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Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
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Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745
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Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
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Carlyle, Thomas, 1795–1881
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694–1773
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Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741–1821
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Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809–1892
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Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, 1876–1963
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Ashton, John, 1834–1911
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Austin, Gabriel
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Burns, Robert, 1759–1796
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Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824
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Chapman, R. W. (Robert William), 1881–1960
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Clifford, James Lowry, 1901–1978
2
Cockburn, Henry Cockburn, Lord, 1779–1854
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Cole, William, 1714–1782
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Cowper, William, 1731–1800
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Fitzgerald, Percy, 1834–1925
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annotations (provenance)
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biographie
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booksellers' labels (provenance)
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personal correspondence
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publishers' advertisement
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784.
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Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895–1979 -- Ms. notes.
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England -- Social life and customs.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
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Carlyle, Thomas, 1795–1881.
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Great Britain -- History -- Anne, 1702–1714.
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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751–1816.
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Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745.
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English poetry.
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Great Britain -- Court and courtiers.
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 -- Bibliography.
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Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895–1979 -- Inscription to Annie Burr Lewis.
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Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895–1979 -- Ownership.
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Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741–1821.
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Roberts, Sydney Castle, Sir, 1887–1966 -- Donor.
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Rollins, Carl Purington 1880–1960 -- Ownership.
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Scott, Walter, 1771–1832.
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
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Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
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Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745
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Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751–1816
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Carlyle, Thomas, 1795–1881
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Cowper, William, 1731–1800
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Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741–1821
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Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721–1771
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Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809–1892
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Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
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Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694–1773
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Crabbe, George, 1754–1832
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Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700–1788
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Hyde, Donald Frizell, 1909–1966
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Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689–1762
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Russell family
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
The portable Blake,
1946
2
Blake, William, 1757–1827
The poems of William Blake
1921
3
Blake, William, 1757–1827
Poems of William Blake
[1905?]
4
Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745
Journal to Stella,
1948
5
Omar Khayyam
The Rubāīyāt of Omar Khayyām, the astronomer-poet of Persia
[18--?]
6
Bunyan, John, 1628–1688
Grace abounding to the chief of sinners & The life & death of Mr. Badman,
[1928]
7
Corson, James Clarkson
A bibliography of Sir Walter Scott;
1943
8
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806–1861
Sonnets from the Portuguese
1909
9
Cotton, William, 1794–1863
Some account of the ancient borough town of Plymouth St. Maurice, or Plympton Earl,
1859
10
Straus, Ralph, 1882–1950
The unspeakable Curll
MCMXXVII [1927]
11
Bettany, Lewis, 1869–
Edward Jerningham and his friends
1919
12
Barry, Iris, 1895–1969
Portrait of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
[1928]
13
Cavendish, George, 1500–1561?
The life and death of Cardinal Wolsey
1959
14
Morris, William, 1834–1896
Some thoughts on the ornamented mss. of the middle ages,
[1934]
15
Milton, John, 1608–1674
Paradise lost
c1935
16
Selwyn, George Augustus, 1719–1791
George Selwyn
1899
17
Bolton, Arthur T. (Arthur Thomas), 1864–
The architecture of Robert & James Adam (1758-1794)
1922
18
Black, Clementina
The Linleys of Bath,
[1911]
19
Doran, Dr. (John), 1807–1878
'Mann' and manners at the court of Florence, 1740-1786
1876
20
Dictionary of national biography
[1920]
21
Burr, Allston, 1866–
Sir Walter Scott,
1936
22
Prior, Matthew, 1664–1721
Poems on several occasions
1905
23
Hamilton, Anthony, Count, ca. 1646–1720
Memoirs of Count Gramont
1906
24
Cole, William, 1714–1782
A journal of my journey to Paris in the year 1765
1931
25
Marlowe, Christopher, 1564–1593
Plays
1950
26
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536
Erasmus in praise of folly
[187-?]
27
Burns, Robert, 1759–1796
Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect
1927
28
Knapp, Lewis M. (Lewis Mansfield)
Tobias Smollett
1949
29
Landa, Louis A., 1901–
Swift and the Church of Ireland
1954
30
Verney family
Verney letters of the eighteenth century from the mss. at Claydon House,
[1930]
31
Gulick, Sidney L. (Sidney Lewis), 1902–1988
A Chesterfield bibliography to 1800
1935]
32
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811–1863
The letters and private papers of William Makepeace Thackeray;
1945-46
33
Hilles, Frederick W. (Frederick Whiley), 1900–1975
New light on Dr. Johnson;
1967 [c1959]
34
The Oxford book of eighteenth century verse,
1926
35
Brooke, Stopford Augustus, 1832–1916
Tennyson, his art and relation to modern life
1894
36
Bush, Douglas, 1896–1983
English literature in the earlier seventeenth century, 1600-1660,
1945
37
Quarles, Francis, 1592–1644
Quarles' emblems;
1886
38
Moore, Thomas, 1779–1852
Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan
1825
39
Sheldon, Esther K.
Thomas Sheridan of Smock-Alley
1967
40
Austin, Gabriel
Four Oaks Farm
1967
41
Lyly, John, 1554?-1606
Queen Elizabeth's entertainment at Mitcham
1953
42
Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1628–1687
The rehearsal
1868
43
Sheridan, Betsy, 1758–1837
Betsy Sheridan's journal
[1960]
44
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories & tragedies
1954
45
Cole, William, 1714–1782
The Blecheley diary of the Rev. William Cole ... 1765-67;
1931
46
Greever, Garland, 1883–1967
A Wiltshire parson and his friends
[1926]
47
Collison, C. S
Sketches in the Vale of Chalke
1900?]
48
Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy Chamrond, marquise, 1697–1780
Letters to and from Madame du Deffand and Julie de Lespinasse,
1938
49
Ashton, John, 1834–1911
Social life in the reign of Queen Anne
1882
50
Crashaw, Richard, 1613?-1649
The poems of Richard Crashaw;
[1905?]
51
Congreve, William, 1670–1729
Letters & documents
1964
52
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786–1846
The autobiography and memoirs of Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846)
1926
53
Milton, John, 1608–1674
Paradise regained, the Minor poems, and Samson Agonistes
c1937
54
Dobson, Austin, 1840–1921
Eighteenth century vignettes
1892
55
Martz, Louis L. (Louis Lohr), 1913–2001
The poem of the mind;
1966
56
Masson, David, 1822–1907
Chatterton
1874
57
Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895–1979
Bentley's designs for Walpole's Fugitive pieces,
1936
58
Jones, William, 1765–1821
The diary of the Revd. William Jones, 1777-1821
[1929]
59
Luttrell, Barbara
The prim romantic
1965
60
Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret), 1828–1897
Sheridan
1909
61
Herbert, George, 1593–1633
The poems of George Herbert
1913
62
Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful
1958
63
Rosenberg, John D
The darkening glass;
1961
64
The Oxford book of American verse
1927
65
Cecil, David, Lord, 1902–
The stricken deer; or, The life of Cowper,
1935
66
Hawkins, John, 1719–1789
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
[1962]
67
Prior, James, Sir, 1790?-1869
Life of Edmond Malone, editor of Shakspeare
1860
68
Hesselgrave, Ruth Avaline
Lady Miller and the Batheaston literary circle,
1927
69
Spence, Joseph, 1699–1768
Observations, anecdotes, and characters of books and men,
1966
70
Greene, Donald Johnson
The politics of Samuel Johnson
1960
71
Reed, Isaac, 1742–1807
Isaac Reed diaries, 1762-1804
1946
72
Price, Martin, 1920–2010
Swift's rhetorical art;
1953
73
Sterne, Laurence, 1713–1768
A sentimental journey through France and Italy
MCMXXXVI [1936]
74
Watson, J. Steven (John Steven)
The reign of George III, 1760-1815
1960
75
Halsband, Robert, 1914–
The life of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
1957, 1956
76
Hillhouse, James Theodore, 1890–1956
The Grub-street journal,
1928
77
Paulson, Ronald, 1930–2024
Theme and structure in Swift's Tale of a tub
1960
78
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774
The deserted village
[1907?]
79
Fitzmaurice, Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 1st Baron, 1846–1935
Life of William, earl of Shelburne, afterwards first marguess of Lansdowne
1875-76
80
Hazen, Allen T. (Allen Tracy), 1904–1977
The introduction to A catalogue of Horace Walpole's library
1969
81
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837–1909
Letters
1959-62
82
Woodforde, James, 1740–1803
Woodforde;
1935
83
Fitzgerald, Percy, 1834–1925
Samuel Foote
MCMX [1910]
84
Sedley, Charles, Sir, 1639?-1701
The poetical and dramatic works of Sir Charles Sedley
1928
85
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511–1574
Lives of the most eminent painters, sculptors, and architects
1850-1852
86
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809–1892
In memoriam
1910
87
Roscoe, William, 1753–1831
William Roscoe of Liverpool
[1953]
88
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795–1881
The correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872
1892
89
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Memoranda Walpoliana,
1937
90
Jones, M. G. (Mary Gwladys)
Hannah More
1952
91
Wardle, Ralph Martin, 1909–
Mary Wollstonecraft,
1951
92
Bell, Eva Mary Hamilton, "Mrs. G. H. Bell,", 1878–
The Hamwood papers of the Ladies of Llangollen and Caroline Hamilton,
1930
93
Ashton, John, 1834–1911
Chap-books of the eighteenth century,
1882
94
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721–1771
The letters of Tobias Smollett;
1970
95
Hunt, Leigh, 1784–1859
The autobiography of Leigh Hunt
1949
96
Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794
The autobiography of Edward Gibbon
[1911]
97
Tourneur, Cyril, 1575?-1626
The works of Cyril Tourneur
[1930]
98
Episcopal Church
The book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church
1944
99
Sutherland, James Runcieman, 1900–
Defoe,
[1937]
100
Montagu, Elizabeth Robinson, 1720–1800
Mrs. Montagu, "Queen of the blues",
[1923]
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