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21. Add MS 88903/1/4

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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

22. 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

23. 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

24. Add MS 88903/1/6/1

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Title:
Copy of a proposal for an agreement between Charles Dickens and Chapman and Hall
Scope & Content:
Relating to the proposed publication and payment terms.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1839
Extent:
1 leaf

25. Add MS 88903/1/6/2

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Title:
Two draft copies of instructions for James Bacon to draw up an agreement between Charles Dickens and Chapman and Hall
Scope & Content:
One is signed by James Bacon.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1840
Extent:
2 leaves

26. Add MS 88903/1/6/3

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Add MS 88903/1/6/3
Title:
Two draft articles of agreement between Charles Dickens and Chapman and Hall
Scope & Content:
Relating to the format, finances and copyrights of the proposed publication.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1840-31 Mar 1840
Extent:
2 items, 33 leaves

27. Add MS 88903/1/6/4

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Title:
Three letters from William Chapman to Smithson, Dunn and Mitton [later Smithson and Mitton]
Scope & Content:
Relating to the agreements between Charles Dickens and Chapman and Hall.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Mar 1840-11 Apr 1840
Extent:
3 leaves

28. 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

29. Add MS 88903/1/7/1

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Add MS 88903/1/7/1
Title:
Draft document of agreement between Charles Dickens and Richard Bentley
Scope & Content:
Relating to the sale of the copyright of the publication from Dickens to Richard Bentley.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1839
Extent:
2 leaves

30. Add MS 88903/1/7/2

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Add MS 88903/1/7/2
Title:
Document of agreement between Charles Dickens and Richard Bentley
Scope & Content:
Relating to the sale of the copyright of the publication from Dickens to Richard Bentley. Signed by R Bentley.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1839
Extent:
1 leaf