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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Public notices or paid announcements, especially those in print.

Found in 167 Collections and/or Records:

Administrative, promotional, and other materials relating to various novels of Ian Rankin., 1987-2013.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.50440-50443
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This series contains manuscripts and typescripts of, and associated working papers for, novels, novellas and graphic novels by Ian Rankin. The working papers include, variously, synopses, research material, development notes, and evidence of editorial interventions. With these also are papers relating to the process of publication: some administrative, particularly contracts, and promotional materials; others, including advertisements and cover proofs, concerning actual publication....
Dates: 1987-2013.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Ian Rankin archive. / Papers relating to the professional activities of Ian Rankin. / Papers relating to the literary and other creative works of Ian Rankin. / Manuscripts, typescripts, working papers, and published extracts of the novels of Ian Rankin. / Manuscripts, typescripts, and working papers of the novels of Ian Rankin.

Advertisements for clothing, confectionary, flowers, furniture, jewellery, photographs, and press cuttings, sent to Naomi Mitchison on the announcement of her marriage.

 File
Identifier: Acc.6213
Dates: 1916.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Album entitled Bird Life II compiled by John P. Ritchie., 1923-1974.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13663/2
Scope and Contents

Album consisting largely of letters, press-cuttings and printed notices on lectures on ornithology given by John P. Ritchie and letters concerning his film of the evacuation of St Kilda. With family invitations, notices and press cuttings.

Dates: 1923-1974.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Albums compiled by John P. Ritchie and related material. / Two albums entitled Bird Life compiled by John P. Ritchie.

Albums containing specimens of printing and engraving., 1856, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.5811/40-53
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes biographies and histories of members of the Johnston family, and business records of W and A K Johnston, Ltd, founded in 1826 by William and Alexander Keith Johnston.

Dates: 1856, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters, papers, photographs and other papers of the Johnston family, and financial and business records of the firm W and A K Johnston, printers and publishers, Edinburgh. / Papers of W and A K Johnston, Ltd.

Approximately 120 glass slides used for advertising purposes at the Corn Exchange Cinema, Alnwick.

 Collection
Identifier: Dep.281
Dates: Circa 1918-1953.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Assorted advertisements of works., 1815-1842

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1250
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'; 'standard works'; 'works in preparation'; first complete edition of the miscellaneous works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.; 'religious works'; 'popular works of science, entertainment, and instruction books' (including school-books).

Dates: 1815-1842
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Further papers of John Murray, publishers. / Catalogues and advertising material of John Murray, publishers. / Press advertisements extracted from print sources, excluding newspapers.

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
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Further papers of John Murray, publishers. / Catalogues and advertising material of John Murray, publishers. / Press advertisements extracted from print sources, excluding newspapers.

Assorted advertisements of works., 1855-1860

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1252
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: 1855-1860
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Further papers of John Murray, publishers. / Catalogues and advertising material of John Murray, publishers. / Press advertisements extracted from print sources, excluding newspapers.

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
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Further papers of John Murray, publishers. / Catalogues and advertising material of John Murray, publishers. / Press advertisements extracted from print sources, excluding newspapers.

Assorted advertisements of works., 1868-1872

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1254
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: 1868-1872
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Further papers of John Murray, publishers. / Catalogues and advertising material of John Murray, publishers. / Press advertisements extracted from print sources, excluding newspapers.

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
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Further papers of John Murray, publishers. / Catalogues and advertising material of John Murray, publishers. / Press advertisements extracted from print sources, excluding newspapers.

Assorted advertisements of works., 1878-1889

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1256
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 Year's listings; works relating to art and antiquities; 'forthcoming works'; 'new works'; lists of school books; and 'general lists of works'.

Dates: 1878-1889
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Further papers of John Murray, publishers. / Catalogues and advertising material of John Murray, publishers. / Press advertisements extracted from print sources, excluding newspapers.

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
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Further papers of John Murray, publishers. / Catalogues and advertising material of John Murray, publishers. / Press advertisements extracted from print sources, excluding newspapers.

Assorted advertisements of works., 1901-1938

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1258
Scope and Contents

File contains an assortment of promotional listings for 'new novels'; 'announcements'; 'new and forthcoming works'; 'books for the guidance of readers of all classes'; and 'some novels and others works for Summer reading'. File also contains a miniature almanack promoting "The Monthly Review" (a periodical published in London by John Murray between 1900-1907).

Dates: 1901-1938
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Further papers of John Murray, publishers. / Catalogues and advertising material of John Murray, publishers. / Press advertisements extracted from print sources, excluding newspapers.

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
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Further papers of John Murray, publishers. / Catalogues and advertising material of John Murray, publishers. / Press advertisements extracted from print sources, excluding newspapers.

Catalogues and advertising material of John Murray, publishers., 1815-2008

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13328/906-1286
Scope and Contents

This series contains printed catalogues, prospectuses, advertising material, postcards, order forms, and stock lists created by John Murray, publishers, for the promotion and sale of their general, educational, and specialist subject list titles.

Dates: 1815-2008
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Further papers of John Murray, publishers.

Correspondence and papers concerning the claim to the baronetcy of Foveran by Arthur Forbes, 9th of Culloden.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.21253-21260A
Dates: 1476-1910.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Correspondence and press cuttings concerning 'Life and letters of Anne Isabella, Lady Noel Byron', by Ethel Colburn Mayne., 1929-1930.

 File
Identifier: MS.43540
Scope and Contents The correspondence has been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname. Letters of Richard John Frederick Edgcumbe to John Murray [V] with a copy of a reply, 1929: folios 1-4;Letters of Judith Anne Dorothea Blunt-Lytton, Lady Wentworth, to John Murray [V] with copies of some of his replies, 1929: folios 5-12;Letters of Ethel Colburn Mayne to John Murray [V] with copies of his replies, 1929-1930: folios 13-32;Letter of Mary...
Dates: 1929-1930.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet. / Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle. / Correspondence and other material concerning publications relating to Lord Byron after his death.

Correspondence between John Murray II and Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, with related papers., September-December 1807.

 File
Identifier: MS.40243
Scope and Contents

The correspondence concerns the business relations between John Murray II and Archibald Constable and his partners, and includes receipts, invoices and other business papers.

1807.

September: folios 1-28;

October: folios 29-64;

November: folios 65-90;

December: folios 91-124;

undated, ?1807: folios 125-126.

Dates: September-December 1807.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers. / Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Archibald Constable, and of Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, with related papers.

Correspondence between John Murray II and Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, with related papers., May-August 1808.

 File
Identifier: MS.40245
Scope and Contents The correspondence concerns the business relations between John Murray II and Archibald Constable and his partners, and includes receipts, invoices and other business papers. The papers are arranged chronologically.1808.May: folios 1-18;June: folios 19-33;July: folios 34-47;August: folios 48-74.Note.Folios 59-60. Letter, 19 August 1808, to “Dr Alexr Mackay”. Given the nature of the letter, an account for “46...
Dates: May-August 1808.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers. / Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Archibald Constable, and of Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, with related papers.

Correspondence between John Murray II and Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, with related papers., September-December 1808.

 File
Identifier: MS.40246
Scope and Contents

The correspondence concerns the business relations between John Murray II and Archibald Constable and his partners, and includes receipts, invoices and other business papers. The papers are arranged chronologically.

1808.

September: folios 1-20;

October: folios 21-53;

November: folios 54-77;

December: folios 78-100;

undated, ?1808: folios 101-103.

Dates: September-December 1808.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers. / Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Archibald Constable, and of Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, with related papers.

Correspondence between John Murray II and Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, with related papers., January-May 1810.

 File
Identifier: MS.40248
Scope and Contents

The correspondence concerns the business relations between John Murray II and Archibald Constable and his partners, and includes receipts, invoices and other business papers. The papers are arranged chronologically.

1810.

January: folios 1-12;

February: folios 13-22;

March: folios 23-28;

April: folios 29-59;

May: folios 60-96.

Dates: January-May 1810.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers. / Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Archibald Constable, and of Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, with related papers.

Correspondence of the family of MacGregor or Drummond of Balhaldie., 1631-1833, 1908, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.3186-3189
Scope and Contents The correspondence gives a picture of the habitual life and activities of Jacobite families in Scotland and in exile. In addition to the affairs of the family of Balhaldie, it deals with those of the Camerons of Lochiel, the Earls of Perth, the Sempills, various unidentified Drummonds, and, later, the Oliphants of Gask.The earlier letters relate chiefly to family business and local affairs in the neighbourhood of Dunblane. Several unsigned letters of Allan Cameron, son of Sir...
Dates: 1631-1833, 1908, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the family of MacGregor or Drummond of Balhaldie.

Correspondence of the family of MacGregor or Drummond of Balhaldie., 1740-1759.

 File
Identifier: MS.3187
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The correspondence gives a picture of the habitual life and activities of Jacobite families in Scotland and in exile. In addition to the affairs of the family of Balhaldie, it deals with those of the Camerons of Lochiel, the Earls of Perth, the Sempills, various unidentified Drummonds, and, later, the Oliphants of Gask.The earlier letters relate chiefly to family business and local affairs in the neighbourhood of Dunblane. Several unsigned letters of Allan Cameron, son of Sir...
Dates: 1740-1759.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the family of MacGregor or Drummond of Balhaldie. / Correspondence of the family of MacGregor or Drummond of Balhaldie.

Developmental notes of Ian Rankin for his novel ‘Strip Jack’; with related promotional material., 1992-2000.

 File
Identifier: MS.50399
Scope and Contents Notes, 1991, of Ian Rankin relating to the development of the plot and characters for ‘Strip Jack’. Folios 1-64.The notes include research and working notes, including research on forensic science, pathology, and Edinburgh. Some of the notes include references to specific drafts, including first, second, and third drafts. Otherwise, the distinction between the notes and drafts is often unclear. Some notes have been revisited and subsequently annotated by Rankin as his development...
Dates: 1992-2000.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Ian Rankin archive. / Papers relating to the professional activities of Ian Rankin. / Papers relating to the literary and other creative works of Ian Rankin. / Manuscripts, typescripts, working papers, and published extracts of the novels of Ian Rankin. / Manuscripts, typescripts, and working papers of the novels of Ian Rankin. / Typescripts and working papers of the police procedural novels of Ian Rankin. / Typescripts and working papers of the Rebus novels by Ian Rankin. / Typescript of 'Strip Jack' by Ian Rankin; with related working papers and promotional materials.

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