Found 128 collections related to Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822

Henry Shakespear Stephens Salt, British classical scholar and publicist. · Holograph paper, "Hogg's 'Life of Shelley,'" signed : [ca. Dec 1888] : (S'ANA 0053) : 15 leaves : [from London?] : begins, "'That such a man should have written one of the best books in the world,' says Lord Macaulay, in speaking of Boswell, 'is strange enough. But this is not at all ..."; with a note in Salt's hand in the upper right corner of leaf 1, "Read at Shelley Society Dec 12 '88." Leaf 15 with stamp, postmarks (27 Jul 1889) and address (H. S. Salt / 38 Gloucester Road / Regents Park / N.W.) on verso. The paper was published in 1889 for private circulation as "An Examination of Hogg's 'Life of Shelley.'". less

William Bell Scott, Scottish poet and painter. · Holograph "Introductory Memoir" to his edition of The Poetical Works of John Keats : [ca. 1873] : (S'ANA 0055) : 23 pages (23 single sheets) : [no place] : written chiefly on rectos, with notes and additions on a few of the versos; begins, "There is no one of the poets who lived at the beginning of this century, -- the greatest era of lyrical and narrative poetry in England, as the Elizabethan age was of dramatic -- of whom we still find it so difficult to speak without bias or prejudice, for or against, as Keats ...". less

Arthur Severn, English watercolor painter; he was the son of Joseph Severn, the painter and friend of John Keats. · To H. Buxton Forman, bibliographer and forger : 1 autograph letter signed : 23 Apr 1912 : (S'ANA 0709) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from 9 Warwick Square, S. W. (printed stationery) : begins, "There is an oil picture by my Father -- of Shelley sitting on the top of the Palace of the Caesars or the Baths of Caracalla ...". less

Joseph Severn, English painter. · To Charles Armitage Brown, writer : 6 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 19 Sep 1821 : (S'ANA 0058) : 4 pages (double sheet made folio size by pasting two sheets together) : from Rome : begins, "I have got both your letters - the last 21 Aug.t came 19th instant ..."; including, "Why my dear Brown, what sad affair is this? I know not what to say in it - except this - that you are the only one to write Keats's memoir ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 26 Oct 1822 : (S'ANA 0059) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Rome : begins, "Owing to my journey - and other unsettling [Bores?] - I have only just got your letter ..."; including, "I am just about putting up the grave stone to our Keats ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 21 Jan 1823 : (S'ANA 0060) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Rome : begins, "I have just returned from the funeral of poor Shelley ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Sep 1824 : (S'ANA 0061) : 3 ¹/₃ pages (double sheet) : from Lavinia : begins, "West is a hollow 'impfiddle' with never a string to his bow ..."; crosswritten on page 1. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Jul 1836 : (S'ANA 0062) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Rome : begins, "'Tis plain that the further we get apart, the nearer we draw together ..."; crosswritten on page 1. -- 1 autograph letter [signed] : 21 Aug 1838 : (S'ANA 0061) : 3 ¹/₄ pages (double sheet) : from 19 Brook St. : begins, "Such a lot of things, but above all the love of 'filthy luck' for I am beginning my 5th peiture here - have prevented me writing to you as I wanted ..."; signature cut away, causing near-complete loss of postscript on p. 4. less

George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and polemicist. · To Maud Russell Lorraine ("Emarel") Freshel, designer and vegetarian activist : 1 autograph presentation inscription signed : [1928, before June] : (S'ANA 1101) : in ink, on the half-title of a first edition copy of Shaw's Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism; reads in full, "to Emeral [sic] / from G.B.S." Shelved as *Pforz BT (Shaw, B.) 01. less

Henry Thornton Wharton, English physician, ornithologist, and scholar of Greek. · Holograph essay, "Note on the Identification of 'The Aziola' of Shelley" : [before 11 Apr 1888] : (S'ANA 0125) : 5 pages (in 6 leaf fascicle) : [no place] : begins, "In Shelley's charming little lyric, 'The Aziola,' written in 1821, but only published, in 'The Keepsake,' in 1829, the specific identity of the 'little downy owl,' Mr. Tegetmeier informs me, has never been made out in print." Published in The Shelley Society Papers volume I, part II, page 343, where it notes that the paper was read before the Shelley Society on 11 Apr 1888. less

Newman Ivey White, American professor of English. · To Clinton N. Rutan of New Jersey : 7 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Jul 1941 : (S'ANA 0947.c1) : 1 ¹/₃ pages (double sheet) + envelope : from Oak Grove Hotel, 230 Oak Grove Street, Minneapolis, Minn. (printed stationery) : begins, "Your interesting letter was forwarded from Duke here and reaches me in the midst of packing up . . . ." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Aug 1941 : (S'ANA 0947.c2) : ¹/₂ page (single sheet) + envelope : from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (printed stationery) : begins, "I am sending you in two separate packages some autographed off-prints of my Shelley articles . . . ." -- 1 typescript letter signed : 29 Sep 1941 : (S'ANA 0947.c3) : 1 page (single sheet) + envelope : from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (printed stationery) : begins, "We are delighted that you like our little Shelley mementoes . . . ." -- 1 typescript letter signed : 24 Feb 1943 : (S'ANA 0947.c4) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (2 single sheets) + envelope : from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (printed stationery) : begins, "Thank you very much for the Shelley portrait." -- 1 typescript letter signed : 31 Jul 1943 : (S'ANA 0947.c5) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (2 single sheets) + envelope : from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (printed stationery) : begins, "I am sorry I have had to wait so long to answer your letter of June first . . . ." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Mar 1947 : (S'ANA 0947.c6) : 2 pages (2 single sheets) + envelope : from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (printed stationery) : begins, "Hunting through some back correspondence the other day, I came across a letter of yours written in 1943 from a camp in S.C., enclosing a copy (of an original in Fanny Godwin's hand) of a letter from Godwin to Shelley." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 6 Nov 1948 : (S'ANA 0947.c7) : 1 page (single sheet) + envelope : from 24 Berkeley St., Cambridge 38 Mass. : begins, "I don't think I have written to you or heard from you since the War . . . .". less

William Whitton, English lawyer. · Autograph signatures on verso of indenture agreement : [circa 14 Apr 1800] : (S'ANA 0101h) : 1 page (folded parchment sheet) : legal document regarding the Shelleys and the sale of an estate in Balcombe. Filed under "Timothy Shelley.". less

Charles Norris Williamson, English writer. · To H. Buxton Forman, bibliograpger and forger : 3 letters : -- 1 typescript letter signed : 3 Aug 1892 : (S'ANA 0020f) : 1 page (single sheet) : from 33 Bouverie Street, London, E.C. (printed stationery of "Black White" magazine) : begins, "I am about to bublish some illustrations in connection with the Shelley centenary including some original drawings by Lady Shelley . . . ." -- 1 typescript letter signed : 4 Aug 1892 : (S'ANA 0020d) : 1 page (single sheet) : from 33 Bouverie Street, London, E.C. (printed stationery of "Black White" magazine) : begins, "I am very sorry, but not surprised to find your letter just received that you cannot undertake the article on Shelley on such short notice." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Aug 1892 : (S'ANA 0020e) : 1 page (single sheet) : from 33 Bouverie Street, London, E.C. (printed stationery of "Black White" magazine) : begins, "I thank you for your letter just received, am glad that you can undertake the Shelley article.". less

Everina Wollstonecraft, English governess and schoolmistress; she was the sister of Mary Wollstonecraft, the author and advocate of women's rights. · To "My Dear Madam" : 1 autograph letter signed : "Thursday" [?mid-late June 1821] : (S'ANA 0183) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Hume Street [Dublin] : begins, "I return you the poem -- the perusal of which gave me extreme pain, and pleasure. I had no idea -- no adequate idea of Mr Shelley's great talents till now . . . .". less

George Edward Woodberry, American man of letters and teacher. · To J. R. Tutin, literary editor and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 19 Feb 1893 : (S'ANA 0934) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from "The Players, 16 Gramercy Park" (printed stationery) : begins, "I should have thanked you a month ago for your kindness in sending me a copy of your 'Shelley Birthday Book' . . . .". less

William P. Wreden, American antiquarian bookseller. · To Clinton N. Rutan of New Jersey : 1 typescript letter signed : 26 Jul 1951 : (S'ANA 0947.L) : 2 pages (2 single sheets) : return address Box 84, Burlingame, California (printed stationery) : begins, "Thank you for your letter of July 18th. Your name has been placed on our mailing list to receive catalogs. In the meantime I am pleased to quote the following books by and about Shelley . . . .". less

William Roberts (fl. 1812-1844), surgeon of Carnarvon, Wales; he was elected mayor of Carnarvon in 1832. · To Thomas Love Peacock, satirical novelist and poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Jun 1844 : (S'ANA 0283) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Uxbridge Place, Carnarvon N[orth] W[ales] : begins, "Having lately seen an acct. of the death of Sir Timothy Shelley, may I be allowed to hope you will pardon the liberty of my troubling you on the following subject. About 30 years since his son Mr. P.B. Shelley was arrested in this town for a sum of money which he owed ...". less

Vernon Horace Rendall, British editor and writer. · To H. Buxton Forman, bibliographer and forger : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 11 Dec 1908 : (S'ANA 0219c) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Athenæum Office, Bream's Buildings, Chancery Lane, E.C. (printed stationery) : marked "Private"; begins, "I know all about the Shelley letter which was the subject of a recent article in the Athenaeum -- among other things that you are the happy possessor of it. It is obvious that it is not now regarded as a forgery..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 17 Dec 1908 : (S'ANA 0219d) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Athenæum Office, Bream's Buildings, Chancery Lane, E.C. (printed stationery) : begins, "Many thanks for your letter. I fear I am held up with much business till after Xmas ...". less

Ernest Percival Rhys, English writer and literary editor. · To H. Buxton Forman, bibliographer and forger : 1 autograph letter signed : 9 Feb 1906 : (S'ANA 0220g) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Derwen, Hermitage Lane, W. Hampstead : begins, "I wonder if you can allow Messrs. Dent to reprint the MS. part of the "Daemon of the World" in a forthcoming volume of Shelley's poems ...". less

John Joseph Powell, British barrister. · To "My dear Moyer" : 1 autograph letter signed : 21 Feb 1877 : (S'ANA 0051a) : 6 pages (2 double sheets; 1 single sheet) : from 9, King's Bench Walk, Temple, E.C. : begins, "Touching the copyrights questions you sent to me some time ago I think the publisher has copyright in all the publications of Shelley which he has registered under the Talfourd Act ...". less

Walter Edwin Peck, American professor and literary scholar. The Walter Edwin Peck manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include a typescript introduction to a proposed printing of Shelley's will, and a holograph essay, "Shelley and 'Constantia' (Claire Clairmont)." The bulk of the correspondence is addressed to Carl H. Pforzheimer and dated between 1922 and 1931. Accompanying material includes a number of typescript letter copies from Pforzheimer to Peck, and documents from Houghton Mifflin Company relating to sales of Peck's biography of Percy Bysshe Shelley. less

One letter from English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, dated January 26, 1820, at Firenze to friend John Gisborne at Livorno. Letter notes that he is "taking advantage of weather to go as far as Pisa." Also present is an envelope addressed in Shelley's hand for an unrelated letter. less

William Michael Rossetti, English art critic and literary editor. The William Michael Rossetti manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: holograph drafts and notes for his 1870 edition of Shelley's poetical works, and drafts and proof emendations for the 1901 reprint of the Pre-Raphaelite journal, The Germ. The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1883 and 1911. Correspondents include: H. B. Forman, bibliographer and forger; Elliot Stock, publisher of the reprint of The Germ; E. J. Trelawny, writer and adventurer; T. J. Wise, book collector and forger; and over a dozen others. less

Frederick Gard Fleay, Shakespeare scholar. · Holograph essay signed, "On the received text of Shelley's poems" : 12 Sep 1894 : (S'ANA 0014) : 52 p., in brown cloth folding case. At the end is a note written by Fleay to the printer. Shelved as *Pforz BT (Shelley, P. B.) 03. less

Maurice Buxton Forman, English postal worker and literary editor. He was the son of the bibliographer and forger H. Buxton Forman, and has been posthumously implicated as a party to his father's literary counterfeit schemes. Forman produced several works on George Meredith, and followed his father as the editor of the letters of Keats. · To Neville Rogers, Shelley scholar : 5 autograph letters signed : 1948-1953 : (S'ANA 0912.37--41) : three of five written on printed South African "air letter" sheets ; discussing various literary subjects, including Keats and Shelley. less

Richard Garnett, English librarian and author; spent his career at the British Museum, becoming Keeper of Printed Books in 1890. Garnett wrote and edited several works on Shelley, including Relics of Shelley (1862). · Corrections on printed proofs, "Shelley, Harriet Shelley, and Mr. T. L. Peacock" : [post-6 Mar 1862] : (S'ANA 0693) : substantial manuscript emendations on printer's proofs for his contribution to Relics of Shelley. The published text, with a few minor exceptions, follows the revisions. less

Angela Mond, née Goetze, British patron of the arts. After her husband, Emile Schweich, went into business with his uncle, Ludwig Mond, both Angela and Emil adopted the surname "Mond.". · To Wilfrid Meynell, publisher, editor and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 25 July 1918 : (S'ANA 0265) : from Grey Friars, Storrington, Sussex (printed stationery); with mourning border; begins, "I have just received the enclosed prints. I hope they are what you meant ..."; with the stamped, postmarked envelope, and second envelope enclosing eight photographic prints of Meynell's Shelley bust, which was later presented to Eton College. less

· To Peggy and Flora Trevor, her nieces (daughters of her sister Mary) : 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Dec [between 1844 and 1827] : (S'ANA 0234) : 8 pages (2 double sheets) : [no place] : with thin mourning border; begins, "This a time of year that every one aught to hear of their friends even if they do not expect it ..." Printed (with some minor omissions) and discussed in Shelley and his Circle volume 2, p. 889-891. less

Sir Sidney Patrick Shelley, 8th Baronet, British army officer. He was the grandnephew of Percy Bysshe Shelley, the poet. · To Louise Schutz Boas, biographer : 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Dec 1955 : (S'ANA 0431a) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Colombo Club, Colombo, Ceylon : begins, "Just received this. Regret to say I know of no paintings or portraits of Elizabeth Shelley ..."; with Boas's prompting letter to Sir Sidney on the verso (S'ANA 0431b), dated 12 Nov 1955, saying she is "trying to find a portrait or miniature of Elizabeth Shelley, sister of the poet, said to have resembled him so closely that they might have been taken for twins ..."; with the postmarked envelope from Sir Sidney to Boas. less

Captain Edward Augustus Silsbee, American merchant seaman and Shelley devotee. · Holograph marginalia in his copy of The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (London: Moxon, 1870) : ca. 1870 : (S'ANA 0761) : penciled marginalia in two volumes given to Silsbee by Claire Clairmont, with her inscription on the verso of the frontispiece of volume 1; Silsbee's notes marked with paper slips. Shelved as *Pforz BT (Clairmont, C.) 01. less

John Slatter, English plumber and glazier. · To Sir Timothy Shelley, father of Percy Bysshe Shelley, the poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 9 Jan 1823 : (S'ANA 0279) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Oxford : begins, "In consequence of your son's death I again applied to Mr Longdill to settle my account against your son but can obtain no answer ..."; with some contemporary ink notes in an unidentified hand explaining Slatter's relationship with Sir Timothy. less

A fourteen-stanza manuscript draft in the hand of "D.M.," an otherwise unidentified versifier; begins, "Oh thou, among poets the first / in proud Britannia nurst ..."; with a number of deletions and corrections. Along with an earlier draft of stanzas VIII through XIV of the same poem (S'ANA 0630b), and what appears to be a fragment of an early draft of stanza I (S'ANA 0630c), which begins, "Immortal Spirit! / the mighty youth, who first, / [---n] Anglia's bosom nurst ...," though it is marked as being "by C.N." Also with a one page draft of another poem by D.M., "A Letter to Aristarchus Carlie, Esq." (S'ANA 0630d), which, along with the ode to Shelley, was published in R. Carlile's journal The Lion, volume 3, number 11, on Friday, March 13, 1829. less