[Letters and other manuscripts] / Walter Scott.

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[Letters and other manuscripts] / Walter Scott.

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[Letter, 1819 Mar., to] Hogg. Letter to James Hogg in regards to Hogg's Jacobite relics. -- [Receipt] 1824 Dec. 14, Printing Office, Edinburgh [to] Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Abbotsford / James Ballantryne & Co. -- [Letter, 1829] Jun. 3, Edin. [to] Croker. Letter to John W. Croker enclosing a copy of the first volume of the Waverley novels. He goes on to say: "I have been expecting to hear of your Johnsonian book daily. I hope you do not turn lazy." The letter is published in: The letters of Sir Walter Scott, Centenary ed., ed. by Grierson (London: 1936), v. 11, p. 196-197. -- [Proof sheets from] Anne of Geirstein. Corrections in Scott's hand with autograph of p. 221-222 of the novel published in 1829.

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Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857

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Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

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