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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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4,076
Reference Library
113
Creator
Clark, Thomas A
39
Dilnot, John
26
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
25
Sackett, Colin
22
King, Ronald, 1932–
21
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
19
Finlay, Ian Hamilton
19
Edwards, Lionel, 1878–1966
15
Kemplen, Tony
15
Somerville, E. Œ. (Edith Œnone), 1858–1949
15
Labour Party (Great Britain)
14
Liberal Party (Great Britain)
14
Blake, William, 1757–1827
12
Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886–1967
12
Bush, Tracey
11
Fairfax-Blakeborough, J. (John), 1883–
11
Horl, Mikel
11
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
11
Shirley Smith, Richard
11
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
10
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4,076
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
113
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Under Certain Circumstances
4,032
Free to Use
44
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Unavailable
3,908
Available
168
New Additions
2023-2024
16
Classification
Books
3,094
Articles & Chapters
134
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
132
Music (printed)
126
Archives & Manuscripts
125
Postcards
114
Prints
97
Periodicals
65
Photographs
42
Maps & Atlas (printed)
30
Visual Materials
14
Drawings & Watercolors
13
Musical Sound Recordings
5
Computer Files
1
Videos
1
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4,076
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20th century
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19th century
116
18th century
30
21st century
17
17th century
13
16th century
9
15th century
7
Materials & Techniques
ink
2
photographic paper
2
albumen process
1
engraving (action)
1
gelatin silver process
1
graphite (mineral)
1
laid paper
1
plywood
1
steel engraving (printing process)
1
watercolor (paint)
1
wove paper
1
zinc
1
Work Type
artists' book
482
ephemera
471
private press books (publishing)
314
wood engraving
295
exhibition catalog
231
photomechanical print
224
photograph
142
postcard
139
sheet music
116
memorial card
97
chromolithograph
95
accordion fold format (binding)
79
poem
71
advertisement
69
memorials (commemorative)
66
livres d'artiste
63
lithograph
57
engraving
56
photographic postcard
54
poetry
53
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Artists' books -- Great Britain.
516
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
226
Art, Modern -- Exhibitions.
123
Fox hunting.
113
Mourning customs -- Great Britain.
101
Grief.
96
Horses.
81
English poetry.
78
Circle Press -- Publisher.
76
Death.
69
Private press books -- England -- Waltham Saint Lawrence -- Specimens.
69
Songs with piano.
63
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
59
Postcards -- Specimens.
59
Horse racing.
53
Horsemanship.
53
Horse racing -- Great Britain.
50
Popular music -- 1901–1910.
48
Moschatel Press -- Publisher.
36
Photography, Artistic.
33
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20th century
403
19th century
76
18th century
26
17th century
16
16th century
13
15th century
3
11th century
2
15th and 16th centuries
2
Description and travel
2
Elizabeth II
2
14th century
1
17th cenury
1
58 B.C.-511 A.D
1
Civil War, 43-31 B.C
1
Twentieth Century
1
Twentieth century
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
1,133
England
440
London
259
United States
91
Waltham Saint Lawrence
76
London (England)
72
France
38
Guildford
31
Ireland
29
Scotland
26
Guildford (England)
22
India
16
Italy
16
Edinburgh
15
Oxford
13
Oxford (England)
13
Cambridge
12
Glasgow
12
Virginia
12
Germany
11
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Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
30
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
20
George V, King of Great Britain, 1865–1936
19
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895–1952
18
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
16
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910
14
Shirley Smith, Richard
13
Blake, William, 1757–1827
12
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900–2002
12
Procktor, Patrick, 1936–2003
11
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
10
Mary, Queen, consort of George V, King of Great Britain, 1867–1953
10
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
9
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
9
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
8
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
8
Finlay, Ian Hamilton
8
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
8
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
8
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
8
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Exhibition History
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
17
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
3
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
2
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11)
2
“The Poet of Them All”: William Shakespeare and Miniature Designer Bindings from the Collection of Neale and Margaret Albert (Yale Center for British Art, June 16, 2016-August 21, 2016)
2
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17)
1
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
1
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14)
1
Peterloo and Protest (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-08-16 - 2019-12-01)
1
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
1
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson
118
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
115
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
113
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
43
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
40
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
31
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson
26
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jock Reynolds
22
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
18
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
16
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
16
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
16
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
16
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ronald King
13
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William S. Reese, Yale BA 1977, in honor of Elisabeth Fairman.
13
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
12
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Thomas Strong, Yale MFA 1967.
12
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt
11
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
9
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
9
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Language
English
3,939
French
46
German
20
Undetermined
14
Welsh
9
No linguistic content
6
Latin
4
Dutch
3
Italian
3
Portuguese
3
Spanish
2
Danish
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Efik
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English, Middle (1100-1500)
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Japanese
1
Norwegian
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Polish
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Swedish
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[3 postcards from the Franco-British Exhibition]
[1908]
2
St. John Ambulance Association
Triangular bandage, printed with illustrations of bandage use
approximately 1920
3
Bush, Tracey
The pocket book of sea creatures
1997
4
Dreyfus, John
Type specimen facsimiles;
1963
5
Whitbread and Company
The Harrow, Wateringbury
[between 1949 and 1955]
6
Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society
Scottish Widows' Fund Mutual LIfe Assurance Society
[approximately 1914]
7
Levinstein Limited (firm)
Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements
1914?
8
First lessons in plain sewing for home or school
[approximately 1900?]
9
In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Heap, of Bent Clough Farm, Colne
1914
10
Cavanders, Ltd. (Firm)
Ancient Chinese
[1926]
11
Underwood & Underwood
Sun Sculpture stereoscope
not before 1901
12
John Bartholomew and Son
Bartholomew's one inch to the mile environs of London
[not before 1921]
13
Office Anthem
[approximately 193-?]
14
Society of Dilettanti (London, England)
Antiquities of Ionia,
1769-1915
15
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)
Dinner
1951
16
Savoy Hotel (London, England)
Savoy Hotel
[192-?]
17
In ever loving memory of William George Banks
1928
18
J. Grossmith & Son
Phul-nana perfume
[ca. 1926?]
19
In loving memory of Mary Ann, widow of the late Thomas Bowes, Snilesworth
1944
20
Register of criminal offenders in Nottingham, England
circa 1879-circa 1921
21
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
[Bookmark from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents]
[approximately 1970?]
22
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.
Programme of events, Monday August 22nd, 1955
1955
23
St. John Ambulance Association
The triangular bandage
[circa 1915?]
24
Leighton, Clare, 1898–1989
Clare Leighton collection,
1949-1953
25
John Thridgould & Co.
Rock me to sleep Teddy
[approximately 1905]
26
Bonnell, Mandy
The coral aquarium
[1997]
27
Nurse's photograph album from Kinmel Park Military Training Camp
1917
28
In Disgraceful Memory of the Russian Navy, in their terrible encounter with nine unarmed fishing smacks
[1904]
29
Morrison, S. G.
[Billhead of S.G. Morrison, general merchant in Fraserburgh, for purchases made by Mr. Bird, 1911 : with advertisement for Lipton's Tea]
1911
30
Royal Navy & Military Tournament
[approximately 1910]
31
[Luncheon menu for the University Arms Hotel, Cambridge, Sept. 6th, 1939]
1939
32
J. Beagles & Co. Ltd.
Queen Victoria Memorial
1911
33
Pollard, G.
Letter
1928 April 13th
34
J.S. Fry & Sons
Chocolate box by J.S. Fry & Sons, with photograph of Lily Elsie
ca. 1909
35
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.
Children's tea party held on board R.M.S. "Ivernia"
1955
36
London & County Banking Company
A couple of hundred just to go with
1900
37
The Princes Restaurant, Piccadilly
[191-?]
38
Parkinson, W. (William), 1871–1927
Westminster Abbey fund
1920
39
Till the boys come home
1914 or 1915
40
Bush, Tracey
Cygnea cantio
1997
41
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872–1956
Rossetti and his circle
[1922]
42
Coq d'Or (London, England)
Carte du jour
1955
43
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)
[Label for Bacon Brothers Ye Golden Pride
[approximately 1905]
44
Cunard White Star, ltd
Menu
[1935]
45
C. Goodall & Son
Goodall's Royal Bezique register
[approximately 1900]
46
Royal Bath Hotel (Bournemouth, England)
[Lunch and dinner menu for the Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth, August 13, 1955]
1955
47
A souvenir frae bonny Scotland
[1930?]
48
Wedding portrait of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, December 20, 1947
1947
49
In loving memory of Emily Clifford, dearly beloved wife of George Clifford
1905
50
[Postcard with birthday wishes]
[approximately 1910]
51
Phillips, Nicholas
Four details from a suit of armour
[1979]
52
Col. W. de Basil's Ballets Russes
[1935]
53
Album of drawings
ca. 1900-1903
54
Mintons Ltd
Minton English bone china
[between 1960 and 1980]
55
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)
Britain at home to the world
1951
56
Dilnot, John
[Set of three postcards made to accompany "Estate : a book of collected drawings."]
1991
57
Harrow School
Harrow School
1931
58
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
Father's garden
1989
59
In sacred memory of the victims of the great explosion in the East End of London on Friday evening, January, 19th, 1917
1917
60
Bedford Lemere & Co.
Intérieurs anglais
circa 1900
61
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)
[Original Calverley cigarette packet manufactured by Bacon Brothers of Cambridge England]
[approximately 1930]
62
Stencilled friezes
[ca. 1900?]
63
Kikkuli, fl. ca. 1350 B.C
The Kikkuli text on the training of horses (ca. 1350 B.C.)
c1977
64
Simpson's-in-the-Strand
Simpson's in-the-Strand, Grand Divan Tavern
1960
65
Alexander McBean & Sons
Billhead recording clothing purchased by George W. Humphreys, Esq. from, Alexander McBean & Sons, clothiers, Inverness
1900
66
Pierce, Constance, born 1946
Sketchbook,
1995
67
J. Lyons & Company
Menu
1934
68
Golden Lion Hotel (Stirling, Scotland)
Golden Lion Hotel
[192-?]
69
Kindergarten and transition class
[approximately 1900]
70
Regency Hotel (Ramsgate, England)
The Regency. Ramsgate
1953
71
An artistic calendar
[approximately 1950?]
72
[Receipt from Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street, E.C.]
[approximately 1930?]
73
Lydiat, Anne
Without
[1999]
74
Stevens Art Gallery (St. Paul, Minn.)
Stevens Art Gallery
early 20th century
75
Alfred Savage Ltd.
Oxford University
[between 1961 and 1963]
76
Main Vista South
1951
77
De Worms, Louisa Matilda, 1876–1948
De Worms family scrapbook
1912-1913
78
In loving memory of Frederick Charles
1911
79
S.A., her book
approximately 1920?
80
Whitstable in an oyster shell
[approximately 1930]
81
West Sussex (England). County Council
Licence to drive a motor car or cycle for Frank Wickham of Woolbeding Rectory Cottage, Midhurst
1916
82
Receipt for purchase of a grave in the cemetery in Widnes, England, for Henry Dixon
1918
83
Hassall, John, 1868–1948
Grosvenor House, July 25th, 1916
1916
84
Treloar & Sons
Advertisement for Treloar's Inlaid Linoleum
[1902?]
85
Duke of York's Theatre (London, England)
[Program for the the Duke of York's Theatre production of Pink string and sealing wax, by Roland Pertwee]
[1943]
86
In loving memory of Betsy Ann
[1924]
87
Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri, 1891–1915
H. Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891-1915
[1919]
88
Officer's photograph album of British military hospitals and camps
1917-1918
89
Riley, Bridget, born 1931
Bridget Riley
[1965]
90
J. Cardno & Co. (Fraserburgh, Scotland)
[Billhead of J. Cardno & Co., grocers in Fraserburgh, Scotland, recording purchases by Mr. Cheyne, 1913
1913
91
First lessons in knitting for home or school
[approximately 1900?]
92
In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Brooks who departed this life January 2th, 1918
1918
93
Cabaret Theatre Club (London, England)
Collection of Cabaret Theatre Club and Cave of the Golden Calf printed ephemera,
1912-1914
94
[Christmas card from KSLI (King's Shropshire Light Infantry)]
[approximately 1939]
95
[Chinese decorative packaging labels]
[approximately 1950?]
96
The Grand Vista
1951
97
The Gentleman's magazine
1731-1907
98
Lincoln, Paul Etienne
Paul Etienne Lincoln
[1991]
99
Empire Exhibition (1938 : Glasgow, Scotland)
Souvenir of the Empire Exhibition, Glasgow 1938
[1938]
100
A U.P.L. shopping expedition
[ca. 1945?]
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