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The Ashley library : a catalogue of printed books, manuscripts and autograph letters / collected by Thomas James Wise.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Z997 .W7 1922 v.1-11
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937--Library.
- Wise, Thomas James.
- Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937.
- English literature--First editions.
- English literature.
- English literature--First editions--Bibliography.
- Early printed books--Catalogs.
- Early printed books.
- English literature--Catalogs.
- Local Subjects:
- English literature--Catalogs.
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 11 volumes : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for private circulation only, 1922-36.
- Contents:
- I. A-C.
- II. D-Jones.
- III. Jonson-Pollard.
- IV. Pope-Settle.
- V. Shadwell-Sterne. Addenda.
- VI. Sterne (continued)-Swinburne.
- VII. Swinburne (continued)-Wollstone craftiana.
- VIII. Wordsworth-Yates. Additions and omissions: A-W.
- IX. [Supplement] A-Y. Index to v. 1-9
- X. [Supplement] A-Y.
- XI. [Supplement] A-Y. Index to v. 10-11.
- Notes:
- "Of this book two hundred copies only have been printed."
- Device on recto of last leaf inscribed: The Ashley library. Privately printed.
- "Mr. Wise's aim ... has been to form a library of the first editions of the famous English poets and dramatists, in perfect state, from Elizabethan times until the present."--Introd.
- OCLC:
- 1313733
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