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Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745
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Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
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Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Carlyle, Thomas, 1795–1881
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Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694–1773
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Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, 1876–1963
3
Austin, Gabriel
2
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824
2
Chapman, R. W. (Robert William), 1881–1960
2
Clifford, James Lowry, 1901–1978
2
Cole, William, 1714–1782
2
Halsband, Robert, 1914–
2
Hilles, Frederick W. (Frederick Whiley), 1900–1975
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Hunt, Leigh, 1784–1859
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Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895–1979
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Martz, Louis L. (Louis Lohr), 1913–2001
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Milton, John, 1608–1674
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Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741–1821
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annotations (provenance)
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biographie
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biography
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booksellers' labels (provenance)
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personal correspondence
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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autobiographie
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history
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Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900- -- Bookplate (BAC,REF)
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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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Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
4
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
4
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
4
English poetry.
3
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Bibliography.
3
Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895-1979 -- Inscription to Annie Burr Lewis.
3
Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895-1979 -- Ownership.
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Roberts, Sydney Castle, Sir, 1887-1966 -- Donor.
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Rollins, Carl Purington 1880-1960 -- Ownership.
3
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.
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Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771.
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American poetry.
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Authors -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc.
2
Authors, Irish -- 18th century -- Correspondence.
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
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Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745
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Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
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Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
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Cowper, William, 1731–1800
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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751–1816
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Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721–1771
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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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Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741–1821
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Russell family
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Sterling, John, 1806–1844
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Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811–1863
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Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, 1876–1963
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
The portable Blake,
1946
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
Poems of William Blake
[1905?]
3
Blake, William, 1757–1827
The poems of William Blake
1921
4
Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794
The autobiography of Edward Gibbon
[1911]
5
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721–1771
The letters of Tobias Smollett;
1970
6
Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745
Journal to Stella,
1948
7
Hunt, Leigh, 1784–1859
The autobiography of Leigh Hunt
1949
8
Tourneur, Cyril, 1575?-1626
The works of Cyril Tourneur
[1930]
9
Episcopal Church
The book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church
1944
10
Sutherland, James Runcieman, 1900–
Defoe,
[1937]
11
Montagu, Elizabeth Robinson, 1720–1800
Mrs. Montagu, "Queen of the blues",
[1923]
12
Hesketh, Harriet Cowper, Lady, 1733–1807
Letters of Lady Hesketh to the Rev. John Johnson, concerning their kinsman William Cowper the poet,
1901
13
Wordsworth, William, 1770–1850
The poems of Wordsworth
1926
14
Jones, M. G. (Mary Gwladys)
Hannah More
1952
15
Reed, Isaac, 1742–1807
Isaac Reed diaries, 1762-1804
1946
16
Hillhouse, James Theodore, 1890–1956
The Grub-street journal,
1928
17
Bolton, Arthur T. (Arthur Thomas), 1864–
The architecture of Robert & James Adam (1758-1794)
1922
18
Halsband, Robert, 1914–
The life of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
1957, 1956
19
Jones, William, 1765–1821
The diary of the Revd. William Jones, 1777-1821
[1929]
20
Lyly, John, 1554?-1606
Queen Elizabeth's entertainment at Mitcham
1953
21
Knapp, Lewis M. (Lewis Mansfield)
Tobias Smollett
1949
22
Landa, Louis A., 1901–
Swift and the Church of Ireland
1954
23
Verney family
Verney letters of the eighteenth century from the mss. at Claydon House,
[1930]
24
Gulick, Sidney L. (Sidney Lewis), 1902–1988
A Chesterfield bibliography to 1800
1935]
25
Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, Earl of, 1633–1713
Some short observations for the Lady Mary Stanhope concerning the writing of ordinary letters,
1934
26
Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872–1962
The home book of verse, American and English, 1580-1912
1912
27
Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, 1876–1963
The Tinker library ;
[1959]
28
Milton, John, 1608–1674
Paradise lost
c1935
29
The Oxford book of eighteenth century verse,
1926
30
The Oxford book of American verse
1927
31
Cecil, David, Lord, 1902–
The stricken deer; or, The life of Cowper,
1935
32
Hawkins, John, 1719–1789
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
[1962]
33
Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful
1958
34
Rosenberg, John D
The darkening glass;
1961
35
Shakespeare's England;
1917
36
Crabbe, George, 1785–1857
The life of George Crabbe,
[1932]
37
Sheldon, Esther K.
Thomas Sheridan of Smock-Alley
1967
38
Austin, Gabriel
Four Oaks Farm
1967
39
Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689–1762
The complete letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
1965-1967
40
Eliot, Harriot Pitt, Lady, 1758–1786
The letters of Lady Harriot Eliot, 1766-1786;
1914
41
Luttrell, Barbara
The prim romantic
1965
42
Spence, Joseph, 1699–1768
Observations, anecdotes, and characters of books and men,
1966
43
Ashford, Daisy
Daisy Ashford: her book,
[c1920]
44
Greene, Donald Johnson
The politics of Samuel Johnson
1960
45
Southey, Robert, 1774–1843
Poems of Robert Southey
1909
46
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824
Don Juan,
1924
47
Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret), 1828–1897
Sheridan
1909
48
Woodforde, James, 1740–1803
Woodforde;
1935
49
Wardle, Ralph Martin, 1909–
Mary Wollstonecraft,
1951
50
Herbert, George, 1593–1633
The poems of George Herbert
1913
51
Watson, J. Steven (John Steven)
The reign of George III, 1760-1815
1960
52
Sterne, Laurence, 1713–1768
A sentimental journey through France and Italy
MCMXXXVI [1936]
53
Hazen, Allen T. (Allen Tracy), 1904–1977
The introduction to A catalogue of Horace Walpole's library
1969
54
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837–1909
Letters
1959-62
55
Fothergill, John, 1712–1780
Chain of friendship
1971
56
Paulson, Ronald, 1930–2024
Theme and structure in Swift's Tale of a tub
1960
57
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774
The deserted village
[1907?]
58
Price, Martin, 1920–2010
Swift's rhetorical art;
1953
59
Bush, Douglas, 1896–1983
English literature in the earlier seventeenth century, 1600-1660,
1945
60
Stuart, Louisa, Lady, 1757–1851
Notes by Lady Louisa Stuart on George Selwyn and his contemporaries
1928
61
Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895–1979
Bentley's designs for Walpole's Fugitive pieces,
1936
62
Hesselgrave, Ruth Avaline
Lady Miller and the Batheaston literary circle,
1927
63
Morris, William, 1834–1896
Some thoughts on the ornamented mss. of the middle ages,
[1934]
64
Roscoe, William, 1753–1831
William Roscoe of Liverpool
[1953]
65
Marlowe, Christopher, 1564–1593
Plays
1950
66
Cole, William, 1714–1782
A journal of my journey to Paris in the year 1765
1931
67
Black, Clementina
The Linleys of Bath,
[1911]
68
Dennis, John, 1657–1734
The critical works of John Dennis;
1939-43
69
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
Shakespeare's poems
1964
70
Hurd, Richard, 1720–1808
The correspondence of Richard Hurd & William Mason,
1932
71
Milton, John, 1608–1674
Paradise regained, the Minor poems, and Samson Agonistes
c1937
72
Whythorne, Thomas, 1528–
The autobiography of Thomas Whythorne
1962
73
Congreve, William, 1670–1729
Letters & documents
1964
74
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694–1773
Private correspondence of Chesterfield and Newcastle, 1744-46
1930
75
Tuell, Anne Kimball, 1876–
John Sterling,
1941
76
Kökeritz, Helge, 1902–
Shakespeare's pronunciation
1953
77
Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745
The letters of Jonathan Swift to Charles Ford
1935
78
Legg, L. G. Wickham (Leopold George Wickham), b. 1877
Matthew Prior: a study of his public career and correspondence,
1921
79
Clifford, James Lowry, 1901–1978
Young Sam Johnson
[c1955]
80
Bleackley, Horace, 1868–1931
Casanova in England
[1923]
81
Bunyan, John, 1628–1688
Grace abounding to the chief of sinners & The life & death of Mr. Badman,
[1928]
82
Corson, James Clarkson
A bibliography of Sir Walter Scott;
1943
83
Crashaw, Richard, 1613?-1649
The poems of Richard Crashaw;
[1905?]
84
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806–1861
Sonnets from the Portuguese
1909
85
Stucley, Elizabeth Florence, 1906–
A Hebridean journey with Johnson and Boswell
[1956]
86
Martz, Louis L. (Louis Lohr), 1913–2001
The poem of the mind;
1966
87
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786–1846
The autobiography and memoirs of Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846)
1926
88
Sterne, Laurence, 1713–1768
Letters of Laurence Sterne;
1935
89
Straus, Ralph, 1882–1950
The unspeakable Curll
MCMXXVII [1927]
90
Bettany, Lewis, 1869–
Edward Jerningham and his friends
1919
91
Barry, Iris, 1895–1969
Portrait of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
[1928]
92
Cavendish, George, 1500–1561?
The life and death of Cardinal Wolsey
1959
93
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Memoranda Walpoliana,
1937
94
Collison, C. S
Sketches in the Vale of Chalke
1900?]
95
Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy Chamrond, marquise, 1697–1780
Letters to and from Madame du Deffand and Julie de Lespinasse,
1938
96
Sheridan, Betsy, 1758–1837
Betsy Sheridan's journal
[1960]
97
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories & tragedies
1954
98
Greever, Garland, 1883–1967
A Wiltshire parson and his friends
[1926]
99
Burns, Robert, 1759–1796
Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect
1927
100
Burr, Allston, 1866–
Sir Walter Scott,
1936
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