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Collection Area Western Manuscripts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 88903 Level [40] File

1. Add MS 88903/1/1

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Title:
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
Scope & Content:
Novel by Charles Dickens, serialised by Chapman and Hall in nineteen issues over twenty months from Mar 1836 to Oct 1837. File includes draft documents and instructions for agreements relating to copyright.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1837-18 Nov 1837
Extent:
1 folder

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Title:
Nicholas Nickleby
Scope & Content:
Novel by Charles Dickens, serialised by Chapman and Hall in twenty monthly parts from April 1838 to Oct 1839. Items include a draft document of agreement between Dickens and Chapman and Hall relating to the form the publications should take, timescale and copyright; and two draft contracts concer...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1837
Extent:
1 folder

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Title:
Bentley's Miscellany
Scope & Content:
Journal started by Richard Bentley in 1836, Dickens was the first editor and 'Oliver Twist' was serialised in it from Feb 1837 to Apr 1839. The relationship was not harmonious, with Bentley interfering with the editorship and Dickens failing to fulfil some contractual obligations. Dickens resigne...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Sep 1837-2 Jul 1840
Extent:
1 folder

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Title:
Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi
Scope & Content:
Memoirs of the actor and pantomime performer, edited by Charles Dickens for Richard Bentley. Items include two draft memoranda of agreement between Dickens and Richard Bentley relating to the editing of the publication.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1837
Extent:
1 folder

5. Add MS 88903/1/5

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Title:
Pic Nic Papers
Scope & Content:
Charitable publication created by Charles Dickens to help the widow and children of John Macrone, publisher, who died 9 Sept 1837. The three volume anthology was published in 1841 by Henry Colburn. Items include a memorandum of agreement between Dickens and Colburn relating to the publication and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Aug 1838-23 Jul 1841
Extent:
1 folder

6. Add MS 88903/1/6

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Title:
Master Humphrey's Clock
Scope & Content:
Weekly journal edited by Charles Dickens and published by Chapman and Hall from 1840 to 1841. In this was serialised 'The Old Curiosity Shop' and then 'Barnaby Rudge'. These agreements show Dickens's attempt to gain an equal share of the profits from the publication.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1839-11 Apr 1840
Extent:
1 folder

7. Add MS 88903/1/7

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Title:
Barnaby Rudge
Scope & Content:
Novel by Charles Dickens serialised in the journal Master Humphrey's Clock from Feb 1841 to Nov 1841, published by Chapman and Hall. By 1840 Dickens wanted to leave Richard Bentley and make Chapman and Hall his sole publishers. These documents relate to the complex negotiations between the three ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1839-Dec 1841
Extent:
1 folder

8. Add MS 88903/1/8

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Title:
Sketches by Boz
Scope & Content:
A collection of short works by Charles Dickens, published in 1836 by John Macrone. These documents relate to the exchanges of copyrights for the publication.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Nov 1839-[1842]
Extent:
1 folder

9. Add MS 88903/1/9

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Title:
Martin Chuzzlewit', 'Oliver Twist', 'A Christmas Carol', 'The Chimes
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1842-1845
Extent:
1 folder

10. Add MS 88903/1/10

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Title:
'Household Words' 1
Scope & Content:
A journal first published 30 Mar 1850. It was part owned by editor Charles Dickens, sub-editor William Henry Wills and publishers Bradbury and Evans. Items relate to Dickens's attempt to dissolve this partnership after a dispute with Bradbury and Evans. A bill of complaint against Dickens was fil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1850-Apr 1860
Extent:
1 folder