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  • Davenport Dunn, no. 01

    Alternative Title:
    Davenport Dunn, the man of the day and Davenport Dunn, a man of our day / with illustrations by "Phiz".
    Subject:
    Literature and society, Upper class, Capitalists and financiers, and Capitalists and financiers--Psychology
    Creator:
    Lever, Charles, 1806-1872
    Contributor:
    Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882
    Publisher:
    London : Chapman and Hall, 1859.
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    July 1857
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: PR4884 D3 1859
    Extent:
    54 pages
    Geographic Coverage:
    Europe and England--London
    Coordinates:
    51.50853, -0.12574
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    First ed. in original printed pictorial wrappers. 22 parts in 21. Illustrations.
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Victorian Serial Novels Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    publications (documents), novels, books, serials (publications), and fiction (general genre)
    Date Digitized:
    2021-10
    Technical Note:
    Metadata by KD.

  • Davenport Dunn, no. 07

    Alternative Title:
    Davenport Dunn, the man of the day and Davenport Dunn, a man of our day / with illustrations by "Phiz".
    Subject:
    Capitalists and financiers--Psychology, Literature and society, Upper class, and Capitalists and financiers
    Creator:
    Lever, Charles, 1806-1872
    Contributor:
    Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882
    Publisher:
    London : Chapman and Hall, 1859.
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    January 1858
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Still Image
    Identifier:
    Call Number: PR4884 D3 1859
    Extent:
    56 pages
    Geographic Coverage:
    Europe and England--London
    Coordinates:
    51.50853, -0.12574
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    First ed. in original printed pictorial wrappers. 22 parts in 21. Illustrations.
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Victorian Serial Novels Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    fiction (general genre), books, serials (publications), publications (documents), and novels
    Date Digitized:
    2021-10
    Technical Note:
    Metadata by KD.

  • Davenport Dunn, no. 02

    Alternative Title:
    Davenport Dunn, a man of our day / with illustrations by "Phiz". and Davenport Dunn, the man of the day
    Subject:
    Upper class, Literature and society, Capitalists and financiers--Psychology, and Capitalists and financiers
    Creator:
    Lever, Charles, 1806-1872
    Contributor:
    Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882
    Publisher:
    London : Chapman and Hall, 1859.
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    August 1857
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Still Image
    Identifier:
    Call Number: PR4884 D3 1859
    Extent:
    46 pages
    Geographic Coverage:
    Europe and England--London
    Coordinates:
    51.50853, -0.12574
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    First ed. in original printed pictorial wrappers. 22 parts in 21. Illustrations.
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Victorian Serial Novels Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    publications (documents), serials (publications), books, novels, and fiction (general genre)
    Date Digitized:
    2021-10
    Technical Note:
    Metadata by KD.

  • Ulysses (1922)

    Subject:
    Modernism (Literature), Ulysses (Joyce, James), Realism in literature, and Stream of consciousness fiction
    Creator:
    Joyce, James, 1882-1941
    Contributor:
    Darantière, Maurice
    Publisher:
    London : Published for the Egoist Press by J. Rodker, 1922.
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    October 1922
    Rights Statement:
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: PR6019 O9U4 1922a
    Extent:
    732 pages ; 23 cm
    Edition:
    1st edition, 2nd printing
    Geographic Coverage:
    Ireland--Dublin
    Coordinates:
    53.38046, -6.27113
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Paper-bound. Handmade paper., Note in pencil next to book plate discussing the number of issues for this run and that allegedly 500 of the 2000 were destroyed....
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Modernism and Post-War Literature Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    literature (general genre), fiction (general genre), and books
    Date Digitized:
    2022-05-19/2022-06-13
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on Betterlight TTI concurrently with 1924 edition and digitally split. Books were supported by blocks and where required, pages held down by Mylar. 600 DPI (1/15; 263; bent5 tone; camera height 1100) by PD. Metadata by KD.
    Keyword in Context:
    Transcript available
    , .. ) ' p .... (cfr, 5 " - rt > VI.Ai>, t,-. ", . 'J f .""' I 'I- t~~ r 5"1_,, ) I•/" ( \_,4.j; I\ ULYSSES BY THE SAME WRITER ULYSSES by CHAMBER MUSIC JJUBL!NERS A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN JAMES JOYCE EXILES THE EGOIST PRESS L...

  • The Heroes of Asgard: Tales from Scandinavian Mythology

    Subject:
    Thor (Norse deity), Mythology, Norse, in literature, Gods, Norse, Loki (Norse deity), Odin (Norse deity), and Mythology, Norse
    Creator:
    Keary, Eliza and Keary, Annie, 1825-1879
    Contributor:
    Brock, C. E. (Charles Edmund), 1870-1938
    Publisher:
    New York : Mayflower Books, in association with Macmillan
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1979
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Still Image
    Extent:
    222 pages
    Edition:
    Facsimile edition.
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Illustrations and 16 color plates.
    Physical Repository:
    Collection:
    Norse Mythology Collection
    Provenance:
    From the collection of Dr. Trish Baer.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    mythology (literary genre), fiction (general genre), and children's literature
    Date Digitized:
    2022-06-09
    Technical Note:
    Metadata by KD.
    Keyword in Context:
    Transcript available
    The Facsimile Classics Series is a new collection of favorite illustrated classics that have long been unavailable in their original format. The stories have stood the test of time and are, in each case, superbly illustrated by the best contemporary artists. With th...

  • Ulysses (1932), vol. 02

    Subject:
    Stream of consciousness fiction, Realism in literature, Ulysses (Joyce, James), and Modernism (Literature)
    Creator:
    Joyce, James, 1882-1941
    Contributor:
    Hegner, Abteilung Jakob, Brandstetter, Oscar, 1846-1915, and Monotype Corporation
    Publisher:
    Hamburg : Odyssey Press, [1932]
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1932
    Rights Statement:
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: PR6019 O9U4 1932 v.2
    Extent:
    391 pages ; 18 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Ireland--Dublin
    Coordinates:
    53.38046, -6.27113
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Enclosure: Lithographed sketch of the author, by Roald Kristian from The egoist (London), This edition is composed in Baskerville type cut by the Monotype Corp...
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Modernism and Post-War Literature Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    literature (general genre), books, and fiction (general genre)
    Date Digitized:
    2013-07-03/2013-09-04
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on Betterlight TTI at 600 dpi TIFF (1/20; 250; [color profile unknown]; camera height 300) by PD. Metadata by KD.

  • Ulysses (1924)

    Subject:
    Modernism (Literature), Ulysses (Joyce, James), Realism in literature, and Stream of consciousness fiction
    Creator:
    Joyce, James, 1882-1941
    Contributor:
    Shakespeare and Company (Paris, France) and Darantière, Maurice
    Publisher:
    Paris : Shakespeare and Co., 1924.
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    September 1924
    Rights Statement:
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: PR6019 O9U4 1924
    Extent:
    736 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates ; 21 cm
    Edition:
    1st edition, 5th printing
    Geographic Coverage:
    Ireland--Dublin
    Coordinates:
    53.38046, -6.27113
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    There is a pagination error in this copy: pages 289 to 304 are missing and in their place are duplicate pages 401-416, this is reflected on images 153 through 161; 153 pagination jumps from 288 on left to 401 on right; ...
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Modernism and Post-War Literature Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    literature (general genre), fiction (general genre), and books
    Date Digitized:
    2022-05-19/2022-06-15
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on Betterlight TTI concurrently with 1922 edition and digitally split. Books were supported by blocks and where required, pages held down by Mylar. 600 DPI (1/15; 263; bent5 tone; camera height 1100) by PD. Metadata by KD.
    Keyword in Context:
    Transcript available
    UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA LIBRARY · ULYSSES BY JAMES JOYCE ULYSSES r" Printing ( Shakespeare a11d Company, Paris) (1000 numbered copies). February 1922. 2"• Pri11ting (Egoist Press, London) : October r 922. numbered copies, of which 500 copies burned by 1'.'ew...

  • Nightwood (1936)

    Subject:
    Fiction--Technique, Literature, Modern, Man-woman relationships, Nightwood (Barnes, Djuna), Lesbians--Social conditions, Twentieth century, Lesbians, Lesbians--Sexual behavior, Modernism (Literature), Manners and customs, Decadence in literature, Lesbians in literature, and Degeneration
    Creator:
    Barnes, Djuna
    Contributor:
    Robert MacLehose & Co. and Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965
    Publisher:
    Glasgow ; Printed by R. MacLehose and Company Limited, The University Press. and London : Faber & Faber, 24 Russell Square, Mcmxxxvi [1936]
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    October 1936
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: PS3503 A614N5 1936
    Extent:
    239 pages ; 21 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    France--Paris, Germany--Berlin, and Europe
    Coordinates:
    48.85341, 2.3488 and 52.52437, 13.41053
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Modernism and Post-War Literature Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    literature (general genre) and fiction (general genre)
    Date Digitized:
    2014-01-30
    Technical Note:
    Metadata by KD.
    Keyword in Context:
    Transcript available
    NIGHTWOOD by Djuna Bames This book, upon which Miss Bames has been at work for a long time, is extremely difficult to describe. It is in prose, but will appeal primarily to readers of poetry; it has something of the form of a novel, but the characters suffer rather than a...

  • Minna Duckworth notebook

    Subject:
    Authorship, English literature, Children's stories, and Literature
    Creator:
    Duckworth, Minna
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1869 to 1875
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    1 volume (118 pages) ; 16 x 11.5 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    England--Frome
    Coordinates:
    51.22834, -2.32211
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Pages are inconsistently numbered in upper right (and some in upper left)
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    19th Century Manuscripts
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    fairy tales, notebooks, fiction (general genre), children's stories, holographs (autographs), and manuscripts (documents)
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 1983-161
    Fonds Title:
    Minna Duckworth collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC037
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collections fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/minna-duckworth-collection
    Date Digitized:
    2021-05-12
    Technical Note:
    600 dpi TIFF (1/20; 283; bent5 - camera height 300) scanned under lightweight glass on TTI/Betterlight. Metadata by KD.

  • Shakespeare's Second folio, 1632

    Alternative Title:
    Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies. Published according to the try Originall Copies. The Second Impression.
    Subject:
    Tempest (Shakespeare, William), Othello (Shakespeare, William), King Henry IV (Shakespeare, William), Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare, William), Measure for measure (Shakespeare, William), Love's labour's lost (Shakespeare, William), All's well that ends well (Shakespeare, William), Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare, William), Timon of Athens (Shakespeare, William), Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare, William), Coriolanus (Shakespeare, William), King Richard III (Shakespeare, William), Hamlet (Shakespeare, William), King Richard II (Shakespeare, William), King Lear (Shakespeare, William), Two gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare, William), King John (Shakespeare, William), Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare, William), Henry V (Shakespeare, William), Comedy of errors (Shakespeare, William), As you like it (Shakespeare, William), Winter's tale (Shakespeare, William), Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, William), Twelfth night (Shakespeare, William), Merry wives of Windsor (Shakespeare, William), Midsummer night's dream (Shakespeare, William), Cymbeline (Shakespeare, William), Macbeth (Shakespeare, William), Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William), Taming of the shrew (Shakespeare, William), King Henry VIII (Shakespeare, William), and Much ado about nothing (Shakespeare, William)
    Creator:
    Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
    Contributor:
    Droeshout, Martin, 1601-, Milton, John, 1608-1674, and Cotes, Thomas, -1641
    Publisher:
    London, Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yard. 1632.
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1632
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    1 volume (419 pages)
    Edition:
    Second edition and Second impression
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Includes an engraved title page portrait of the author signed: Martin Droeshout, sculpsit, London.Contemporary clippings describing auctions selling the first Shakespeare folio among other details and a card with "...
    Physical Repository:
    British Columbia. Legislative Library
    Collection:
    Early Printed Books
    Provenance:
    From the Legislative Library of British Columbia's collection.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    drama (literary genre), plays (performing arts compositions), books, collected works, folio (book format), and fiction (general genre)
    Date Digitized:
    2017-02-27/2017-03-13
    Transcript:
    Contents _archival-image-number/title/(printed page number):_005 title page with portrait_006 dedication_007 To The Great Variety of Readers_014 Contents / Tempest (1)_024 Two Gentlemen of Verona (20)_033 Merry Wives of Windsor (39) _044 Measur...
    Technical Note:
    Received from Legislative Library late February 2017. Scanned from 27 Feb - 13 Mar. 600 dpi TIFFS. Edge of book approx 10 1/4" from front edge of scan deck. 1/20; 263 ISO; Bent 5 tone. Size 10.33 x 12.69 (adjusted to 12.95) @ 450 camer...