Folios 1-2.Elsmie, George Robert.Letters, 1898-1904 and 1907, of George Robert Elsmie to John Murray IV and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios 3-131.Folio 51. Galley proofs, 1899, of ‘Lumsden of the Guides’, published by John Murray in 1899. Sent as an...
Dates: 1809-1912.

Literary papers of Dorothy Dunnett, relating to 'The game of kings' by Dorothy Dunnett., Undated.

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Identifier: Acc.12135/57-73
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates: Undated.

Manuscript and corrected galley proofs of Christopher Murray Grieve, "Hugh MacDiarmid's" contribution to 'Celtic nationalism' and manuscript of 'Four Scottish poets, an unpublished work of MacDiarmid., [1968, or before], 1971.

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Identifier: MS.27052
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscript of section 1 and corrected galley-proof of Hugh MacDiarmid's contribution to ‘Celtic nationalism’ (London, 1968) (folio 1); (ii) Manuscript of 'Four Scottish Poets', an unpublished work on Gavin Douglas, Byron, Robert Burns and James Macpherson, 1971 (folio 42). The section on Burns is missing, and there are two manuscripts of the section on Byron (folios 67, 105).

Dates: [1968, or before], 1971.

Manuscript and corrected proofs of ‘Mountain songs’ by William Jeffrey., [1928, or before.]

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Identifier: MS.27480
Scope and Contents

In the text first sent to the printer (folio 1), some of the poems are in William Jeffrey's hand and others are printed versions. The manuscripts of two poems, which were added later, follow the galley-proofs (folio 56).

Dates: [1928, or before.]

Manuscript and marked galley proofs of a speech, "Peel`s reply to Palmerston Augt. 1852 [=1842]", by Robert Peel., 1842.

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Identifier: MS.42519
Scope and Contents

The title has been taken from the front cover. The date on the cover is given as 1852, but an annotation on the galley proofs, in Peel`s hand, confirms the date of the speech as 19 August 1842.

Dates: 1842.

Manuscript, "Endymion", and manuscript, with marked galley proofs, "`France` by Lady Morgan" : two reviews by John Wilson Croker for the "Quarterly Review"., 1817-1818.

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Identifier: MS.42146
Scope and Contents The description on the spine of the volume reads : "Mr. Croker`s articles on Keats and Lady Morgan". Folios 1-11 : manuscript, 1818, "Endymion : a poetic romance". The manuscript, with variation, was published in the "Quarterly review" of April 1818.Folios 12-18 : incomplete manuscript, 1817, of Croker`s review of "France" by Sydney Morgan.Folios 19-20 : blank.Folios 21-23 : incomplete, marked galley proofs, 1817, of Croker`s...
Dates: 1817-1818.

Manuscript of parts I, II, and IV of 'Bothwell' by William Edmondstoune Aytoun; with fragments of part IV, written on the reverse of some corrected galley proofs of parts II and IV., [1856, or before.]

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Identifier: MS.4921
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers consist mainly of letters written by authors to Blackwood as their publisher, and by others in search of publication, but they also include some manuscripts and proofs of works considered for publication, together with some papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun and John Wilson ('Christopher North'). Broadly, this is the incoming correspondence of the firm during the nineteenth century. The outgoing correspondence, so far as it is represented by copies in letter-books, etc.,...
Dates: [1856, or before.]

Manuscript, typescript and galley-proofs of ‘Robert Burns: poems' selected by Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., [1949, or before.]

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Identifier: MS.27079
Scope and Contents From the Series: As well as writing books, Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’ was a prolific author of essays and articles and was frequently asked to speak on literary or other topics. He was in the habit of re-using parts of his writings on different occasions, so it is not unusual to find substantial identical passages occurring in different works. Due to the fragmentary nature of some of the material, it is not always evident whether a manuscript was intended for publication or for a talk;...
Dates: [1949, or before.]