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MS 684 02 08

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MS 684 02 08

Title

Thomas Hardy collection: Autograph letters tipped or laid into books

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Date

Late 19th century - early 20th century

Extent & medium

19 books with autograph letters

Content description

In the ECL collection of books by and about Thomas Hardy, there are 19 books with autograph letters from Hardy and others tipped or laid in. These were presumably put with the book by an earlier owner. 01: Autograph letter signed (ALS) from Louise V. Prussing to Mr Holmes in 'The Life and Death of the Mayor of Casterbridge' (Ku.2.01) 02: ALS from Hardy to Tillotson & Son in 'Three Notable Stories' (Ku.2.16) 03: ALS from Hardy to Austin Dobson with a transcription of another ALS to Dobson in 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles' (Ku.2.28) 04: ALS from Hardy to McIlvaine in 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles' (Ku.1.05) 05: ALS from Hardy to an unidentified recipient in 'Jude the Obscure' (Ku.1.25) 06: ALS from Vice-Admiral Thomas Masterman Hardy to Sir Isaac (surname identified) in 'The Dynasts' (Kx.5.11) 07: ALS from Hardy to Fuller-Maitland in 'Song of the Soldiers' (Kx.4.12) 08: ALS from Hardy to Evelyn Wood in 'Before Marching and After' (Kx.4.05) 09: ALS from Florence Hardy to J. F. Symons-Jeune in 'When I Weekly Knew' (Kx.4.25) 10: 2 typed letters from Hardy and Florence Hardy to S. M. Ellis in 'Desperate Remedies' (Ku.5.07) 11: 3 typed letters from Clement Shorter to Paul Lemperly in 'The Dynasts' (Kx.4.04) 12: 2 typed letters from Clement Shorter to Paul Lemperly in 'In the Time of the Breaking of Nations' (Kx.4.06) 13: Typed letter from Clement Shorter to Paul Lemperly in 'Domicilium' (Kx.4.07) 14: ALS from Florence to Lemperly, typed letter from Hardy to Loomis, 2 ALS from Loomis to Frederick Adams and a brief autograph note by Florence Hardy with 'The Play of St. George' (Kx.4.36-Kx.3.39) 15: Typed letter from Florence Hardy (on Hardy's behalf) to B. A. Barber in 'The Early Life of Thomas Hardy' (Kx.3.23) 16: ALS from Florence Hardy to an unidentified recipient in 'The Three Wayfarers' (Kx.3.35) 17: 2 ALS from Hardy to John Lane in 'The Song of Songs' by Herman Sudermann (Kx.2.01) 18: ALS from Hardy to Harold Monro in Hardy's copy of 'Real Property' (Ktt.1.06) 19: ALS from Emma Hardy to Wilkinson Sherren in 'The Wessex of Romance' (Kss.5.07)

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The catalogue record for each book has further information, if available, about the tipped-in material.
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