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George Cruikshank’s Omnibus. Illustrated with One Hundred Engravings on Steel and Wood and George Cruikshank’s Table-Book

Blanchard, Laman, editor; George Cruikshank, illustrator.  George Cruikshank’s Omnibus. Illustrated with One Hundred Engravings on Steel and Wood.  London:  Tilt and Bogue, 1842. Housed in a slipcase with: A Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, editor; George Cruikshank, illustrator.  George Cruikshank’s Table-Book.  London:  Published at the…

Tracts for the Times. By Members of the University of Oxford

Tracts for the Times. By Members of the University of Oxford London: Printed for J.G. & F. Rivington; Oxford: J. H. Parker, 1836-40 Six volumes, with a second copy of volumes 1 and 3.  Both copies of volume 1 and the second copy…

Photograph of Robert Browning, Lock & Whitfield studio

Cabinet-sized photograph of Robert Browning from the studio of Lock & Whitfield. Signed by the poet: Robert Browning. March ’80.  Acquired June 2015

Kind Words: A Magazine for Young People (January-December 1875)

Kind Words: A Magazine for Young People Bound periodical of January-December 1875 Includes a review of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Aurora Leigh written at age thirteen by British essayist, poet, and novelist Amy Levy Baylor Library Record

Assortment of 56 letters, manuscripts, signatures, and other written materials in French

Assortment of 56 letters, manuscripts, signatures, and other written materials in French Acquired July 15 with EBB “May’s Love” manuscript

Collection of 52 Victorian Valentine’s Day Cards

A collection of 52 Victorian Valentine’s Day Cards housed in three clam-shell boxes. Acquired July 2015

Victorian Letter: Michael Field to [John] Lane, ca. 1892

Victorian Letter: Michael Field to [John] Lane, ca. 1892 Acquired July 2015 with letter from Field to [Charles Elkin] Mathews, 22 December [1896]

Victorian Letter: Michael Field to [Charles Elkin] Mathews, 22 December [1896]

Victorian Letter from Michael Field to [Charles Elkin] Mathews, 22 December [1896] Acquired July 2015 with letter from Field to [John] Lane, ca. 1892

Letter: Edmund Gosse to Dear Sir, 28 November 1924

Letter from Edmund Gosse to Dear Sir, 28 November 1924 Acquired July 2015

Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript: “May’s Love”

Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript: “May’s Love” Signed: Elizabeth Barrett Browning / Paris–March 1856 Acquired July 2015