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Total number of records: 25

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Books and printed items15
Archives10

Count of Collection group

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English Literature15
Brotherton Collection2

Count of Subject

SubjectCount
letters1
prisoners1
prisons1
lectures and lecturing1
english poetry1
aphorisms and apothegms1
children1
english drama1
epigrams, english1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Oscar O'Flahertie Wills Wilde25
Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)25
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.9
Wilde, Oscar2
Rodd, Rennell Baron Rennell (1858-1941)2
Ricketts, Charles S (1866-1931)2
Ricketts, Charles S2
Reading Prison (Reading, England)1

Archive Collection

Oscar Wilde, autograph letters and manuscripts, including the manuscript of his play 'The Duchess of Padua', with some related material

Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)

1878-1895

Comprises the following items: (1) Autograph letter to Marian Willets [1878]; (2) Manuscript draft and notes for the original contract made by J.M. Stoddart, and Co. with Wilde for publishing Rennell ...

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Autograph letter to Marian Willets / Oscar Wilde.
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Autograph letter to Marian Willets / Oscar Wilde.

Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)

1878

Autograph letter to Marian Willets ("Miss Willett"). Magdalen College, Oxford, "Thursday", [1878].

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Autograph manuscript notes for a lecture on art and craftmanship / Oscar Wilde.
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Autograph manuscript notes for a lecture on art and craftmanship / Oscar Wilde.

Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)

1882

Autograph manuscript notes for a lecture on art and craftmanship. Philadelphia, 1882.].

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'L'envoi' autograph manuscript / Oscar Wilde.
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'L'envoi' autograph manuscript / Oscar Wilde.

Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)

1882

'L'envoi'. Autograph manuscript of the introductory essay to Rennell Rodd's 'Rose leaf and apple leaf', 1882.

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Autograph manuscript of five aphorisms / Oscar Wilde.
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Autograph manuscript of five aphorisms / Oscar Wilde.

Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)

Early 1890s

Autograph manuscript drafts of five aphorisms. [Early 1890s].

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Autograph manuscript of six aphorisms / Oscar Wilde.
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Autograph manuscript of six aphorisms / Oscar Wilde.

Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)

Early 1890s

Autograph manuscript of six aphorisms, with revisions and deletions. [Early 1890s].

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Manuscript contract for publication of Oscar Wilde's 'The Sphinx'.
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Manuscript contract for publication of Oscar Wilde's 'The Sphinx'.

Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)

July 1892

Original manuscript contract for publication of 'The Sphinx'. Drawn up by Markby, Wilde & Johnson, 9 Lincoln's Inn. [July] 1892.

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Autograph letter to Robert Ross / Oscar Wilde.
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Autograph letter to Robert Ross / Oscar Wilde.

Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)

c.25/01/1895

Autograph letter to Robert Ross. Hotel de l'Europe, Algiers. [c.25 Jan 1895].

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Autograph letter to Arthur Stannard / Oscar Wilde.
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Autograph letter to Arthur Stannard / Oscar Wilde.

Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)

c.1888

Autograph letter to Arthur Stannard. 16 Tite Street, Chelsea, S.W. [c.1888].

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The Duchess of Padua
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The Duchess of Padua / Oscar Wilde.

Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)

1883

Autograph manuscript of Wilde's play 'The Duchess of Padua' (1883). Bound in fine black tooled leather, bearing a gilt coat of arms on the front cover and held within a black custom-made box bearing t...

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Archive Print Item

Phrases and philosophies for the use of the young

Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)

1894

"Of this work seventy-five copies only were printed for presentation."

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Archive Print Item

The ballad of Reading Gaol

Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)

1899

One of Smithers' pirated editions.

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