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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:

Corrected proof copy of ‘A practical course in elementary English’ by Edward Albert., [1931, or before.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.9059
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: [1931, or before.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Manuscripts and typescripts of the educational works of Edward Albert.

Corrected proof copy of 'Black Douglas'., Circa 1968.

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Identifier: Acc.4888/7
Dates: Circa 1968.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscript drafts of novel, 'Black Douglas' by Nigel Tranter, (London, 1968).

Corrected proof copy of ‘Flowers of Scottish melody’ by John Murdoch Henderson., 1935.

 Item
Identifier: MS.21672
Scope and Contents From the Series: The papers consist of the transcriptions, arrangements, and research notes compiled by John Murdoch Henderson between the mid 1920s and his death in 1972. Henderson's particular interest was in music for the Scottish fiddle, and in addition to extensive work on the older sources of such music, he was an authority on the compositions of his contemporaries, who seem frequently to have sought his advice. In addition to his own material, the collection contains many autograph compositions of...
Dates: 1935.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of John Murdoch Henderson.

Corrected proof copy of Nigel Tranter of 'Lord of the isles'., 1983.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11170/37
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes corrected manuscripts and typescripts of 24 novels, with related proofs, research notes and art-work.

Dates: 1983.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Nigel Tranter. / Corrected manuscripts and typescripts of Nigel Tranter of his novels, containing proofs and research notes. / Corrected typescript and proof of Nigel Tranter of 'Lord of the isles', containing jacket cover.

Corrected proof copy of Nigel Tranter of 'Mail royal'., 1989.

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Identifier: Acc.11170/45
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes corrected manuscripts and typescripts of 24 novels, with related proofs, research notes and art-work.

Dates: 1989.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Nigel Tranter. / Corrected manuscripts and typescripts of Nigel Tranter of his novels, containing proofs and research notes. / Manuscript and proof of Nigel Tranter of 'Mail royal', containing jacket covers.

Corrected proof copy of Nigel Tranter of 'Tapestry of the boar'., 1993.

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Identifier: Acc.11170/70
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes corrected manuscripts and typescripts of 24 novels, with related proofs, research notes and art-work.

Dates: 1993.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Nigel Tranter. / Corrected manuscripts and typescripts of Nigel Tranter of his novels, containing proofs and research notes. / Manuscript, typescripts and research notes of Nigel Tranter of 'Tapestry of the boar', containing corrected proof and jack cover.

Corrected proof of Nigel Tranter of 'Children of the mist'., 1992.

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Identifier: Acc.11170/59
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes corrected manuscripts and typescripts of 24 novels, with related proofs, research notes and art-work.

Dates: 1992.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Nigel Tranter. / Corrected manuscripts and typescripts of Nigel Tranter of his novels, containing proofs and research notes. / Manuscript, typescripts and proof of Nigel Tranter of 'Children of the mist', containing jacket cover.

Corrected proof of Nigel Tranter of 'Corrected proof'., 1993.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11170/65
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes corrected manuscripts and typescripts of 24 novels, with related proofs, research notes and art-work.

Dates: 1993.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Nigel Tranter. / Corrected manuscripts and typescripts of Nigel Tranter of his novels, containing proofs and research notes. / Manuscript and typescripts of Nigel Tranter of 'Druid sacrifice', containing research notes and corrected proof.

Corrected proof of Nigel Tranter of 'Crusader'., 1991.

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Identifier: Acc.11170/55
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes corrected manuscripts and typescripts of 24 novels, with related proofs, research notes and art-work.

Dates: 1991.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Nigel Tranter. / Corrected manuscripts and typescripts of Nigel Tranter of his novels, containing proofs and research notes. / Research notes and proof of Nigel Tranter of 'Crusader'.

Corrected proof of Nigel Tranter of 'Margaret the Queen'., 1979.

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Identifier: Acc.11170/31
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes corrected manuscripts and typescripts of 24 novels, with related proofs, research notes and art-work.

Dates: 1979.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Nigel Tranter. / Corrected manuscripts and typescripts of Nigel Tranter of his novels, containing proofs and research notes. / Research notes and proof of Nigel Tranter of 'Margaret the Queen', containing jacket cover.

Corrected proof of Nigel Tranter of 'The captive crown'., 1977.

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Identifier: Acc.11170/26
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes corrected manuscripts and typescripts of 24 novels, with related proofs, research notes and art-work.

Dates: 1977.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Nigel Tranter. / Corrected manuscripts and typescripts of Nigel Tranter of his novels, containing proofs and research notes. / Manuscript, typescript and proof of Nigel Tranter of 'The captive crown', containing jacket cover.

Corrected proof of Nigel Tranter of 'The master of gray'., 1961.

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Identifier: Acc.11170/4
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes corrected manuscripts and typescripts of 24 novels, with related proofs, research notes and art-work.

Dates: 1961.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Nigel Tranter. / Corrected manuscripts and typescripts of Nigel Tranter of his novels, containing proofs and research notes. / Corrected typescript and proof of Nigel Tranter of 'The master of gray'.

Corrected proof of Nigel Tranter of "Warden of the Queen's march"., 1989.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11170/49
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes corrected manuscripts and typescripts of 24 novels, with related proofs, research notes and art-work.

Dates: 1989.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Nigel Tranter. / Corrected manuscripts and typescripts of Nigel Tranter of his novels, containing proofs and research notes. / Research notes and proof of Nigel Tranter of "Warden of the Queen's march".

Corrected proof of Nigel Tranter of 'Young Montrose', containing original jacket cover., 1972.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11170/19
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes corrected manuscripts and typescripts of 24 novels, with related proofs, research notes and art-work.

Dates: 1972.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Nigel Tranter. / Corrected manuscripts and typescripts of Nigel Tranter of his novels, containing proofs and research notes. / Corrected typescript and proof of Nigel Tranter of 'Young Montrose'.

Corrected proof of 'Poems and Songs'., N.d.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.5035/2
Dates: N.d.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscript and corrected proof of 'Poems and Songs' by Gavin Ewart (London: The Fortune Press, [1939]).

Corrected proof of ‘Some passages in the life of Mr Adam Blair’ by John Gibson Lockhart., [1822, or before.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.4819
Scope and Contents From the Series:

In the descriptions, references to publication generally give only the earliest traceable place and date.

Dates: [1822, or before.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers. / Manuscripts and proofs of works offered for publication to William Blackwood and Sons, publishers. / Manuscript and corrected proof of ‘Some passages in the life of Mr Adam Blair’ by John Gibson Lockhart.

Corrected proof of ‘State of the Evidence for proving that the present Sir John Stuart of Castlemilk, Baronet, is the Heir-Male and Representative of Sir William Stuart of Castlemilk’ by Andrew Stuart., [1794, or before.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.8323
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Correspondence, notes, drafts and memoranda concerning the genealogical researches of Andrew Stuart for his ‘Genealogical history of the Stewarts’, and other works.

Dates: [1794, or before.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Papers of Andrew Stuart, Writer to the Signet, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, second son of Archibald Stuart of Torrance. / Genealogical papers of Andrew Stuart.

Corrected proofs, annotated typescripts of 'My Month' articles of Tom Weir, with related papers., 1984.

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Identifier: Acc.13059/252
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Most articles are untitled and undated.

Dates: 1984.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer. / Literary and broadcasting papers of Tom Weir. / Papers relating to short stories, articles, press, radio and TV scripts of Tom Weir / Corrected proofs, annotated typescripts, and drafts of 'My Month' articles by Tom Weir; with some related correspondence, notes, press cuttings and printed ephemera.

Corrected proofs of a poem, 'The mad banker of Amsterdam’ and an article, 'On the cockney school of poetry' by John Gibson Lockhart., [1817, or before; 1820, or before.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.4822
Scope and Contents

The proof of 'The mad banker of Amsterdam' begins on folio 1, that of 'On the Cockney school of poetry' on folio 2.

Dates: [1817, or before; 1820, or before.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers. / Manuscripts and proofs of works offered for publication to William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.

Corrected proofs of chapters i-iv of 'The invasion of the Crimea', volume vi: 'The winter troubles', by Alexander William Kinglake., [1880, or before.]

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Identifier: MS.4811
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Two sets of corrected proofs of chapters i-iii of 'The invasion of the Crimea', volume vi: 'The winter troubles', by Alexander William Kinglake (folio 1);

(ii) Two sets of corrected proofs of chapter iv of volume vi (folio 82).

Dates: [1880, or before.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers. / Manuscripts and proofs of works offered for publication to William Blackwood and Sons, publishers. / Manuscripts and proofs of portions of ‘The invasion of the Crimea’ by Alexander William Kinglake.

Corrected proofs of ‘Figs and thistles’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith, with a typescript of the preliminary pages, and drafts and a typescript of the 'Word Leet'., 1959.

 File
Identifier: MS.26179
Scope and Contents

A list of the contents by the editor, R L C Lorimer, is included (folio i).

Dates: 1959.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Literary and other papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith. / Typescripts and proofs of ‘The Wallace’ and ‘Figs and thistles’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith.

Corrected proofs of 'Iceland Saga'., 2005.

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Identifier: Acc.13542/153
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: 2005.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Magnus Magnusson. / The publications of Magnus Magnusson. / 'Iceland Saga' (2005).

Corrected proofs of 'India, Minto and Morley' by Mary Caroline, Countess of Minto., [1934, or before.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12860-12861
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: [1934, or before.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family. / Biographical papers of various members of the Elliot family of Minto. / Typescript drafts and proofs of 'India, Minto and Morley' by Mary Caroline, Countess of Minto.

Corrected proofs of James J Guthrie's 'These green pastures: essays in the spirit of Sussex', which was to have been issued by the Caravel Press., 1952.

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Identifier: MS.19625
Scope and Contents

The contents consist of galley proofs, lacking the foreword (folio 1), a paste-up of page proofs, lacking some of the poems and the three last essays (folio 18), and two pen drawings (folio 60).

Dates: 1952.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and proof-sheets of James J Guthrie (1874-1952), the artist and printer who established the Pear Tree Press.

Corrected proofs of 'Letters and documents relating to Robert Erskine, physician to Peter the Great, Czar of Russia, 1677-1720', edited by the Reverend Robert Paul, minister at Dollar., [1904, or before].

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Identifier: MS.5162
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Although with the Paul Papers through the family connection with the Erskine Murrays these papers are to be considered complementary to the Erskine Murray Papers.

Dates: [1904, or before].
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers, chiefly 19th century, of the Paul family; including some papers of the family of Erskine of Alva. / Correspondence and papers of the family of Erskine of Alva. / Assorted papers of and concerning the family of Erskine of Alva. / Papers of and concerning Robert Erskine, physician to Peter the Great.

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