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Woolf, Virginia: letter
GB 0096 AL493 · Fonds · [1924]

Fragment of a letter from Virginia Woolf to an unknown recipient, [1924]. 'We [?Virginia and Leonard Woolf] are here [?in London] till October ... I'm so sorry about Lady Colvin' [?a reference to the death of Frances Colvin, the wife of Sir Sidney Colvin on 1 Aug 1924].

Autograph, with signature.

Woolf , Adeline Virginia , 1882-1941 , née Stephen , novelist and critic x Stephen , Adeline Virginia x Woolf , Virginia
GB 0096 AL338 · Fonds · 1921

Letter from Herbert George Wells of Easton Glebe, Dunmow, [Essex] to Mr [Frank T A] Ashton-Gwatkin, 21 Jun 1921. Commenting on Ashton-Gwatkin's work Kimono (1921) [published under the pseudonym John Paris].

All letter are autograph, with signatures.

Wells , Herbert George , 1866-1946 , author x Wells , H G
GB 0096 AL368 · Fonds · [1894-1967]

(i) 5 letters from Herbert George Wells to Stephen and Nell Hunter, [1894-1910]. Topics covered include illustrations and Isabel Wells, Wells's first wife. All items are autograph and 4 are signed; the signature from one has been cut away.

(ii) Letter from Jack Stephen to Professor George Philip Wells (son of H G Wells) of the Department of Zoology, University of London, 19 Mar 1967. Forwarding H G Wells's correspondence. Typescript, with signature.

(iii) Letter from H G Wells to [D T] Richnell of University of London Library, 4 Nov 1967. Forwarding the above letters as a gift to the library. Autograph, with signature.

Wells , Herbert George , 1866-1946 , author x Wells , H G
GB 0096 AL148 · Fonds · [1850]

Forged letter pertaining to be from William Makepeace Thackery to an unknown recipient, [1850]. 'When I said that I could do no more for you for the present I meant it literally: I never once said it as a simple excuse... When I find that your views on hard work are different I may perhaps have something to say to you. Believe me a lazy life is a curse to any man.

Written and signed in an unknown hand, as if by Thackeray.

Unknown
Thackeray, Anne Isabella
GB 0096 AL 294 · Collection · [1863-1893]

Papers of Anne Isabella Thackeray née Richie, [1863-1893], comprise four letters and one postcard to Mrs Jackson, Isabella [?Cole], Mrs James, Mrs Hugh Smith, Mrs Westlake. Items from both before and after Anne's marriage to Richmond T W Ritchie (1877) are included; the letters are dated with days of the week or dates and months, but the year is never given.

Ritchie , Anne Isabella , 1837-1919 , née Thackeray , novelist and biographer x Thackeray , Anne Isabella
GB 0096 MS324 · Fonds · c1900

Manuscript of a poem, Catullus, c1900 (manuscript 324) by Arthur William Symons.

Symons , Arthur William , 1865-1945 , editor and poet
Symons, Arthur William
GB 0096 MS595 · Fonds · [1924]

Unpublished essay entitled 'Hotel Continental' by Arthur William Symons, c 1924.

Symons , Arthur William , 1865-1945 , editor and poet
GB 0096 AL440 · Fonds · 1953

Letter from Sir Stephen Spender of Panton House, 25 Haymarket, London to [? J H P Pafford, Goldsmiths' Librarian, University of London Library], 30 Sep 1953. Covering note enclosing 'a copy of our new venture, Encounter', a magazine of which Spender was one of the editors.

Typescript, signed by Spender.

Spender , Sir , Stephen Harold , 1909-1995 , Knight , poet and critic
GB 0096 AL462 · Fonds · 1929-1932

5 letters and cards from George Edward Bateman Saintsbury of 1 Royal Crescent, Bath to Miss Brenda E Spender, 1929-1932.

All items are autograph, with signatures.

Saintsbury , George Edward Bateman , 1845-1933 , literary critic and historian
GB 0096 MS1135 · Fonds · c1922-c1991

Notebooks, [1922-1991]; manuscripts including "Emancipated Women", "Heart-Shaped Ladies"; Library Association papers, 1959-1972; correspondence with Philip Larkin, 1965; diary, 1966-1970.

Richnell , Donovan Thomas , 1911-1994 , librarian
Morley, Henry: letter (1890)
GB 0096 AL191 · Fonds · 1890

Letter from Henry Morley of Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight to Messrs Ernest Elliot and Arthur D W Cartin, 31 Dec 1890. Declining to prepare an edition of Shakespeare for publication in the Carisbrooke Library, since he has already done one for Cassell's National Library.

Autograph, with signature.

Morley , Henry , 1822-1894 , author
GB 0096 AL153 · Fonds · 1902

Letter from George Meredith of Box Hill, Dorking, [Surrey] to 'Sir Reynard' [Edward Clodd], 28 May 1902. 'If you like to have the dedication [of Walter Copeland Jerrold's book on Meredith] you have only to bow your head ... But there should be no mention of you as the subject's friend, for that would overpower the appreciation ...'

Autograph, with signature.

Meredith , George , 1828-1909 , novelist and poet
GB 0096 SLV/86 · Fonds · [c1900-1967]

Papers of John Masefield comprising brief handwritten passages, which appear to stand on their own rather than being extracts from longer works and are most unlikely unpublished. One is entitled 'The Ong of Highworth Ridden' and a note by the other descibes it as 'Lines for Mosquito Day, and in the Memory of Sir Reginald Ross, a patient observer of little things'. They are accompanied by letters from Geoffrey Handley-Taylor concerning depositing Masefield material at the University of London Library (now Senate House Library).

Masefield , John Edward , 1878-1967 , poet and novelist
Masefield, John (1878-1967)
GB 0096 SLV/92-99 · Fonds · 1910-1967

Papers and correspondence of John Masefield, 1910-1967. SL V 92-7 are letters and SL V 98 are book tokens inscribed by Masefield. SL V 99 are proofs for Sea Life in Nelson's Time (1971).

Masefield , John Edward , 1878-1967 , poet and novelist
Manning, Matthew
GB 0096 MS1161 · Fonds · [c1971-c1995]

Papers of Matthew Manning, [1974-1990], comprising automatic drawings; drafts including of The Link, The Strangers; correspondence of Peter Bander; magazine articles about Manning and psychic phenomena.

Manning , Matthew , b 1955 , author
GB 0096 AL223 · Fonds · 1885

Letter from George MacDonald of 39 Melville Street, Edinburgh to Mr [Robert] Balgarnie, 21 Jun 1885. Thanking him for an invitation, which he hopes to accept. 'I suppose the month of August would do for Scarborough - but so far we are not even sure that we shall not be in Bordighera before the end of that month. We are getting very good gatherings here.'

Autograph, with signature.

MacDonald , George , 1824-1905 , novelist and poet
Lee, Laurie: letter (c 1944)
GB 0096 AL522 · Fonds · [c1944]

Letter from Laurie Lee of 614 Russell Square House, London to Roger [Senhouse], [c 1944]. Thanking him for a copy of The Rescue.

Lee , Laurence Edward Alan , 1914-1997 , writer x Lee , Laurie
Lahr, Charles (1885-1971)
GB 0096 SLV/36 · Fonds · 1926-1967

Mainly comprising letters sent to Charles Lahr by various writers.

Lahr , Charles , 1885-1971 , political activist and publisher
GB 0096 AL190 · Fonds · 1922-1929

22 letters and 10 cards from Henry Arthur Jones to James Stanley Little, 1922-1929. With a letter from Jones's daughter [Doris A Jones] to Little, written after her father's death.

All letters autograph, with signatures.

Jones , Henry Arthur , 1851-1929 , dramatist
GB 0096 AL176 · Fonds · 1918-1939

Letters and cards from Henry Arthur Jones, his daughter Doris Arthur Jones (Doris Thorne), and W B Kempling, to M H Spielmann, 1918-1939.

Jones , Henry Arthur , 1851-1929 , dramatist
GB 0096 AL 525 · Collection · 1918

Papers of Aldous Leonard Huxley, 1918 , comprise a letter his brother, Julian Sorell Huxley, discussing books and society and literary figures.

Huxley , Aldous Leonard , 1894-1963 , author
Hocking, Silas Kitto: letter
GB 0096 AL222 · Fonds · [1880-1935]

Final leaf only of a letter from Silas Kitto Hocking to Mr Kernshaw, [1880-1935]. Expressing the hope of seeing him at the Whitefriars Club to make arrangements for them to travel together to a lecture to be given by Hocking in the following week.

Autograph, with signature.

Hocking , Silas Kitto , 1850-1935 , novelist and United Methodist minister
Henley, William Ernest: card
GB 0096 AL122 · Fonds · 1899

Letter from William Ernest Henley of St George's Lodge, Worthing, [Sussex] to Matthew Cripps, Esq, 17 Dec 1899. 'I fear I cannot help you, as I remember nothing about either of the matters with which you are concerned.

Autograph, with signature.

Henley , William Ernest , 1849-1903 , writer
Hans van Marle Collection
GB 0096 MS1169 · Fonds · 1871-2005

Correspondence, mostly in English, with scholars and the Conrad family relating to van Marle's research into Joseph Conrad, 1959-2001; photographs including Conrad's relatives, ships associated with him, Conrad scholars, 1871-1995; card indexes of Conrad's correspondence; annotated editions of Conrad novels and letters, 1946-2001; festshrifts for van Marle, tributes to van Marle, copy of Norman Sherry's Phd on Conrad, 1963-2005.

Marle , Hans van , 1922-2001 , scholar
Hanley, James: letter (1933)
GB 0096 MS1160 · Fonds · 1933

Letter from James Hanley to Frank Hollings, bookseller, offering to sell manuscript of his first novel Drift and also the manuscript of Captain Bottele, 6 Nov 1933.

Hanley , James , 1901-1985 , author and playwright
Hanley, James
GB 0096 SLV/90-91 · Fonds · {1950]-1951

Correspondence of James Hanley, 1951 and undated [1950].

Hanley , James , 1901-1985 , author and playwright
GB 0096 AL262 · Fonds · 1867-1875

3 letters from James Orchard Halliwell to Charles Roach Smith, 1867-1875. Topics covered include Frederick William Fairholt (whose executor Smith was) and William Shakespeare.

All letters are autograph, with signatures.

Phillipps , James Orchard , Halliwell- , 1820-1889 , antiquary and literary scholar x Halliwell , James Orchard
GB 0096 AL396 · Fonds · 1824

Letter from Alexander Galloway of West Street, [London] to Mr Applegarth, Stamford Street [recipient's name and address added in a different hand], 9 Jul 1824. He has received the letter about a press to mark Bath paper. Stating that he will engrave the seal to any design. The japanned press would cost £8 10s, the bright one £9, independent of the die.

Autograph, with signature.

Galloway , Alexander , 1776-1847 , radical and engineer
GB 0096 AL358 · Fonds · 1915

(1) Address: Ritz Hotel, Piccadilly. From Glyn to Lord Northcliffe. 'You were kind enough to say that I might let you know when I was again going to cast a fly over the Fleet river! Well on 14th I am publishing a little set of papers called 'Three Things' ... there is an argument in the first paper on marriage which I feel sure you, and all men, will agree with me about! Just as I know all women will be enraged at it!' (8 October 1915). Autograph, with signature.

(2) No address. Carbon copy of Northcliffe's reply. 'I will see that the book is dealt with in "The Times" and the "Daily Mail" ...' (12 October 1915). Typescript, unsigned.

Glyn , Elinor , 1864-1943 , née Sutherland , novelist and screenwriter
GB 0096 AL341 · Fonds · 1934-1961

(1) 7 letters from Vita Nicolson [the marrried name of Vita Sackville-West] to Gladys Easdale, 1949-1961.

(2) 18 letters and postcards from Virginia Woolf to Gladys Easdale, 1934-1940.

Some items are autograph and most bear signatures.

Easdale , Gladys Ellen , 1875-1970 , author x Killin , Gladys Ellen
Dumas, Alexandre (père)
GB 0096 AL 179 · Collection · [1830-1845]

Papers of Alexandre Dumas, [1830-1845], comprise a letter To 'Mon bien cher Hugo' [Victor Hugo], regreting that he was out when Hugo called but hopes to see him the following day.

Dumas , Alexandre , 1802-1870 , writer x Dumas , Père
GB0096 MS1170 · c1824-2008

Eight autographed letters by Jerrold ([1843-1856]), play bills including for "Rent Day" and "Mrs Caudle", 1845. Research files, correspondence relating to Professor Michael Slater's book Douglas Jerrold : 1803-1857 [London : Duckworth, 2002]. Includes a card index of Jerrold's plays, research file on the play "Black-Eyed Susan". "Douglas Jerrold's Weekly Newspaper", 1847 January-August.

Jerrold , Douglas William , 1803-1857 , playwright and journalist Slate , Michael , 1936- , academic and writer
GB 0096 AL206 · Fonds · 1915

Letter from William Henry Davies of 14 Great Russell Street, London to Mrs Bax [? wife of either Ernest Bax or Arnold Bax], 16 Nov 1915. Declining an invitation, instead suggesting: 'I wonder if you would care to come here to tea on Friday next, or the following Monday'.

Autograph, with signature.

Davies , William Henry , 1871-1940 , poet and writer
GB 0096 AL128 · Fonds · [1830-1844]

Fragments of 5 letters from Thomas Campbell, of which 3 were written to Cyrus Redding, [1830-1844]. Including one wrapper with a seal.

Campbell , Thomas , 1777-1844 , poet
Caine, Hall: letter (1895)
GB 0096 AL219 · Fonds · 1895

Letter from Thomas Henry Hall Caine of Peel, Isle of Man to an unknown lady [Florence Farr], 2 Jan 1895. Apologising for having kept a letter so long. 'I am still more sorry, because upon reading the letter I find myself in such utter disagreement with what I wrote 18 years ago that I feel that there is no course open but to ask you not to print the letter ... I regret v[er]y deeply that this accident will prevent me from availing myself of the great pleasure you offered me of associating my name (however slightly) with that of Prof. Blackie'.

Autograph, with signature.

Caine , Sir , Thomas Henry Hall , 1853-1931 , Knight , novelist x Caine , Sir , Hall