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:
Scripts, proofs, art-work for dust cover and correspondence of 'Gaidhlig ann an Albainn / Gaelic in Scotland' (1976), edited by Derick Thomson., 1976.
File
Identifier: Acc.9367/53
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:
1976.
Scripts, proofs, research notes and correspondence relating to works of David Thomson., Circa 1929-1987, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10129/1-143
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
This collection consists of the papers of David Thomson, author, researcher and BBC radio producer. It includes the scripts and correspondence of many BBC radio programmes from the 1950s and 60s, original scripts and correspondence regarding his published and unpublished books, and additional correspondence spanning forty five years working for UNESCO, the BBC, and as a full time writer.
Dates:
Circa 1929-1987, undated.
Second corrected proofs of ‘Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile’ by John Hanning Speke, including the conclusion and appendices. , [1863, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.4874
Scope and Contents
The proofs have been heavily corrected by John Hanning Speke and by John Hill Burton, the editor of the work.Also included are further proofs of pages 1-15, 20-54, 56-62, 74-81, 155, and 597-658 (folios 24, 47, 67, 83, 136, 394, 412, and 441); the manuscripts of part of the conclusion, in Burton's hand, and Appendix E, in Speke's hand (folios 410 verso, 476); and two leaves of the ‘Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society’, volume iv (1860), containing a printed letter of...
Dates:
[1863, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Manuscripts and proofs of works offered for publication to William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Manuscript and proofs of ‘Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile’ by John Hanning Speke.
Signed proof paperback copy of 'Reality and Dreams'., 1996.
File
Identifier: Acc.11621/66
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of poetry, short stories and a novel, "Reality and Dreams".
Dates:
1996.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers of Muriel Spark.
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Papers concerning the creation and publication of the novel 'Reality and Dreams' by Muriel Spark.
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Proofs, including dust jacket proofs, and published editions of 'Reality and Dreams' by Muriel Spark.
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Proofs, including dust jacket proofs, of 'Reality and Dreams' by Muriel Spark.
'The Icelandic Sagas' (1999)., 1998-1999.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13542/35-50
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most, but not all, of Magnusson's published works are represented. Also included here are the translations that Magnusson undertook on the work of the Icelandic author and Nobel prize winning novelist Halldór Laxness (1902-1998). Material relating to Magnusson's book on Mastermind "I've started so I'll finish" can be found in the Mastermind section.The material includes correspondence relating to book proposals, research notes compiled by Magnusson while working on his books, and...
Dates:
1998-1999.
'The Icelandic Sagas' (2002)., 1999-2002.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13542/51-70
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most, but not all, of Magnusson's published works are represented. Also included here are the translations that Magnusson undertook on the work of the Icelandic author and Nobel prize winning novelist Halldór Laxness (1902-1998). Material relating to Magnusson's book on Mastermind "I've started so I'll finish" can be found in the Mastermind section.The material includes correspondence relating to book proposals, research notes compiled by Magnusson while working on his books, and...
Dates:
1999-2002.
Three sets of proofs, with manuscript corrections by Sir Walter Scott and others, of his Introduction to ‘Trial of Duncan Terig, alias Clerk, and Alexander Bane Macdonald, for the murder of Arthur Davis’., [1831, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.3168
Scope and Contents
The printed work is mainly based on the second set of proofs, all the corrections to which are in Sir Walter Scott's hand, although a few of the alterations made by him to the third set are included.
Dates:
[1831, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Yule collection, chiefly of Scottish manuscripts of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, but including a Book of Hours and some Persian manuscripts.
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Material extracted from the papers placed in MS.3134 (xi): Letters of Sir Walter Scott to Thomas Thomson and other material relating to Scott.
Transcript by Charles Sharpe of ‘XII. mery jests, of the wyddow Edyth’ by Walter Smith., 1573.
File
Identifier: MS.16491
Scope and Contents
This is a transcript of the 1573 edition (STC 22870). The earlier edition (STC 22869.7), also extremely rare, was published in 1523.The transcript, which is careful to the point of copying the printer’s ornaments, is written on sheets watermarked 1824.Tipped in (folio iii) is a letter, 1841, to Charles Sharpe from a firm agreeing to undertake the production of work, but this does not appear to have taken place.A note by David Laing written on a fragment of...
Dates:
1573.
Two incomplete proof copies of "Herrin' Jennie" by Edward Albert., [1931, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.9071
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The manuscript for Edward Albert's best known novel. It is an attempt at a 'realistic' portrayal, in the manner of Zola, of working-class conditions in Edinburgh at the turn of the century.
Dates:
[1931, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edward Albert (1890-1944), who graduated Master of Arts in English at Edinburgh University, 1908, and spent his professional life as English master at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.
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Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of, and notebooks containing material collected for, the fictional works of Edward Albert.
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Manuscript, typescript and proofs, undated, of ‘Herrin' Jennie’ by Edward Albert.
Two sets of corrected proofs of ‘Life of General Sir E. B. Hamley’ by Alexander Innes Shand., [1895, or before.]
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Identifier: MS.4801
Scope and Contents
One set of proofs lacks chapters xix-xxii of the printed edition; the other set (folio 116), corrected by Barbara Hamley, niece of Edward Hamley, lacks chapters xviii-xxxii.
The volume as published contains three additional chapters and many alterations.
Dates:
[1895, or before.]
Two variant copies of script, 'The Gorbals story', by Robert McLeish, proofs for published version., 1985.
File
Identifier: Acc.10893/195
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.
Dates:
1985.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Papers and productions of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Production files of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Production files of 'The Gorbals story' by Robert McLeish.
Typescript and corrected proofs of '100 little poems' by Lady Margaret Sackville., [1928, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.27481
Scope and Contents
The dedication (folio 3) and first poem (folio 7) are in manuscript. The typescript has manuscript corrections by both Lady Margaret Sackville and Charles Graves.
Dates:
[1928, or before.]
Typescript and proof copy of ‘Guild addresses’ by Sir Charles Dalrymple., 1914.
File
Identifier: MS.25662
Scope and Contents
The typescript, with manuscript annotations, of 'Guild addresses' begins on folio 1. The proof copy which is incomplete begins on folio 214.
Dates:
1914.
Typescript and proofs of 'Sun & candlelight' by Marion Angus., [1927, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.27479
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Typescript, with a few manuscript corrections (folio 1). Charles Graves supplied the preliminary pages in manuscript. Included is a manuscript copy by Marion Angus of 'Memory' (folio 17), and the typescript of 'A Breton Woman sings' (folio 26) which was omitted from the published version. (ii) First and revised proofs with manuscript corrections (folio 31).
Dates:
[1927, or before.]
Typescript drafts and proofs of 'India, Minto and Morley' by Mary Caroline, Countess of Minto., 1907-1910, [1934, or before.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12852-12861
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Dates:
1907-1910, [1934, or before.]
Typescript, with manuscript corrections of ‘Lyrics of Pierre de Ronsard, Vandomois’, chosen and translated by Charles Graves., 1966.
File
Identifier: MS.27478
Scope and Contents
The typescript is preceded by the manuscript of the 'Biographical Introduction' (folio 1), and followed by two colour proofs of the dust-jacket (folio 165).
Dates:
1966.
Typescripts and manuscripts of J B S Haldane for projected books., 1933-1964.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20564-20565
Typescripts and proof of articles and books of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., [Circa 1936]-1950, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.27065
Scope and Contents
Includes a large part of an intended book, circa 1936, on Scottish literature and the Scottish Renaissance Movement (folio 1).
Dates:
[Circa 1936]-1950, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, (1892-1978), the author 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Literary papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Prose works of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Articles and short pieces of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Fragments of articles and books of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
Typescripts and proof of ‘The four strangers’ by Edward Albert., [1932, or before], 1932.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9076-9077
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers consist chiefly of manuscripts and typescripts of Edward Albert's educational works, manuscripts and typescripts of his works of fiction, and his correspondence.
Dates:
[1932, or before], 1932.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edward Albert (1890-1944), who graduated Master of Arts in English at Edinburgh University, 1908, and spent his professional life as English master at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.
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Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of, and notebooks containing material collected for, the fictional works of Edward Albert.
Typescripts and proofs of Muriel Spark, relating to autobiography, 'Curriculum Vitae'., 1991-1992, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10989/268-275
Dates:
1991-1992, undated.
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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Papers of Muriel Spark, relating to her autobiography.
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Papers of Muriel Spark, relating to autobiography, 'Curriculum vitae' (London: Constable, 1992).
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Notebooks, manuscript volumes, typescripts and proofs, relating to 'Curriculum Vitae', by Muriel Spark.
Typescripts and proofs of ‘The Wallace’ and ‘Figs and thistles’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1959.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26171-26179
Typescripts, manuscripts and proofs of poems, articles and other pieces for 'Chapman'., Undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10684/1-22
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Includes manuscripts, corrected typescripts, and proofs of poems, short stories, articles and reviews, together with editorial correspondence.
Dates:
Undated.
Typescripts, manuscripts and proofs of works of and concerning Robert Boothby., [1947-1991].
Series
Identifier: Acc.12929/42-58
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection contains the correspondence, papers, literary manuscripts, political writings, news clippings, and miscellaneous items, ca. 1881-1999, of Baron Robert “Bob” John Graham Boothby (1900-1986), with a few items having belonged to his father Sir Robert Tuite Boothby (1871–1941), and some collected by his wife, the Lady Wanda Boothby (1933?- ). The bulk of this collection spans from 1924, when Baron Boothby was first elected to Parliament as a representative for East Aberdeenshire,...
Dates:
[1947-1991].
Typescripts of chapters and other contributions written by Ian Rankin; typescripts of essays and other non-fiction works by Ian Rankin; with related developmental materials., 1993-2009, undated.
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Identifier: MS.50519
Scope and Contents
Typescripts of and materials relating to chapters and other contributions by Ian Rankin to various anthologies and collections. Folios 1-63.Chapters and contributions are for anthologies, edited volumes, encyclopaedias, and other collections. They are in various proof and typescript formats, with related working notes. Materials are arranged alphabetically by the title of the work containing the chapter.‘Cookin’ by Stuart McLean. Folios 1-2.
Form, 'Template for...
Dates:
1993-2009, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Ian Rankin archive.
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Papers relating to the professional activities of Ian Rankin.
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Papers relating to the literary and other creative works of Ian Rankin.
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Manuscripts, typescripts, and related working papers of other creative works of Ian Rankin.
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Typescripts and related developmental materials of chapters, essays, and other non-fiction works of Ian Rankin.
Typescripts of Sir Alexander Gray, with some annotations, of a collection of Danish ballads., 1955-1958, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26010
Scope and Contents
A few proofs and printed versions are included.
Dates:
1955-1958, undated.