John Murray Archive manuscripts listed by price
Adopt a manuscript at the National Library of Scotland
List of prices for adopting a manuscript from the John Murray Archive. List last updated: 17 June 2011. See also list by author.
£10,000
- Sir John Franklin's notebook, 1821
- Illustrations from Sir John Franklin's 'Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea', 1823
- Washington Irving's manuscript of 'Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey', 1835
- Manuscript of David Livingstone's 'Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries', 1865
- Photograph of the mask of 'Agamemnon' (Heinrich Schliemann), 1878
- Sir Walter Scott's own review of his 'Tales of my Landlord', 1816
£5,000
- Isabella Bird's letter of to Henrietta Bird, 13 February 1879
- Drawing by Lady Caroline Lamb of Lord and Lady Byron, around 1815
- Lord Byron's letter to Lady Caroline Lamb, 29 April 1813
- Translation of Lord Byron's Greek funeral oration, 1836
- Copyright agreement for Washington Irving's 'The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus', 7 May 1828
- Lady Caroline Lamb's letter to Lord Byron, 3 June 1814
- Selected pages of annotated proofs of Sir Austen Henry Layard's 'Nineveh and its Remains', 1848
- Copyright agreement between Herman Melville and John Murray III, 25 September 1850
- Manuscript, with marked proofs, of Caroline Norton's "A Voice from the Factories", 1836
- Annotated proof of Sir Robert Peel's speech on 'Suppressing Disturbance in Ireland', 1833
- Sir Walter Scott's eulogy for Lord Byron, 1824
£2,000
- Jane Austen's letter to John Murray II, 23 November 1815
- Jane Austen's letter to John Murray II, 11 December 1815
- Lord Byron's letter to John Murray II, 23 August 1811
- Lord Byron's letter to John Cam Hobhouse and Douglas Kinnaird, 19 January 1819
- Lord Byron's letter to John Murray II, 22 April 1822
- Charles Darwin's letter of to John Murray III, 31 March 1859
- Benjamin Disraeli's letter to John Murray II, 18 September 1825
- Lady Caroline Lamb's letter to John Murray II, February 1814
- Herman Melville's letter to John Murray III, 29 October 1847
- Handbill for [Sir Robert] 'Peel's Police'
- Plans of Heinrich Schliemann's excavations at Mycenae made around 1876
- Sir Walter Scott's letter to John Murray II, 30 October 1808
£1,000
- Selected pages from the Duke of Argyll's 'Burdens of Belief', 1894
- Review of the Duke of Argyll's 'Burdens of Belief' in 'The Athenaeum', 14 July 1894
- Isabella Bird's Korean passport
- Selection of Isabella Bird's photographs - £1,000 per photo
- Rev Whitwell Elwin's letter to John Murray III about Charles Darwin, 3 May 1859
- Benjamin Disraeli's letter to Mrs Murray, 21 May 1826
- Mrs
Disraeli's letter to John Murray II, 21 May 1826
- Adopted in memory of J Steven Watson - Richard Ford's letter to John Murray III, 17 December 1843
- Richard Ford's letter to John Murray III, 28 September 1845
- Richard Ford's letter to John Murray III, 1846
- Sir John Franklin's letter to John Murray II, 1829
- James Hogg's letter to John Murray II, 26 December 1814
- James Hogg's letter to John Murray II, 24 March 1821
- James Hogg's letter to John Murray II, 7 May 1815
- Washington Irving's letter to John Murray II, 18 June 1824
- Transcriptions of cuneiform inscriptions from artefacts found during Sir Austen Henry Layard's excavations at 'Nimroud', 1845-1847
- Promotional pamphlet for works about David Livingstone
- Receipt for payment to Herman Melville, 30 March 1847
- Estimated publishing costs for Maria Rundell's 'Domestic Cookery'
- Manuscript page of Maria Rundell's 'Domestic Cookery' regarding dinner parties
- Selected pages and recipes from Maria Rundell's 'Domestic Cookery', 1806
- Title page of Heinrich Schliemann's 'Mycenae', 1878
- Renee Hopkins' letter to John Murray IV about Samuel Smiles, 27 March 1921
- Samuel Smiles's letter to John Murray , 30 March 1879
- Estimated costs for publishing Samuel Smiles 'Self-Help'
£500
- Duke of Argyll's letter to John Murray II, 22 February 1893
- Sales
subscription list for Jane Austen's 'Mansfield Park',
1816
- Adopted by the Jane Austen Society - Sir Austen Henry Layard 's passport, 1839-1842
- Sir Charles Lyell's letter to John Murray III, 24 October 1851
- Sir Charles Lyell's letter to John Murray III, 4 November 1859
- Selected pages from Sir Charles Lyell's 'Principles of Geology', 1830-1833
- Caroline Norton's letter to John Murray III, November 1836
- Caroline Norton's letter to John Murray III, December 1836
- Mary Somerville's letter to John Murray III, 28 March 1857
- Mary Somerville's letter to John Murray III, 26 October 1866
- Mary Somerville's letter to John Murray III, January 1869