Proofs. Printed matter.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to trial sheets of printed matter that are checked against original manuscripts and on which errors can be corrected and alterations made.
Found in 353 Collections and/or Records:
Proofs and other material relating to the publication of 'Registrum Iohannis Mey: The Register of John Mey, Archbishop of Armagh, 1443-1456' (Belfast: HMSO, 1972), by William George Henry Quigley and Edward Frederick Denis Roberts., 1970-1972.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11997/28-30
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The doctoral research notes and other working papers of Professor Edward Frederick Denis Roberts. They include typescript transcriptions, early 1950s, of the registers of the later mediaeval archbishops of Armagh (1361-1543), prepared by Roberts and William George Henry Quigley for their joint doctoral thesis presented to the Queen's University, Belfast, 1955, with typescript copy of the same.The collection also includes research and editorial notes, galley proofs and related...
Dates:
1970-1972.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Working papers relating to the doctoral thesis of Professor Edward Frederick Denis Roberts; with some official, personal and semi-personal papers dating from his childhood until his death.
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Typepscript transcriptions of the registers of the later mediaeval Archbishops of Armagh, prepared by Edward Frederick Denis Roberts and William George Henry Quigley for their joint doctoral thesis presented to Queen's University, Belfast; with a typescript copy of the thesis, related reserach papers and correspondence.
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Research papers and correspondence relating to the thesis "A Study in the Structure and History of the Registers of Archbishops Prene and Mey, together with an edition of the Register of Mey and a Calendar of the Register of Prene. A thesis presented to the Queen's University of Belfast for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts by William George Henry Quigley, B.A., and Edward Frederick Denis Roberts, B.A. April 1955"; and the subsequent publication 'Registrum Iohannis Mey: The Register of John Mey, Archbishop of Armagh, 1443-1456' (Belfast: HMSO, 1972).
Proofs and printed editions of poems by or relating to Lord Byron, 1811-1818, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43390
Scope and Contents
Part proofs of the first edition of ‘Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage’, by Lord Byron including title, preface, contents and errata of, with annotations, 1812: folio 1;Part proofs ‘Don Juan’s Expostulation, with notes by a friend’, by Lord Byron, with an annotation in the hand of John Cam Hobhouse, undated: folios 2-3;Part proofs of ‘Hints from Horace’ by Lord Byron, including title-page and half-title, with annotations, 1811: folios 4-7;
Part proofs of ‘Congiura di Marin...
Dates:
1811-1818, undated.
Proofs and typescript of 'The ship', by Tom Scott., Undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11750/83-84
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Including correspondence, notebooks, autobiographical and editorial papers.
Dates:
Undated.
Proofs for 'Omnibus 3' with proofreader marks and manuscript revisions., 1996.
File
Identifier: Acc.11621/178
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
During the period of this correspondence Penelope Jardine acted as Muriel Spark’s secretary frequently writing on behalf of Spark. As a result it is not always clear who authored individual letters.
Dates:
1996.
Proofs for 'Omnibus 4'., 1997.
File
Identifier: Acc.11621/181
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
During the period of this correspondence Penelope Jardine acted as Muriel Spark’s secretary frequently writing on behalf of Spark. As a result it is not always clear who authored individual letters.
Dates:
1997.
Proofs for short story 'The French Window' and 'The Small Telephone'., 1993.
File
Identifier: Acc.11621/166
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of poetry, short stories and a novel, "Reality and Dreams".
Dates:
1993.
Proofs, manuscripts, typescripts, cuttings, and list of poems of John Morrison Caie., 1st half of 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.9889
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Proofs of the first nine poems contained in John Caie's book of verse ‘The kindly north’ and of the poems in ‘Twixt hills and sea’ (folio 1);
(ii) Manuscripts and typescripts of poems published in Scottish magazines and newspapers, 1936-1948, and also the manuscript of 'The Piper' which was included in ‘Twixt hills and sea’ (folio 26);
(iii) Typescripts, undated, of apparently unpublished poems (folio 38);
(iv) Cuttings of poems, 1932-1949, undated, and two...
Dates:
1st half of 20th century.
Proofs of ‘Memoirs of Sir Robert Strange’ by James Dennistoun, volume i, with corrections made by the author in his last illness., 1854-1855.
Item
Identifier: MS.2900
Proofs of 'Memoirs of Sir Robert Strange’ by James Dennistoun, volume i, with corrections made by the author on his death-bed., 1855.
File
Identifier: MS.2899
Scope and Contents
Large portions of the text, missing in the proofs, are supplied in manuscript in various hands (not James Dennistoun's).
Dates:
1855.
Proofs of Nigel Tranter of 'Kenneth'., 1990.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11170/51-52
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes corrected manuscripts and typescripts of 24 novels, with related proofs, research notes and art-work.
Dates:
1990.
Proofs of Nigel Tranter of the Robert the Bruce trilogy of novels., 1969-1971.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11170/15-17
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes corrected manuscripts and typescripts of 24 novels, with related proofs, research notes and art-work.
Dates:
1969-1971.
Proofs of 'Omnibus 4' with manuscript notes., 1997.
File
Identifier: Acc.11621/180
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
During the period of this correspondence Penelope Jardine acted as Muriel Spark’s secretary frequently writing on behalf of Spark. As a result it is not always clear who authored individual letters.
Dates:
1997.
Proofs of ‘On a raised beach’, with manuscript corrections by Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid' and Duncan Glen., 1966.
Item
Identifier: MS.27013
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poetry and prose works, including books, articles, lectures and notes. Much of the material is fragmentary, and some was reworked or copied by Hugh MacDiarmid at a later date.
Dates:
1966.
Proofs of Parliamentary Debates for Hansard., 1899-1905.
File
Identifier: MS.19554
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot was the second son of the 3rd Earl of Minto. He was educated privately, at Edinburgh University, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. After a brief period of practice on the Northern Circuit, he was elected Liberal M P for Roxburghshire in 1880; in 1886 he opposed Gladstone's Home Rule policy but held his seat as a Liberal Unionist until 1892. After being defeated by a single vote in 1895, Elliot was returned for Durham at a by-election in 1898. He was appointed...
Dates:
1899-1905.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.
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Papers and correspondence of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Political, literary, and miscellaneous papers of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Miscellaneous papers covering Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career, with a concentration on the Free Trade movements of the 1890s and 1900s.
Proofs of 'Personal history. Visiting the Laureate' from the 'New Yorker', containing letters of Charles McGrath and Muriel Spark., 1991.
File
Identifier: Acc.10989/128
Dates:
1991.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers of Muriel Spark, containing manuscripts, research material for critical works, and papers concerning her autobiography, 'Curriculum vitae'.
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Critical works of Muriel Spark.
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Papers relating to 'John Masefield' (London: Hutchinson, 1992), by Muriel Spark.
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Correspondence relating to 'John Masefield', by Muriel Spark.
Proofs of 'Scotland: a concise cultural history', edited by Paul Henderson Scott, before publication., 1993.
File
Identifier: Acc.13505/26
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Paul Henderson Scott was born and educated in Edinburgh, attending Edinburgh’s Royal High School and then moving on to study at Edinburgh University. It was at university that he first became involved with the Saltire Society. Shortly after this Scott was called up to serve in World War Two. He began his training as an army officer driving a lorry. However, through contact with diplomats from the foreign office he decided to take the examination and soon became a diplomat. A long diplomatic...
Dates:
1993.
Proofs of several publications written, edited or reviewed by George Sutherland Fraser., 1964.
Series
Identifier: Acc.4681/8-10
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Comprising typescript versions of poems and typescripts of lectures and broadcast talks, with selection of literary correspondence.
Dates:
1964.
Proofs of the 4th Earl of Minto's speeches, with the manuscript of a toast to Lord Hardinge of Penshurst, his successor., February-November 1910.
File
Identifier: MS.12687
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845- 1914), who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1859 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1891. He served in the army in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, in Afghanistan, 1879, and in Egypt, 1882; from 1883 to 1886 he was Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, from 1898 to 1904 he was himself Governor-General of Canada, and from 1905 to 1910 he was Viceroy of India. He was also much involved in local affairs,...
Dates:
February-November 1910.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration.
Proofs of 'The Gabriel Hounds'., Circa 1967.
Series
Identifier: Acc.4666/6-7
Proofs of ‘The history of Scotland’ by Sir Walter Scott, with corrections by Scott and Dionysius Lardner., 1829-1830.
File
Identifier: MS.15969
Scope and Contents
The contents are rather confused and there is some duplication. A list giving page references to the first edition has been placed at the beginning of the volume. Leaves are missing after folios 27, 51 (containing chapters 15-16 and most of chapter 17), 53, 66, 75 (chapter 23 and much of chapters, 22 and 24), 127, 134, 140, 208, 222 and 233.
Dates:
1829-1830.
Proofs of the 'Life of Napoleon Buonaparte', volume v, pages 271-286 by Sir Walter Scott, with autograph corrections by Scott., [1827, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.890
Dates:
[1827, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Material for the 'Life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott.
Proofs of works probably relating to ‘Works of Lord Byron: Poetry, Vol.1’, edited by Ernest Hartley Coleridge., 1897.
File
Identifier: MS.43402
Scope and Contents
The proofs here probably relate to ‘Works of Lord Byron: Poetry, Vol I’ edited by Ernest Hartley Coleridge and published by John Murray. There is an annotation on folio 1 reading ‘Lord Lovelace’s Proofs’ and date stamps for 1897. There are annotations throughout.Each folio has two columns containing text, each of which are numbered. There are some gaps of columns 9-48 columns 102-129. The columns numbered 102-129 can be found at Ms.43400 ff.1-14....
Dates:
1897.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Proofs and printed items relating to works by Lord Byron, his circle and biographers.
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Proofs of works relating to Lord Byron and published by John Murray.
Proofs of works relating to Lord Byron., 1897-1921, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43400
Scope and Contents
The proofs here all relate to publications concerning Lord Byron.Proofs of ‘Hints from Horace’, probably for ‘Works of Lord Byron: Poetry, Vol.1’, edited by Ernest Hartley Coleridge, with annotations by Ralph Gordon Noel King Milbanke, Lord Lovelace, 1897: folios 1-14;Proofs of ‘Lord Byron’s Correspondence: Vol II’, edited by John Murray IV, with some annotations, 1921. The contents includes chapters VI-XIV and appendices A-C. These proofs have been bound with...
Dates:
1897-1921, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Proofs and printed items relating to works by Lord Byron, his circle and biographers.
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Proofs of works relating to Lord Byron and published by John Murray.
Proofs, paste-up and correspondence of 'Calum cille' (1982), by Chrissie Dick and John Bannerman., 1982.
File
Identifier: Acc.9367/31
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The editorial archive from 1952 to 1985 of the Gaelic literary and topical magazine 'Gairm' and of its associated Gaelic book publications, together forming Gairm Publications Ltd. The collection was assembled and maintained by Ruaraidh MacThomais, Professor Derick S Thomson, co-founder of the magazine (with the late Finlay J MacDonald) and editor since its foundation. Included also are some publishing papers of Professor Thomson's imprint, Clo Chaillean, Aberfeldy, and of a publication...
Dates:
1982.
Proofs, paste-ups and artwork for issues 45-53 of 'Chapman'., 1986-1988.
Series
Identifier: Acc.11319/34-51
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The magazine was founded in 1970 and includes poetry and articles on all aspects of Scottish culture, including theatre, politics, language and arts.
Dates:
1986-1988.