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Typescript. Discusses commando raids on German-occupied Europe. dated 10/1941. Former Shelfmark: " Alluvial 1 Deposit" 014-017-001 Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656133812205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656133812205899[/url]
This collection contains 25 letters sent by W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) to his friend and bibliographer, R. Toole Stott (1910-1982). Topics include various works by Maugham, issues with American publishers, and personal health, among others. The letters are accompanied by manuscript notes on a sheet of paper and two cards, ...
Papers of Charles Reade, including two autographed letters signed. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6569874]https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6569874[/url]
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More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/09704390]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/09704390[/url] Binding: Original limp vellum binding. Provenance: Acquired in 1913 with the Richard Aron collection. Former shelfmark: 511.8 G46r (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). Former shelfmark: x 513.93 G46r (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). De Ricci. Richeson, A. W. "Notes on a Rechenbchlein of ...
More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/441471867]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/441471867[/url] Arranged in 2 sections, the first containing chiefly home remedies, the second chiefly edible dishes; each section has separate pagination and index. Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Note regarding a lease, dated 1669, inscribed in ink on inside front board. Script: Each of the 2 sections ...
Notebook with handwritten recipes for various dishes and remedies. Also contains several clippings of recipes pasted in. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99665966512205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99665966512205899[/url]
More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/872413360]www.worldcat.org/oclc/872413360[/url]
The report, dated 31 January 1857, is addressed to W. G. Craig and signed "J. F." It is preceeded by a summary letter dated 24 May 1858. Provenance: Acquired from Grafton, 18 April 1933. Former shelfmark: Ms 185 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library). Former shelfmark: x Q. 385.41 M312r (University of Illinois ...
More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232670167]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232670167[/url] Ms. codex. Date from note in pencil on fol. 1r; location conjectured by earlier cataloger. Binding: 18th century gilted calf with initials RB. Shelfmark: Urbana, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Pre-1650 MS 186. Fols. 80-83 blank. Illustrations on fols. 84r and 85r.
The files of Richard Bentley and Son, a London publishing house, 1829-1898: Richard Bentley, 1794-1871; George Bentley, 1828-1895 and Richard Bentley II, 1854-1936. Includes literary and business correspondence; ledgers, minutes of company meetings and legal agreements; personal and business diaries; authors' manuscripts; clippings and advertisements relating to literary, legal and ...
The files of Richard Bentley and Son, a London publishing house, 1829-1898: Richard Bentley, 1794-1871; George Bentley, 1828-1895 and Richard Bentley II, 1854-1936. Includes literary and business correspondence; ledgers, minutes of company meetings and legal agreements; personal and business diaries; authors' manuscripts; clippings and advertisements relating to literary, legal and ...
Correspondence and copies of writing by Richard Douglas Burbank. The majority of the correspondence is between Burbank and composer, Nicolas Slonimsky. Other notable materials include items from Pulitzer-Prize winning composer, Charles Wuorinen, whom Richard Burbank studied under at the Manhattan School of Music.
Papers of Grant Richards, including two autographed letters signed and two typed letters signed to J. G. Wilson. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6570785]https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6570785[/url]
This collection contains three volumes of manuscripts that document the expeditions of Sir John Richardson (1787-1865) on the ships [i]Blossom[/i] (1809); [i]Prince of Wales[/i], [i]Eddystone[/i], and [i]Wear[/i] (1820-1822); and [i]Prince of Wales[/i] and [i]Westminster[/i] (1847-1849). [url=http://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/17ks9l7/alma99202147312205899]Volume 1[/url] [formerly Post-1650 MS 0053] is a manuscript log kept by Richardson on a voyage ...
Papers of Charles Richet, including one autographed letter signed to Nicolas Obolensky and one autographed note. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6570816]https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6570816[/url]
Papers of Jacqueline Richet, including one typed letter. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6570836]https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6570836[/url]
Papers of Olivier Richet, including one autographed note signed to Nicolas Obolensky. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6570853]https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6570853[/url]
Papers of James Whitcomb Riley, including letters to James Newton Matthews.
This collection consists of two personal letters that James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916) wrote to James Newton Matthews (1852-1910) on June 10, 1890, and November 12, 1890. In the first letter (1 page), Riley describes his frustration with his U.S. publishers after learning that one of his books may go out of ...
This collection contains letters and postcards that author Rainer Maria Rilke sent to Berlin banker Karl von der Heydt and his wife Elisabeth in the early 1900s. In his letters, Rilke discusses art and artists, his family, financial matters, travel plans, and other topics.
A 17th century vita of St. Ignatius Loyola. Ms. codex. Title from fol. 6r. Binding: Bound in a marbled paper wrapper. Origin: Location and date from fol. 6v: "ristampato in Napoli ... 1668". Provenance: Acquired from Hammelmann, 28 January 1956. Shelfmark: Urbana, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Post-1650 MS 260. Inscription (autograph?) on fol. 1r: "Col: H.v.T." Fols. ...
The Robert Zarbock collection of opera photographs consists of letters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and lithographs related to performers who were active on the Parisian opera circuit in the mid- to late-19th century.
The Robert Zarbock collection of opera photographs consists of letters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and lithographs related to performers who were active on the Parisian opera circuit in the mid- to late-19th century.
More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70362407]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70362407[/url] Entered in De Ricci under Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung. Decoration: 2 miniatures, 1 large illuminated initial. Provenance: Deleted ownership note: "Anthoine L. ..." (15th century) -- Haraucourt (ca. 1600) -- Purchased from C. A. Stonehill, 1945. Former shelfmark: x 841R661 Or 13-- (University ...
This collection consists of one typed translation of the drama Samson, composed by Alessandro Roselli (1616) and one typed letter signed from Sister Mary Angelic to Professor Fletcher (1941 November 14). Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6570860]https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6570860[/url]
Papers of Bertran Rota, including one typed letter signed to Lord Berwick. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6570874]https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6570874[/url]
Ms. leaves. Caption title. Note in pencil on inside of housing dates manuscript at c1678 and states that the text was printed in 1749 with considerable emendations. Script: Written in a late 17th century English hand. Provenance: Purchased from Stonehill, 1945, June 30. Shelfmark: Urbana, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Post-1650 MS 191.
Papers of Remy Roure, including one autographed note signed. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6570882]https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6570882[/url]
A collection of notes mostly on French grammar. Ms. codex. Caption title. Fol. 2r-9r, 11r-41r, 79v-88v, 90v-93v, 95v-104v, 106v-107v: Notes on French Grammar -- Fol. 10r: List of books. -- Fol. 42r-46v: Exerpts from biblical book of Proverbs. -- Fol. 47v: Latin poem entitled "De Avaro". -- Fol. 48r-49r: List of books (a ...
Collection of film and television scripts by the screenwriter Arnold Rudnick.
Rufus Washburn was born in Shelburn Falls, Massachusetts, in 1840. He was a bugler in an army band during most of the Civil War. He initially was part of the Fifth Regiment of the Connecticut Volunteers, later in the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps. His letters home to ...
More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/66145390]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/66145390[/url] Rule book for the Procurators of Venice, the most important citizens after the doge, who controlled the square and basilica of San Marco and the six sections of the city. The text is divided into eighty chapters of which the penultimate is ...