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The Ashley library, a catalogue of printed books, manuscripts and autograph letters

Title
The Ashley library, a catalogue of printed books, manuscripts and autograph letters, collected by Thomas James Wise ...
Author
Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937.
Publication
London, Printed for private circulation only, 1922-36.

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John Shaw Billings Memorial Collection.
Description
11 v. fronts., ports., facsims.; 26.5 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • Part of plates printed on both sides.
  • "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."--Pref.
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  • Restricted access;
Contents
I. A-C.--II. D-Jones.--III. Jonson-Pollard.--IV. Pope-Settle.--V. Shadwell-Shirley.--VI. Sterne-Swinburne.--VII. Swinburne (continued)-Wollstone.--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.
Call Number
*KAC (Wise, T. J. Ashley library)
LCCN
22011090 //R2
OCLC
1313733
Author
Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937.
Title
The Ashley library, a catalogue of printed books, manuscripts and autograph letters, collected by Thomas James Wise ...
Imprint
London, Printed for private circulation only, 1922-36.
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
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John Shaw Billings Memorial Collection.
Research Call Number
*KAC (Wise, T. J. Ashley library)
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