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Box VMF 10

 Container

Contains 23 Results:

Dala'il al-Khayrat Manuscript

 Collection — Box: VMF 10, Folder: 1
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf092
Scope and Contents

Manuscript of the Dala'il al-Khayrat by Muhammad al-Jazuli. Also includes the Qasidah Burdah of Imam Muhammad bin Sa'id al-Bushiri. Written in Maghribi script. Hand sewn in red leather binding with gold tooling. Sheets bear several inks, decorated headings. In red cloth over leather case with red braid trim and braid clasp. Metal loops for strap. Red cloth considerably deteriorated. 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. Circa 150 pages.

Philip A. Larkin Letters

 Collection — Box: VMF 10, Folder: 4
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf095
Scope and Contents 1966 June 21. Typescript letter signed from Larkin to L.A. Wallrich, informing him of the publication history of Larkin's Twenty Poems. 1 page1955 August 1. Autograph letter signed from Larkin to "John" [John Heath-Stubbs?] assuring him his suggested visit is convenient. Mention his novel Jill and enclosed a copy, and thanks him for subscribing to The Less Deceived. 2...

Thomas Edward Lawrence Collection

 Collection — Box: VMF 10, Folder: 5
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf096
Scope and Contents

Newspaper clippings relating to T.E. Lawrence sometimes referred to as T.E. Shaw (Lawrence of Arabia) and two postcards showing likenesses of Lawrence by Augustus John now in the Tate Gallery.

Laurie Lee Letter

 Collection — Box: VMF 10, Folder: 6
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf097
Scope and Contents

1944 June 29. Autograph letter signed from Lee to Wilma [Gregory] promising to send a copy of his book, and describing the London bombardment during World War II. 2 pages

Letitia Elizabeth Landon Collection

 Collection — Box: VMF 10, Folder: 3
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf094
Scope and Contents

Bound volume of Fugitive Poems and clipping of review by Landon and clipping concerning Landon's death

Howard Phillips Lovecraft Letter

 Collection — Box: VMF 10, Folder: 9
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf101
Scope and Contents

1960 April 18. Typed letter signed from Leslie N. Daniels to Henry Wenning, book dealer, providing publishing history of 14 Lovecraft titles. Includes dates of first book, 1928, to 1952. Letter is apparently in response to bibliographic inquiries from Wenning. 4 pages

William McKinley Letters

 Collection — Box: VMF 10, Folder: 15
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf107
Scope and Contents

1894: December 15. Typed letter signed from McKinley, then Governor of Ohio, to Anthony Arnold thanking him for his recent letter and the enclosed rabbit's foot. 1 page

1896: February 20. Typed letter signed from McKinley to Anthony Arnold thanking him for his recent news from Missouri, and recalling the gift of the rabbit's foot. 1 page

Olivia Manning Letter

 Collection — Box: VMF 10, Folder: 16
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf108
Scope and Contents

Autograph note signed from Manning to Louis Golding thanking him for his letter and his comments on her writing and other news. 2 pages

Aldo Pio Manuzio Collection

 Collection — Box: VMF 10, Folder: 17
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf109
Scope and Contents 1959 January - February. Typescript review of the book 'Aldus Manutius and his thesaurus cornucopiae of 1496,' by an unknown author. The book's prologue was translated by Antiji Lemke, and the introduction written by Donald P. Bean (Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 1958). Includes 'An Aldus prologue-book,' (typescript with manuscript revisions), and 'Aldus as an editor,' (typescript with manuscript revisions), which appear to be earlier drafts of the final review. In all the drafts the...

John Masefield Letter

 Collection — Box: VMF 10, Folder: 18
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf110
Scope and Contents

Typed letter signed from Masefield to Denise Levertov expressing his regrets that he had not had time to speak to her on Friday, and offering to read her manuscript. Stationery has telephone "Clifton Hampden 77 Burcote Brook Abingdon." Undated. 1 page