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Miscellaneous oversize items collected by Ritchie, many antiquarian (or reprints of antiquarian material)

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Subseries II_5_

Scope and Contents

"In Memoriam" for Jon Parkinson"; two (2) copies of title page for "This volume contains the following plays: The life & death of King John (C), the merchant of Venice (F), the taming of the shrew (F), the life & death of King Richard II (F), the 2nd part of King Henry VI (C), the 3rd part of King Henry VI (C), the tragedy of Richard III (C), the famous history of Henry VIII (C), the tragedy of Hamlet (F), the moore of Venice (F), Anthony & Cleopatra (C) : Salvaged from a damaged copy of Shakespeare's second folio of 1632"; The American Declaration of Independence" - Four (4) copies of first page and three (3) copies of second ; A pamphlet advertising "Little Known Towns of Spain," a book of watercolors and drawings (67 plates) by Vernon Howe Bailey, published by William Helburn, Inc. ; Two sheets (pages 229-232) from a section on Westminster Abbey in "Microcosm of London" (likely the text by Thomas Rowlandson, originally published in 1808); A broadside of the signatures from the Declaration of Independence

Dates

  • Creation: 1930-1996

Creator

Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 140 Linear feet (221 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository

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