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Rare Books and Manuscripts 3,916
Reference Library 114

Creator

Clark, Thomas A 39
Dilnot, John 24
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022 22
Sackett, Colin 22
King, Ronald, 1932– 21
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 19
Finlay, Ian Hamilton 19
Edwards, Lionel, 1878–1966 15
Kemplen, Tony 15
Somerville, E. Œ. (Edith Œnone), 1858–1949 15
Labour Party (Great Britain) 14
Liberal Party (Great Britain) 14
Blake, William, 1757–1827 12
Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886–1967 12
Fairfax-Blakeborough, J. (John), 1883– 11
Horl, Mikel 11
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 11
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 10
Rindl, Deb 10
Shirley Smith, Richard 10
Coppard, A. E. (Alfred Edgar), 1878–1957 9
Metal Box Company 9
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 9
Young, Percy M. (Percy Marshall), 1912–2004 9
Bush, Tracey 8
Fisher, Roy, 1930–2017 8
Fulton, Hamish, born 1946 8
White, Kenneth, 1936– 8
Aldin, Cecil, 1870–1935 7
Brandt, Bill, 1904–1983 7

Date

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 3,916
Accessible in the Reference Library 114

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 3,916

Image Available

unavailable 3,916

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 3

Classification

Books 3,024
Articles & Chapters 132
Music (printed) 125
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 124
Archives & Manuscripts 108
Postcards 104
Prints 79
Periodicals 64
Photographs 34
Maps & Atlas (printed) 29
Visual Materials 14
Drawings & Watercolors 11
Musical Sound Recordings 5
Computer Files 1
Videos 1

Collective Title

Period

20th century 3,916

19th century 111
18th century 28
21st century 17
17th century 13
16th century 9
15th century 7

Materials & Techniques

ink 2
engraving (action) 1
gelatin silver process 1
graphite (mineral) 1
laid paper 1
photographic paper 1
plywood 1
steel engraving (printing process) 1
watercolor (paint) 1
wove paper 1
zinc 1

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

artists' book 469
ephemera 376
private press books (publishing) 312
wood engraving 291
exhibition catalog 231
photomechanical print 210
photograph 127
postcard 126
sheet music 115
chromolithograph 86
memorial card 85
accordion fold format (binding) 75
poem 70
livres d'artiste 62
memorials (commemorative) 56
engraving 54
lithograph 53
poetry 53
advertisement 51
photographic postcard 48
botanical illustration 46
postage stamp 44
screen print 43
etching 42
periodical 40
exhibition catalogue 38
gelatin silver print 38
map 38
correspondence 37
fiction 33

Genre

Subject Terms

Artists' books -- Great Britain. 503
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 224
Art, Modern -- Exhibitions. 123
Fox hunting. 113
Mourning customs -- Great Britain. 89
Grief. 85
Horses. 81
English poetry. 78
Circle Press -- Publisher. 76
Private press books -- England -- Waltham Saint Lawrence -- Specimens. 69
Songs with piano. 63
Death. 62
Postcards -- Specimens. 57
Great Britain -- Social life and customs. 53
Horsemanship. 53
Horse racing. 52
Horse racing -- Great Britain. 50
Popular music -- 1901–1910. 48
Moschatel Press -- Publisher. 36
Photography, Artistic. 33
English poetry -- 20th century. 32
Piano music. 30
Hunting. 29
Bookmarks -- Specimens. 28
Hunting -- Great Britain. 27
Great Britain. 26
Horse racing -- United States. 25
Horses -- Breeding. 25
Political parties -- Great Britain. 25
Politics -- Great Britain. 25

Subject Period

20th century 380
19th century 72
18th century 26
17th century 16
16th century 13
15th century 3
11th century 2
15th and 16th centuries 2
Description and travel 2
Elizabeth II 2
14th century 1
17th cenury 1
58 B.C.-511 A.D 1
Civil War, 43-31 B.C 1
Twentieth Century 1
Twentieth century 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 1,056
England 425
London 250
United States 91
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
London (England) 63
France 38
Guildford 31
Ireland 29
Guildford (England) 22
Scotland 20
Italy 16
India 14
Edinburgh 13
Oxford 13
Cambridge 12
Glasgow 12
Virginia 12
Oxford (England) 11
Australia 10
Germany 10
Kentucky 10
Newtown (Powys, Wales) 10
Europe 9
Cambridge (England) 8
Canada 8
Docking (Norfolk, England) 8
Liverpool (England) 8
New York (State) 8
Axminster 7

Associated People

Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 30
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 19
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895–1952 18
George V, King of Great Britain, 1865–1936 17
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910 14
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 14
Shirley Smith, Richard 13
Blake, William, 1757–1827 12
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900–2002 12
Procktor, Patrick, 1936–2003 11
Mary, Queen, consort of George V, King of Great Britain, 1867–1953 10
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022 9
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 9
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 9
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 8
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 8
Finlay, Ian Hamilton 8
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 8
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 8
Fulton, Hamish, born 1946 7
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 7
Morris, William, 1834–1896 7
Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480–1519 6
Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886–1967 6
Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894–1972 6
Bembo, Pietro, 1470–1547 5
Brandt, Bill, 1904–1983 5
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 5
Churchill, Winston, 1874–1965 5
Nash, Paul, 1889–1946 5

Exhibition History

"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 11
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 2
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 2
“The Poet of Them All”: William Shakespeare and Miniature Designer Bindings from the Collection of Neale and Margaret Albert (Yale Center for British Art, June 16, 2016-August 21, 2016) 2
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 1
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 1
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21) 1

Credit Line

22960409440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 10
22960469820008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. Robert V. Tauxe, Yale BA 1975, Yale MPH 1980 6
22711723710008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 4
22960470130008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman 4
22711731110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert 2
22711731170008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert 2
22781079680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert. 2
22606018760008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606039610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606091430008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606096070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606107810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606110530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606125190008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606224620008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22606244240008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22606514650008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606582880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D. 1
22606683430008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Scott B. Wilcox, Yale PhD 1985 1
22606930130008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972 1
22607144580008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607197660008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607246420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607489790008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson 1
22607597140008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607654640008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607664040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607685220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607686490008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1

Language

English 3,782
French 45
German 20
Undetermined 14
Welsh 9
Latin 4
Dutch 3
Italian 3
Portuguese 3
Spanish 2
Danish 1
Efik 1
English, Middle (1100-1500) 1
Japanese 1
Norwegian 1
Polish 1
Swedish 1

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Collection: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Period: 20th century
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Image Use: Under Certain Circumstances
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Accessible in the Study Room
Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant letters to Kenneth Clark and Jane Clark,

ca. 1920-1969
Accessible in the Reference Library
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Stubbs

1984
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1984
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Constable, John, 1776–1837

Constable with his friends in 1806

1981
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The beggar's opera by Hogarth and Blake

1965
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Edward Lear archive,

ca. 1840-1985
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Lear in Sicily

1938
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Illustrations of the family of Psittacidae, or parrots

1978
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Accessible in the Study Room
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Nonsensus

1988
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Indian Journal

1953
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Accessible in the Study Room
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Teapots and quails

1953
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Accessible in the Study Room
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

St. Kiven and the gentle Kathleen

1973
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Accessible in the Study Room
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Edward Lear's journals

1952
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

The book of nonsense

[approximately 1916?]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Letters of Edward Lear, author of "The book of nonsense"

[approximately 1908?]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds

1929
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Blake, William, 1757–1827

William Blake's designs for Edward Young's Night thoughts

1980-
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Blake, William, 1757–1827

Spring

1993
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Blake, William, 1757–1827

The complete writings of William Blake

MCMLVII [1957]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Blake, William, 1757–1827

The Blake-Varley sketchbook of 1819

1969
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Blake, William, 1757–1827

The writings of William Blake

MCMXXV [1925]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Blake, William, 1757–1827

Illustrations of the book of Job by William Blake;

1935
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Blake, William, 1757–1827

Blake's pencil drawings

1956
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Blake, William, 1757–1827

Pencil drawings by William Blake

1927
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Blake, William, 1757–1827

The note-book of William Blake

MCMXXXV [1935]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Blake, William, 1757–1827

William Blake's water-colour designs for the poems of Thomas Gray

1972
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Blake, William, 1757–1827

Poetry and prose of William Blake

1935
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Blake, William, 1757–1827

The illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil

1937
Image not yet available

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Metropolitan Railway Electric Train, London

[approximately 1907]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Photo Precision Limited

Blenheim Palace and Grand Bridge from Rosamund's Well

[approximately 1960?]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Model theater

early 20th century?
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Brangwyn, Frank, Sir, 1867–1956

Frank Brangwyn archive,

ca. 1900-1920
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022

Ken Campbell archive,

1975-2003
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Paul Mellon collection of British artists' correspondence,

1767-1917
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Herkomer, Hubert von, Sir, 1849–1914

Hubert von Herkomer archive,

1862-1943
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Shirley Smith, Richard.

Roger W. Moss collection of manuscript, original art and printed... [Read more]

1961-2011
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Haywood, Helen, 1908–1995

Helen Haywood archive,

ca. 1960-ca. 1970
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Jay, Bill,

Portraits from Photographers photographed

[ca. 2000?]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
King, Ron, 1932–

Daniel King Circle Press archive,

1967-2003
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
"The Jolly Fisherman"

approximately 1939
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Felix Hotel and Serpentine Steps, Felixstowe

[1917?]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Casson, Michael, 1925–

The craft of the potter

1979
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859

Charles Robert Leslie collection,

circa 1812-1900
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
British transportation ephemera collection,

1912-2019
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Our big picture book

not before 1928
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Carr family.

Carr family collection of travel sketches, scrapbooks, and genealogical... [Read more]

1699-1981
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Mallender, Fred, 1930–2003

Fred Mallender Collection of British Commonwealth postage stamps,

1937-1992
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Christie, John, 1945–

John Christie archive,

1975-1995
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Nash, Paul, 1889–1946

Paul Nash letters to Mercia Oakley

1909-1951, bulk 1909-1912
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Smith, Sam, 1908–1983

Sam Smith collection,

1972-1996, bulk 1972-1979

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