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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Fragments of letters, mostly undated, to John Murray, publishers, from Henry Pullen; with miscellaneous letters and papers concerning Pullen and the editorship of “Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers” |
| Date | c.1883-1903 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Author | Pullen, Henry |
| Theme | Business and Finance; Travel and the World |
| Description | Letters from, to and concerning Henry Pullen, primarily relating to Pullen’s editorship of “Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers”. |
| Folio Information |
Folios 1-20. Incomplete letters, and dissociated parts of letters, mostly postscripts, from Henry Pullen to John Murray, publishers: folios 1-13. Contemporary copies of two letters, 1896 and 1897, from Hallam Murray to Henry Pullen: folios 14-17. Memorandum, 6 April 1891, from William Clowes and Sons, Limited, to John Murray IV, concerning the printing of Murray’s “Handbook for Travellers in Northern Italy”. The memorandum includes an attachment consisting of notes on Italy by Henry Pullen: folios 18-20. Papers of Henry Pullen concerning the preparation of titles for the “Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers” series. Folios 21-37. “A humble suggestion by the humblest of grateful travellers.” A proposal to change the format of the handbooks: folios 21-22. “Concluding paragraphs of Preface”, to an unspecified handbook:folios 23-24. Notes and press cuttings concerning the “The handbook for Travellers to France”. Also included are two proof pages and type specimens: folios 25-33. Manuscript note and a marked proof slip concerning the “The handbook for Travellers to ?Italy”: folios 34-35. Manuscript notes concerning the “The handbook for Travellers to ?Spain”: folios 36-37. Miscellaneous notes by and concerning Henry Pullen. Folios 38-40. |
| Keywords | business editing finance publishing travel writing travel and exploration |
| People | Pullen, Henry Murray, Hallam Clowes, William Murray, John IV Nicholson, Stuart Brodrick, Emily |
| Places | Florence; Perugia; Rome; Italy; London; England; United Kingdom; France; Germany; Spain; Denmark |
| NLS Collection | Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers |
| NLS Reference | MS.40988 |
| Disclaimer | Folio information comes from the library catalogue and is correct to the best of our knowledge. |
| Copyright and Source Archive | The National Library of Scotland |