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Dan H. Laurence Collection. Rare books, first editions, manuscripts, autograph letters from the Estate of the Late Gabriel Wells, [1948]. - dealers catalogue.

Title: Rare books, first editions, manuscripts, autograph letters from the Estate of the Late Gabriel Wells, [1948]. - dealers catalogue. 1948.

ArchivalResource: 157p. : illus. : 79p. : illus.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/626971805 View

Henry Sotheran Ltd. Resolution of thanks, 1929 March 13.

Title: Resolution of thanks, 1929 March 13.

Resolution of thanks to Gabriel Wells for his good wishes to the new firm which he purchased from the estate of Henry Cecil Sotheran and turned over to the new company without any profit to himself. Twenty nine members of the firm signed the resolution.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56528242 View

Catholic Church. [Psalter].

Title: [Psalter]. [between 1495 and 1498]

ArchivalResource: 228 leaves (1 column, 28 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 263 x 192 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270127367 View

Lothian, Philip Henry Kerr, Marquis of, 1882-1940,. Medicinal and household recipes : manuscript, [ca. 1600].

Title: Medicinal and household recipes : manuscript, [ca. 1600].

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (123 leaves) ; 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612845865 View

Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936. The song of an outsider : manuscript, [ca. 1883]

Title: The song of an outsider : manuscript, [ca. 1883]

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612817754 View

Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850. ALS : Louisville, to R. Jones, Washington, D.C., 1825 Apr. 20.

Title: ALS : Louisville, to R. Jones, Washington, D.C., 1825 Apr. 20.

Reports on his recruiting activities and assignment of recruits to various western posts.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122626091 View

Autograph File, S, 1556-1996.

Title: Autograph File, S, 1556-1996.

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 15.5 boxes (7.7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01442/catalog View

Van Antwerp, William C. (William Clarkson), 1867-1938. Letters and manuscripts, 1931-1933.

Title: Letters and manuscripts, 1931-1933.

A group of letters concerning the preparation and publication of his work A Collector's Comment on His First Editions of the Works of Sir Walter Scott (1932), and notes for the work. Correspondents include R.W. Chapman, Davidson Cook, Robert O. Schad, D.W.S. Crockett, Victor Plarr, Jane Oxley, C.E.S. Chambers, Walter M. Hill, A.S.W. Rosenbach, Owen D. Young, Gabriel Wells, W.G. Worthington, and librarians at various institutions, including Belle Greene and Violet Burnie of the Morgan Library.

ArchivalResource: ca. 60 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270911519 View

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. The Cricket on the hearth : in three chirps : [London] : autograph manuscript signed, [1845].

Title: The Cricket on the hearth : in three chirps : [London] : autograph manuscript signed, [1845].

Manuscript with innumerable cancellations and revisions.

ArchivalResource: 1 item [4] (3-72 p.) ; 22.5 x 18.5 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270536323 View

Scott, Temple, 1864-1939. Gabriel Wells, the philosopher, ca. 1930.

Title: Gabriel Wells, the philosopher, ca. 1930.

Typewritten essay with handwritten corrections. Scott attempts to understand the philosophy and the views of Gabriel Wells (1862-1946); a bookseller, historian, and an author; by analyzing his writings.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (15 pages).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122367833 View

Colles, Emily. Autograph letter signed : 3 Norfolk Mansions, Santos Road, London S.W. 18, to Gabriel Wells, 1929 Jan. 24.

Title: Autograph letter signed : 3 Norfolk Mansions, Santos Road, London S.W. 18, to Gabriel Wells, 1929 Jan. 24.

Concerning a presentation copy of "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" and to the unique copy of Byron's "Private Correspondence."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270514520 View

Rare Pamphlet Collection.

Title: Rare Pamphlet Collection.

This is a collection of publications primarily authored by U.S. individuals unaffiliated with any organization.

ArchivalResource: 25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/180689699 View

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849. ALS : Washington, to William L. Marcy, 1845 Dec. 26.

Title: ALS : Washington, to William L. Marcy, 1845 Dec. 26.

A letter of introduction for Henry St. John, an Ohio congressman, to the secretary of war.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145506986 View

Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901. ALS : Washington, D.C., to Dana Carleton Munro, 1900 Dec. 5.

Title: ALS : Washington, D.C., to Dana Carleton Munro, 1900 Dec. 5.

Asks Munro to edit and prepare for publication his address on Puerto Rico, "The status of annexed territory and of its free civilized inhabitants".

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 16 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122525060 View

Ingoldsby, Thomas, 1788-1845. Richard Harris Barham collection of papers, [1798?]-1930 bulk ([1827?]-1845).

Title: Richard Harris Barham collection of papers, [1798?]-1930 bulk ([1827?]-1845).

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, correspondence by and about the author, an undated galley proof, notebooks and commonplace books dating from [1798?] through 1845, financial documents, portraits, and pictorial works.

ArchivalResource: 248 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122346135 View

Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933. Papers, 1847-1933

Title: Corinne Roosevelt Robinson papers, 1847-1933

Papers of Corinne (Roosevelt) Robinson, younger sister of American president Theodore Roosevelt and wife of Douglas Robinson; a published poet and active member of the Republican party.

ArchivalResource: 64 boxes (32 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/trc00017/catalog View

Rosenbach Company. Correspondence, 1903-1953

Title: Correspondence

ArchivalResource: 186 boxes (ca. 153,750 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122633728 View

Hamon Collection. Vente des Documents de Shaw - correspondance, coupures de presse, etc., 1929.

Title: Vente des Documents de Shaw - correspondance, coupures de presse, etc., 1929. 1929.

ArchivalResource: 2 files.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/627395709 View

Richard Brinsley Sheridan additional papers, 1753-1868.

Title: Richard Brinsley Sheridan additional papers, 1753-1868.

Autograph manuscripts, correspondence, legal documents, and other papers associated with playwright, politician, and theater proprietor, Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes and 8 volumes (2 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01964/catalog View

Wells Drury Papers, 1871-1932

Title: Wells Drury Papers, 1871-1932

Correspondence, articles and stories by Drury, and newspaper clippings including obituaries.

ArchivalResource: Number of containers: 1 carton; Linear feet: 1.25

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf4m3nb0kr View

Chicago Book & Art Auctions. Collection of articles on the Thomas J. Wise forgeries.

Title: Collection of articles on the Thomas J. Wise forgeries. [1934-1962]

A scrapbook of newspaper clippings dealing with the Thomas J. Wise forgeries, collected by Lucy Osborne. The collection includes book reviews, auction catalog excerpts, articles on Wise, a typed manuscript letter to the editor of the Atlantic monthly from Fannie E. Ratchford; a copy of the Ulysses Bookshop catalog for the Wise copy of Elizabeth B. Browning's poems; and a copy of The Carter-Pollard disclosures by Gabriel Wells (pasted in at end).

ArchivalResource: [61] leaves : port., facsim. ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76288080 View

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Richard S. Weiner Collection of George Bernard Shaw, 1886-1950.

Title: Richard S. Weiner Collection of George Bernard Shaw, 1886-1950.

Includes manuscripts, letters, documents, photographs, film, videocassettes, posters, playbills and other materials by and about Shaw, covering all aspects of his varied literary, critical, personal, and political activities. Includes over 900 letters by Shaw; 315 photographs, many relating to productions of Shaw's plays, 80 photographs of Shaw himself and 11 taken by Shaw; and an extensive collection of theater programs for productions of Shaw's plays through 1985. Correspondents include: Charlotte Shaw, Hugh Beaumont, Sean O'Casey, Georgina Musters (Gillmore), Blanche Patch, Harley Granville-Barker, E. Belfort Bax, Maud Churton Braby, Marjorie Deans, St. John Hankin, William Maxwell, Gabriel Pascal, Hesketh Pearson, Lennox Robinson, Clifford Sharp, Bernard V. Shaw, George Herbert Thring, Hugh Vallentin, and Gabriel Wells.

ArchivalResource: 12 cubic feet, 15 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31366657 View

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964. ANS : Stanford University, 1919 Sept. 27.

Title: ANS : Stanford University, 1919 Sept. 27.

Apparently a reply to a request for an autograph.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 8 x 12 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122585797 View

Papers, 1846-1948 (inclusive), 1918-1939 (bulk).

Title: Papers, 1846-1948 (inclusive), 1918-1939 (bulk).

Papers of department store owner and book collector Robert BorthwickAdam, consisting mostly of correspondence with fellow collectors and scholars,photographic portraits, and materials relating to the published catalogs of hismanuscript collection.

ArchivalResource: 22 boxes and 4volumes (22.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01764/catalog View

Larkin, H. Conway. Letter from H. Conway Larkin? to Gabriel Wells congratulating him on purchase of a copy of Great Expectations [manuscript] 1935 Jan. 16.

Title: Letter from H. Conway Larkin? to Gabriel Wells congratulating him on purchase of a copy of Great Expectations [manuscript] 1935 Jan. 16. 1935.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647956395 View

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868. ALS : Lancaster, Pa., to James Campbell, Washington, D.C., 1853 March 21.

Title: ALS : Lancaster, Pa., to James Campbell, Washington, D.C., 1853 March 21.

Writes to the U.S. Postmaster-General to introduce his friend Gardner Furniss, who wishes to give information about the small post offices in his neighborhood in York County.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122633576 View

Manuscript collection, [ca. 1534]-1942.

Title: Manuscript collection, [ca. 1534]-1942.

Collection includes manuscript essay by Sir Thomas More, "A Treaties to Receyve ye blessed bodye of our Lord sacramentally and virtuallye bothe," 1534-1535; "The Penal Code for the City State of Sienna, Part III," 1548; minutes of war council of King Philip of Spain, 1560-1567; manuscript excerpts "Statutes of King Henry IV," 16th century; "Vita di Sisto Quinto" (life of Pope Sixtus V), 1643; miscellaneous legal documents, ca.1589-1695; letter by Alexander Pope, 1735; letter by Count Casimir Pulaski to Col. Hoppe, Quartermaster at Easton, during the American Revolution, 1778; "Decrees and Edicts of the Doges, Council of Ten, and the Senate of Venice from 1498-1656," ca.1770; manuscript of score by Ludwig van Beethoven, n.d.; manuscript of music for mass "Gloria in Excelsior" by Charles F. Gounod, n.d.; album, 1817-1852, of Elizabeth Watson, including manuscript poem by William Wordsworth, 1817; logbook of whaler MOZAMBIQUE out of New Brunswick, 1833-1835; documents concerning genealogy and nobility of Manuel Robredo de Rozas y Garcia, and his wife, Teresa Gonzales de Lobera y Sanz Calvo, 1818; deed for sale of slave Lucy by George Botts (?) to Samuel M. Dinwiddie, 1838, in New Orleans; letters by H.E. Cardinal Manning, at the time he was an Anglican, to unnamed bishop on religious issues, 1843; letter by Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 1847; album of poetry by residents of Pitcairn Island, 1892, with photograph of Daniel Christian, great-grandson of Fletcher Christian.

ArchivalResource: ca. 135 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155481449 View

Wells, Gabriel, 1862-1946. Fifty seven early New York documents, 1673-1799.

Title: Fifty seven early New York documents, 1673-1799.

This collection brings together various deeds, indentures, receipts, governmental reports, and other documents related to the early history of New York Colony and State (1673-1799). Among these items are papers from New York governors Richard Nichols, Edmund Andros, Benjamin Fletcher, and Cadwallader Colden; Massachusetts Bay Governor William Burnet; and New York City Mayors Matthias Nicoll and Robert Walters, among others.

ArchivalResource: .1 linear foot (1 volume)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/773585580 View

Sir Walter Scott collection of papers, 1796-1931, 1797-1837

Title: Sir Walter Scott collection of papers 1796-1931 1797-1837

This is a synthetic collection that includes manuscripts, notebooks, correspondence, portraits of Scott, and drawings for his books, as well as legal and financial documents.

ArchivalResource: 55 items

http://archives.nypl.org/brg/19146 View

Autograph File, L, 1641-1976.

Title: Autograph File, L, 1641-1976.

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 11 boxes (5.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01435/catalog View

Winter, William, 1836-1917. The Bacon is humbug [manuscript] : an address before the Fraternity Club of Portland, Maine, 1916 January 10.

Title: The Bacon is humbug [manuscript] : an address before the Fraternity Club of Portland, Maine, 1916 January 10.

Note by his son, W.J. Winter, that this is the copy from which he spoke. Enclosed is a letter to Gabriel Wells from W.J. Winter, January 31, 1929.

ArchivalResource: 34 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/263097629 View

Fifty seven early New York documents, 1673-1799

Title: Fifty seven early New York documents 1673-1799

This collection brings together various deeds, indentures, receipts, governmental reports, and other documents related to the early history of New York Colony and State (1673-1799). Among these items are papers from New York governors Richard Nichols, Edmund Andros, Benjamin Fletcher, and Cadwallader Colden; Massachusetts Bay Governor William Burnet; and New York City Mayors Matthias Nicoll and Robert Walters, among others

ArchivalResource: .1 linear foot (1 volume)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2176 View

Mary Hyde Eccles papers, 1853-2005, (bulk) 1939-2003.

Title: Mary Hyde Eccles papers, 1853-2005, (bulk) 1939-2003.

Correspondence and other personal papers of Mary Hyde Eccles, a collector and literary scholar whose primary interest was Samuel Johnson.

ArchivalResource: 88 linear feet (84 boxes, 3 pf boxes, and 7 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01787/catalog View

Records of the Rutgers University Librarian (George A. Osborn), 1880-1955

Title: Records of the Rutgers University Librarian (George A. Osborn) 1880-1955

The collection contains papers generated by George A. Osborn during his career as a Rutgers Librarian. The folders contain information about his actions as librarian including the expansion of the Voorhees Library due to serious space constraints of the library at the time. Also included are various committee papers, budget and funding information. Series III is dedicated specifically to "Friends of Rutgers Library."

ArchivalResource: 5.6 cubic feet; (14 manuscript boxes)

http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/ead/uarchives/osbornf.html View

Tyler, John, 1790-1862. ALS : Washington, D.C., to Peter Hagner, 1818 Mar. 14.

Title: ALS : Washington, D.C., to Peter Hagner, 1818 Mar. 14.

Asks the third auditor of the treasury to send him some papers for which he is to give a receipt.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122633635 View

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. ALsS : to Henry and Emily Swan, 1855-1887 (bulk 1875-1883).

Title: ALsS : to Henry and Emily Swan, 1855-1887 (bulk 1875-1883).

Letters to Henry Swan and his wife Emily. The first 20 letters, written in 1855, 1856, 1865, 1873, and 1875, concern Swan's art studies and illustration work for Ruskin. The bulk of the letters deal with the Museum of St. George: its establishment, building, furnishings, collections, displays, cataloging, finances, and abortive plans for moving to other sites. There is also much about other aspects of the Guild of St. George, especially the purchase of land and buildings for its agricultural communities. The letters also include many references to Ruskin's travels and writings, especially Fors clavigera, and to his health and the Swans' family life. Also included are two letters to Ruskin, one from Henry Swan and one from Frederic J. Shields. Each letter is followed by a typed transcript with hand-rubricated initial capitals and occasional notes. Three volumes include typescript introductions signed by William S. Allen, son of Ruskin's publisher George Allen.

ArchivalResource: 10 vols. (242 items) in 3 cases ; 27 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122365144 View

Hamon Collection. Editions Shaw - correspondance, 1908-1951.

Title: Editions Shaw - correspondance, 1908-1951. 1908- 1951.

ArchivalResource: 1 box ; 14 b/w photos.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/625963173 View

Wells, Gabriel, 1862-1946. Correspondence and receipted bill for the Wynken de Worde at $500, 1918 Dec. 13.

Title: Correspondence and receipted bill for the Wynken de Worde at $500, 1918 Dec. 13.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/277705128 View

Richard Harris Barham collection of papers, 1798?]-1930, 1827?-1845

Title: Richard Harris Barham collection of papers 1798?]-1930 1827?-1845

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, correspondence, an undated galley proof, notebooks and commonplace books dating from [1798?] through 1845, financial documents, portraits, and pictorial works.

ArchivalResource: 258 items

http://archives.nypl.org/brg/19288 View

Wells, Gabriel, 1862-1946. Correspondence, 1920-1939.

Title: Correspondence, 1920-1939.

Letters from British and American authors concerning Wells' bibliographical and publishing interests.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122524480 View

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Collection : 1838-1870.

Title: Collection : 1838-1870.

A collection of twelve autograph letters, primarily personal in nature, written between 1838 and 1870. Also present are eight engravings, two photographs, invitations, and tickets to dinners convened in Dickens's honor, as well as Dickens's visiting card. Correspondents include: Thomas Noon Talfourd, Henry Gilpin, Frederick Dickens, Arthur Hill, T.H. Maguire, Daniel Maclise, J.W. Bourke, George Augustus Sala, Arthur W.W. Smith, Eliza Davis, William Charles Kent, Thomas Wright, and John Russell Young.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (28 items) ; 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122525237 View

Chapman, William Gerard, 1877-1945. Correspondence with H.E. Maule of Doubleday, Page & Co., and Gabriel Wells regarding a serialization of O'Henry's Waifs and strays [manuscript] 1917-23.

Title: Correspondence with H.E. Maule of Doubleday, Page & Co., and Gabriel Wells regarding a serialization of O'Henry's Waifs and strays [manuscript] 1917-23.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647946423 View

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930,. Correspondence : Washington, with Claude Coats, 1926.

Title: Correspondence : Washington, with Claude Coats, 1926.

ALS by Coats, a thirteen-year-old Boy Scout and new autograph collector, Los Angeles, 20 May, requesting an autograph. On the verso is an ALS reply by Taft, Washington, D.C., 27 May.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (2 p.) ; 17 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122541821 View

Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832. Sir Walter Scott collection of papers, 1796-1931 bulk (1797-1837).

Title: Sir Walter Scott collection of papers, 1796-1931 bulk (1797-1837).

This is a synthetic collection that includes manuscripts, notebooks, letters, portraits of Scott, and drawings for his books, as well as legal and financial documents.

ArchivalResource: 55 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122607169 View

Papers of Edward Waldo Forbes, 1867-2005

Title: Papers of Edward Waldo Forbes, 1867-2005

These papers of Fogg Museum director Edward Waldo Forbes document his administration of the museum and a wide range of personal and professional activities and interests. The bulk of the collection dates from 1909 to 1944. The papers consist primarily of correspondence, including a series of correspondence with art dealers, and also include photographs, reports, expedition field notes and journals, printed material, newspaper clippings, blueprints, meeting minutes, letters of recommendation, insurance records, invoices, page proofs, telegrams, rubbings, sketches, visiting cards, shipping documents and press releases.

ArchivalResource: 51 linear feet (119 file boxes, oversize materials)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/art00005/catalog View