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1. Add MS 56081-56085

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DEXTER DICKENS COLLECTION: the manuscript portion of a collection of material chiefly relating to Dickens, formed by John Furber Dexter; 1829-1903, n.d Partly printed. The whole collection, including the portion now in the Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum, is fully listed in Charles Dickens The J. F. Dexter Collection, British Library (1974). All the letters of Dickens should eventually be printed in M. House, G. Storey and K. Tillotson (ed.), The Letters of Charles Dicken...
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Charles Dickens, novelist: Dexter Dickens collection: 1829-1903, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1829-1903
Extent:
5 items

2. Add MS 56082

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DEXTER DICKENS COLLECTION. Vol. II (ff. 3). Fragment of 'New Commercial Samples: Aboard Ship', from 'The Uncommercial Traveller'; [1868]. Autograph draft of a passage printed in All the year round, 5 Dec. 1865 (f. 1), with a signed envelope addressed to James Birtles, printer (f. 2), and a copy ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1868]
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 56083

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DEXTER DICKENS COLLECTION. Vol. III (ff. 23). 'Proposals for a National Jest Book', with related material; [1856]. Autograph draft and printed. Printed, with minor variants, in Household Words (3 May 1856). Index of English Literary Manuscripts, iv, pt. 1 (1982) DkC 204. Dexter no. 319. Conten...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1856]
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 56081

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DEXTER DICKENS COLLECTION. Vol. I (ff. vii+127). Letters, etc., of Charles Dickens; 1836-1870, n.d. Some printed items. The letters are fully listed in The J. F. Dexter Collection, with references to printed editions. Dexter no. 317. includes: f. 1 Charles Dickens, novelist: Letter to T. Teg...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1836-1870
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 56085

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DEXTER DICKENS COLLECTION. Vol. V. Prompt copy of the play ''No Thoroughfare'', by Charles Dickens and William Wilkie Collins; circa 1867. The play was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Adelphi, 26 Dec. 1867. The text of the manuscript varies, chiefly by the omission of many brief passages, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 56084

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DEXTER DICKENS COLLECTION. Vol. IV (ff. 88). Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of literary men and artists, including Charles Dickens; 1829-1903, n.d. The items are arranged in groups in alphabetical order of writer or main correspondent. For a full list of all the items, see The J. F. Dex...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1829-1904
Extent:
1 item