Manuscripts Catalog
English Literature of the 19th & 20th Centuries: Also Colour Plate Books, Natural History, Reproductions of Illuminated Mss., Bibliography; Catalolgue 873
English Literature of the 19th & 20th Centuries: Also Colour Plate Books, Natural History, Reproductions of Illuminated Mss., Bibliography; Catalolgue 873
Autograph Musical Scores in the Coolidge Foundation Collection.
Library of Congress Music Division. , Autograph Musical Scores in the Coolidge Foundation Collection.
Autograph musical scores and autograph letters in the Whittall Foundation Collection.
Library of Congress Music Division., Autograph musical scores and autograph letters in the Whittall Foundation Collection.
Fine Books and Manuscripts including Americana; June 22, 1999; Sale NY7332
Sotheby's, Fine Books and Manuscripts including Americana; June 22, 1999; Sale NY7332
Other Manuscripts books that may be of interest:
- Barber, Samuel; Field, Eugene Sometime op. II--no. 1 1917; 1917 Oct
Samuel O. Barber II ; words by Eugene Field. Holograph.; For voice and piano, voice incorporated in piano staves.; Caption title.; From the composer's estate, 1984.; No. 26 in a vol. with binder's title: Manuscripts, 1917-1927 / Sam Barber. 36 cm. p. 193 of ms. music 36 cm. Songs (Low voice) with piano.; Field, Eugene
- Cavalcanti, Guido; Pound, Ezra Rime Edizioni Marsano Genova 1931; anno 9 [i.e. anno 10 (1932)] c1931
Guido Cavalcanti. Edited by Ezra Pound.; Contains the poems in Italian, facsimiles of manuscripts of the poems, and matter from an abortive bilingual edition printed in England, including commentary by Pound and his translations of some of the poems.; Titlepage dated "anno IX"; cover dated "anno X."; "About 500 copies printed"--Gallup.; Gallup, D. Ezra Pound, B27. Edizione rappezzata fra le rovine. 29 cm. 56, xvi, 56 p., 40 p. of plates facsims. 29 cm. Dewey:851/.1 Cavalcanti, Guido; Manuscripts, Medieval; Manuscripts, Italian
- Field, Eugene Collection, 1886-1942. ||||
In part, photocopies (positive and negative).; Edward A. Sippel; Cyrus Mantz; Poetry Section; Poet.; Forms part of the Library's Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.; MSS5657 13
- Keats, John, Letters of John Keats to Fanny Brawne, written in the years MDCCCXIX and MDCCCXX and now given from the original manuscripts Scribner, Armstrong, New York : 1878
with introduction and notes by Harry Buxton Forman. lxvii, 128 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill.,facsim., port. ; 18 cm Dewey:
- Keats, John, Letters of John Keats to Fanny Brawne,written inthe years MDCCCXIX and MDCCCXX and now given from the original manuscripts Reeves & Turner, London, 1878
Appendix (p. [111]-120): The locality of Wentworthplace lxvii, [1], 128 p. 2 port. (incl. front.) 17 1/2 cm Dewey:
- Keats, John, The poetical works of John Keats given from his own editions and other authentic sources and collated with many manuscripts J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1895
Paged continuously 3 v. fronts. (v. 1, port.) plates. 22 cm Dewey:
- Keats, John, The poetical works of John Keats given from his own editions and other authentic sources and collated with many manuscripts T.Y. Crowell & Company New York, Boston, 1895
2 v. fronts. plates, ports, facsims. 20 cm Dewey:
- Miller, Joaquin Collection ||||
Rare Book and Special Collectiond Division; Author and poet.; Forms part of the Library's Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.; MSS681 6
- Thoreau, Henry David, The first and last journeys of Thoreau : lately discovered among his unpublished journals and manuscripts Printed exclusively for members of the Bibliophile Society, Boston : 1905
edited by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn Limited ed. of 489 copies 2 v. : ports., facsims. ; 24 cm Dewey:
- Thoreau, Henry David, The Indians of Thoreau :selections from the Indian notebooks Hummingbird Press, Albuquerque, N.M. : 1974
edited by Richard F. Fleck Selected from Thoreau's manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York Includes index Bibliography: p. [73]-[75] 78 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Dewey:973/.04/9
- Untermeyer, Louis Robert Frost: a backward look. Reference Dept., Library of Congress; [for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] Washington 1964
"A lecture presented under the auspices of the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund, with selective bibliography of Frost Manuscripts, separately published works, recordings, and motion pictures in the collections of the Library of Congress." 24 cm. v, 40 p. 24 cm. Frost, Robert
- Whitman, Walt; Traubel, Horace An American primer Norwood Editions Norwood, Pa. 0848269586 1978; 1978 [c1904
by Walt Whitman ; with facsims. of the original manuscript edited by Horace Traubel. Reprint of the ed. published by Small, Maynard, Boston. 26 cm. ix, 35 p., [4] leaves of plates ill. 26 cm. Dewey:813/.4 Whitman, Walt; English language; Manuscripts, American
- Whitman, Walt; Traubel, Horace; Harned, Thomas Biggs; Sternberg, Constantin von An American primer Small, Maynard & Co. Boston 1904
by Walt Whitman ; with facsimiles of the original manuscript, edited by Horace Traubel. "Limited to five hundred copies"--Verso of 2nd prelim. leaf.; BAL notes 2 states of binding: (A) gray paper boards; (B) blue cloth.; Myerson, J. Whitman; BAL 24 cm. ix, 35 p., [4] leaves of plates 3 facsims., 1 port. 24 cm. Whitman, Walt; English language; Manuscripts, American
- Wylie, Elinor Literary manuscripts of Elinor Wylie
Poet and author. Full name: Elinor Morton Hoyt Hichborn Wiley Benét; she was married to Philip Hichborn, Horace Wylie, and William Rose Benét.; Autograph drafts, typescripts, galley proofs, and notebooks which include the works "Angels and Earthly Creatures," "Lonesome Rose," "The Sage in Meditation," "Surley Nabob," "A Tenpenny Ash Plant," and "The Venetian Glass Nephew."; William Rose Benét; Library of Congress Fine Arts Division Repair Shop; Library of Congress Rare Book Room; MSS55087 20; 1 Autograph drafts, typescripts, galley proofs, and notebooks which include the works "Angels and Earthly Creatures," "Lonesome Rose," "The Sage in Meditation," "Surley Nabob," "A Tenpenny Ash Plant," and "The Venetian Glass Nephew." Literature.
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The Bibliographical Society of America
The oldest scholarly society in North America dedicated to the study of books and manuscripts as physical objects
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Collection Summary Creator: Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864 Title: Papers of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft 1788-1941 (bulk 1820-1856) Size: 25,000 items; 90 containers plus 1 oversize; 28 linear feet; 69 microfilm reels Repository: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Abstract: Author, ethnologist, explorer, geologist, glass manufacturer, and Indian agent. Correspondence, journals, articles, books, manuscripts of magazines, poetry, speeches, government reports, Indian vocabularies, maps, drawings, and other papers reflecting Schoolcraft's career as a glass manufacturer, mineralogist on an exploring expedition in the Ozark Mountains, geologist on the Cass expedition to the Northwest Territory, leader of expeditions throughout the Great Lakes region, member of Michigan's legislative council, Indian agent, superintendent of Indian affairs for Michigan, ethnologist, and author of works concerning the Iroquois of New York state and other Indians of North America.
Bodleian Library, Western manuscripts to c. 1500
This is the home page for pre-c. 1500 western manuscripts, which form one part of the Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts at the Bodleian Library;
Early Manuscripts at Oxford University
Early Manuscripts at Oxford University Digital facsimiles of complete manuscripts, scanned directly from the originals
An excellent report by Maureen Mulvihill of the auction of rare books and manuscripts from the estate of Paula Peyraud
The Paula Peyraud Collection: Samuel Johnson & Women Writers in Georgian Society.
An Auction Report by Maureen E. Mulvihill as published in
Eighteenth-Century Studies, Fall 2009, with 8 images and a list of selected buyers,
prices & new locations of the Peyraud properties.
A pdf of the published report may be downloaded here: http://www.ilab.org/download.php?object=documentation&id=81
‘DARK LADY’ OF RARE BOOK COLLECTORS,
PAULA FENTRESS PEYRAUD (CHAPPAQUA, NY, 1947 ~ 2008).
Peyraud Collection Auction, May 2009, Bloomsbury Auctions N.Y.
483 Lots (books, manuscripts, images). Sales total: $1.6 million,
including premium. Photograph, Margie Van Dyke.
Bookplate from Peyraud copy of Frances Burney’s Cecilia,
(lot 218, buyer McGill University). Bookplate bears inscribed
initials (“FCP - EKP”), being the collector’s
grandparents Frank C. Peyraud & Elizabeth Krysler Peyraud,
both visual artists (see “Peyraud,” Benezit, vol.
10, 2006 edition).
The Danish National Digital Sheet Music Archive
digital facsimiles of printed and manuscript music. Selected works from the Music Collections are being re-published in digital form in order to provide internet access to the collections of the Royal Library. Both manuscripts and printed music have been included: some are published expressly for printing, others are primarily intended for study. Most of the digitized scores can be seached and browsed in REX, while other materials are grouped in special databases and according to subjects. Questions about the digital music collection may be directed to: