Typed transcripts of early poems and letters, 1827-1851 [copied before 1931].

Record ID: 
191725
Accession number: 
MA 7782.1-2
Author: 
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Credit: 
Purchased, 1962.
Description: 
2 v (135, 144 p.) ; 33.4 cm
Notes: 

Vol. 1 contains typed transcripts of the following poems: Look at that Ship, The Sun, Glen Glenfarg, A Battle, Birthday Ode (3), New Year's Ode, as well as typed transcripts of 42 letters, primarily to his father, and a diary extract. Poems date from 1827 to 1837; letters date from 1 February 1829 to 10 March 1844. Vol. 2 contains typed transcriptions of 83 letters, primarily to his father, dated 23 March 1847 to [16] March 1851.
Annotated by Sir Alexander Wedderburn throughout, and presumably copied for him from the originals at Brantwood, Coniston.
When the typed transcriptions were made, the originals were housed in one volume at Brantwood, Coniston.

Binding: 
Blue cloth.
Provenance: 
Purchased from Hamill & Barker in 1962.