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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:

Manuscript and proof of Nigel Tranter of 'Mail royal', containing jacket covers., 1989.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11170/44-47
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

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

Dates: 1989.

Manuscript and typescript drafts and proofs., 1954-2003, undated

 Series
Identifier: Acc.14596/97-155
Scope and Contents

Many of the folders of previously uncollected writings have been annotated by Archie Bevan with lists of magazines, newspapers, etc where these works had previously been published.

Dates: 1954-2003, undated

Manuscript and typescripts of Nigel Tranter of 'Druid sacrifice', containing research notes and corrected proof., 1993.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11170/61-65
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

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

Dates: 1993.

Manuscript of ‘The life and times of Henry Lord Brougham, written by himself’., 1861-1867.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.4767-4779
Scope and Contents The manuscript, which was compiled between 1861 and 1867, is in several hands besides that of the author, Henry Peter Brougham, and incorporates portions of his journals, memoranda, and letters. MSS.4767-4770 correspond to volume i, MSS.4771-4774 to volume ii, and MSS.4775-4778 to volume iii of the printed work. MS.4779 consists of manuscript and proofs mostly of appendices and prefatory matter.Parts of the text are missing at the following places: between MS.4767 and...
Dates: 1861-1867.

Manuscript of ‘The life and times of Henry Lord Brougham, written by himself’., 1861-1867.

 Item
Identifier: MS.4779
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The manuscript, which was compiled between 1861 and 1867, is in several hands besides that of the author, Henry Peter Brougham, and incorporates portions of his journals, memoranda, and letters. MSS.4767-4770 correspond to volume i, MSS.4771-4774 to volume ii, and MSS.4775-4778 to volume iii of the printed work. MS.4779 consists of manuscript and proofs mostly of appendices and prefatory matter.Parts of the text are missing at the following places: between MS.4767 and...
Dates: 1861-1867.

Manuscript, typescript and proof of Nigel Tranter of 'The captive crown', containing jacket cover., 1977.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11170/24-27
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

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

Dates: 1977.

Manuscript, typescripts and proof of 'A judge of men' by James Allan Ford., 1966-1967, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27489-27492
Scope and Contents From the Series:

James Allan Ford was educated in Edinburgh and entered the Civil Service in 1938, rising to become Principal Establishment Officer in the Scottish Office. During the second World War he served in the defence of Hong Kong and later drew on this experience for his novel ‘The brave white flag’ (London, 1961).

Dates: 1966-1967, undated.

Manuscript, typescripts and proof of Nigel Tranter of 'Children of the mist', containing jacket cover., 1992.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11170/56-60
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

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

Dates: 1992.

Manuscripts and proofs of stories, articles and poems of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDairmid'., 1927-1968, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26035
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Corrected galley proof of the short story, 'The Dead Harlot'. (Folio l.) This was published in ‘New tales of horror by eminent authors’ (London, 1935), pages l44-148, but had already appeared in ‘Scottish Nation’, volume 2, number 7 (1923), page 8, under the title 'In the fulness of time’.(ii) Newspaper cuttings and galley proof of the story 'A' body's lassie'. (Folio 3.) The cuttings from the ‘Scots Observer’, 14 May 1927, have...
Dates: 1927-1968, undated.

Manuscripts and proofs of various articles by Thomas De Quincey., [1827, or before], 1832, 1839, 1849.

 File
Identifier: MS.4789
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Manuscript of two articles, 'The vision of sudden death', and 'The dream fugue', published in "Blackwood's Magazine", December 1849. (Folio 1.) (ii) Manuscript, undated, of an apparently unpublished article in the form of a letter "To the Editor of Blackwood's Magazine". This concerns his own article, 'On murder considered as one of the fine arts', published in "Blackwood's Magazine" in two parts, in February 1827, and November 1839....
Dates: [1827, or before], 1832, 1839, 1849.