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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
2
Burns, Robert, 1759–1796
2
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824
2
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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biography
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extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
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personal correspondence
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publishers' advertisement
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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autobiographie
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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
Selwyn, George Augustus, 1719–1791
George Selwyn
1899
5
The Oxford book of American verse
1927
6
Rosenberg, John D
The darkening glass;
1961
7
Cecil, David, Lord, 1902–
The stricken deer; or, The life of Cowper,
1935
8
Hawkins, John, 1719–1789
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
[1962]
9
Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful
1958
10
Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, 1876–1963
The Tinker library ;
[1959]
11
Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872–1962
The home book of verse, American and English, 1580-1912
1912
12
Morris, William, 1834–1896
Some thoughts on the ornamented mss. of the middle ages,
[1934]
13
Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, Earl of, 1633–1713
Some short observations for the Lady Mary Stanhope concerning the writing of ordinary letters,
1934
14
Quarles, Francis, 1592–1644
Quarles' emblems;
1886
15
Price, Martin, 1920–2010
Swift's rhetorical art;
1953
16
Ashford, Daisy
Daisy Ashford: her book,
[c1920]
17
Doran, Dr. (John), 1807–1878
'Mann' and manners at the court of Florence, 1740-1786
1876
18
Roscoe, William, 1753–1831
William Roscoe of Liverpool
[1953]
19
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774
The deserted village
[1907?]
20
Paulson, Ronald, 1930–2024
Theme and structure in Swift's Tale of a tub
1960
21
Greene, Donald Johnson
The politics of Samuel Johnson
1960
22
Fitzmaurice, Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 1st Baron, 1846–1935
Life of William, earl of Shelburne, afterwards first marguess of Lansdowne
1875-76
23
Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895–1979
Bentley's designs for Walpole's Fugitive pieces,
1936
24
Bush, Douglas, 1896–1983
English literature in the earlier seventeenth century, 1600-1660,
1945
25
Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret), 1828–1897
Sheridan
1909
26
Luttrell, Barbara
The prim romantic
1965
27
Milton, John, 1608–1674
Paradise lost
c1935
28
Herbert, George, 1593–1633
The poems of George Herbert
1913
29
Hesselgrave, Ruth Avaline
Lady Miller and the Batheaston literary circle,
1927
30
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
The journal of Sir Walter Scott, 1825-32,
1891
31
Southey, Robert, 1774–1843
Poems of Robert Southey
1909
32
Beaumont, Francis, 1584–1616
The works of Beaumont and Fletcher;
1854
33
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824
Don Juan,
1924
34
Watson, J. Steven (John Steven)
The reign of George III, 1760-1815
1960
35
Sterne, Laurence, 1713–1768
A sentimental journey through France and Italy
MCMXXXVI [1936]
36
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721–1771
The letters of Tobias Smollett;
1970
37
Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745
Journal to Stella,
1948
38
Reed, Isaac, 1742–1807
Isaac Reed diaries, 1762-1804
1946
39
Hunt, Leigh, 1784–1859
The autobiography of Leigh Hunt
1949
40
Tourneur, Cyril, 1575?-1626
The works of Cyril Tourneur
[1930]
41
Moore, Thomas, 1779–1852
Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan
1825
42
The Oxford book of eighteenth century verse,
1926
43
Brooke, Stopford Augustus, 1832–1916
Tennyson, his art and relation to modern life
1894
44
Omar Khayyam
The Rubāīyāt of Omar Khayyām, the astronomer-poet of Persia
[18--?]
45
Ashton, John, 1834–1911
Chap-books of the eighteenth century,
1882
46
Montagu, Elizabeth Robinson, 1720–1800
Mrs. Montagu, "Queen of the blues",
[1923]
47
Episcopal Church
The book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church
1944
48
Sutherland, James Runcieman, 1900–
Defoe,
[1937]
49
Jones, M. G. (Mary Gwladys)
Hannah More
1952
50
Hazen, Allen T. (Allen Tracy), 1904–1977
The introduction to A catalogue of Horace Walpole's library
1969
51
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837–1909
Letters
1959-62
52
Fothergill, John, 1712–1780
Chain of friendship
1971
53
Wordsworth, William, 1770–1850
The poems of Wordsworth
1926
54
Hesketh, Harriet Cowper, Lady, 1733–1807
Letters of Lady Hesketh to the Rev. John Johnson, concerning their kinsman William Cowper the poet,
1901
55
Prior, James, Sir, 1790?-1869
Life of Edmond Malone, editor of Shakspeare
1860
56
Spence, Joseph, 1699–1768
Observations, anecdotes, and characters of books and men,
1966
57
Stuart, Louisa, Lady, 1757–1851
Notes by Lady Louisa Stuart on George Selwyn and his contemporaries
1928
58
Jewsbury, Geraldine Endsor, 1812–1880
Selections from the letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle
1892
59
Masson, David, 1822–1907
Chatterton
1874
60
Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794
The autobiography of Edward Gibbon
[1911]
61
Bolton, Arthur T. (Arthur Thomas), 1864–
The architecture of Robert & James Adam (1758-1794)
1922
62
Jones, William, 1765–1821
The diary of the Revd. William Jones, 1777-1821
[1929]
63
Eliot, Harriot Pitt, Lady, 1758–1786
The letters of Lady Harriot Eliot, 1766-1786;
1914
64
Hamilton, Anthony, Count, ca. 1646–1720
Memoirs of Count Gramont
1906
65
Austin, Gabriel
Four Oaks Farm
1967
66
Sterne, Laurence, 1713–1768
Letters of Laurence Sterne;
1935
67
Shakespeare's England;
1917
68
Crabbe, George, 1785–1857
The life of George Crabbe,
[1932]
69
Sheldon, Esther K.
Thomas Sheridan of Smock-Alley
1967
70
Bell, Eva Mary Hamilton, "Mrs. G. H. Bell,", 1878–
The Hamwood papers of the Ladies of Llangollen and Caroline Hamilton,
1930
71
Sedley, Charles, Sir, 1639?-1701
The poetical and dramatic works of Sir Charles Sedley
1928
72
Gulick, Sidney L. (Sidney Lewis), 1902–1988
A Chesterfield bibliography to 1800
1935]
73
Cole, William, 1714–1782
A journal of my journey to Paris in the year 1765
1931
74
Marlowe, Christopher, 1564–1593
Plays
1950
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
Black, Clementina
The Linleys of Bath,
[1911]
78
Wardle, Ralph Martin, 1909–
Mary Wollstonecraft,
1951
79
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811–1863
The letters and private papers of William Makepeace Thackeray;
1945-46
80
Hilles, Frederick W. (Frederick Whiley), 1900–1975
New light on Dr. Johnson;
1967 [c1959]
81
Woodforde, James, 1740–1803
Woodforde;
1935
82
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809–1892
In memoriam
1910
83
Burns, Robert, 1759–1796
Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect
1927
84
Knapp, Lewis M. (Lewis Mansfield)
Tobias Smollett
1949
85
Landa, Louis A., 1901–
Swift and the Church of Ireland
1954
86
Verney family
Verney letters of the eighteenth century from the mss. at Claydon House,
[1930]
87
Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1628–1687
The rehearsal
1868
88
Lyly, John, 1554?-1606
Queen Elizabeth's entertainment at Mitcham
1953
89
Burr, Allston, 1866–
Sir Walter Scott,
1936
90
Prior, Matthew, 1664–1721
Poems on several occasions
1905
91
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Memoranda Walpoliana,
1937
92
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795–1881
The correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872
1892
93
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511–1574
Lives of the most eminent painters, sculptors, and architects
1850-1852
94
Fitzgerald, Percy, 1834–1925
Samuel Foote
MCMX [1910]
95
Dictionary of national biography
[1920]
96
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536
Erasmus in praise of folly
[187-?]
97
Sheridan, Betsy, 1758–1837
Betsy Sheridan's journal
[1960]
98
Collison, C. S
Sketches in the Vale of Chalke
1900?]
99
Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy Chamrond, marquise, 1697–1780
Letters to and from Madame du Deffand and Julie de Lespinasse,
1938
100
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories & tragedies
1954
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