Records, 1860-1928.

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Records, 1860-1928.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38990451

Collection consists of Ellis booksellers correspondence, mostly concerned with the sale of rare books, 14 day books, and 39 letter books. Correspondents include Dante Gabriel Rosseti, William Morris, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Joseph Crawhall, John Maynard Keynes, and George Bernard Shaw.

23 boxes (11.5 linear ft.)38 oversize boxes.

University of California, Los Angeles

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University of California, Los Angeles

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Ellis (Firm)

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Frederick Startridge Ellis was born on June 7, 1830 in Richmond, Surrey, England; became asst. to bookseller C.J. Stewart in the Strand; in 1860 set up his own bookstore in Covent Garden; in 1872 took over premises of bookseller T. & W. Boone, and carried on a large business, mostly in old books and manuscripts; official buyer for the British Museum for many years; also published works by William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti; retired in 1885 and was succeeded by his nephew, Gilbert Ifol...