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Add MS 42847

Record Id:
032-002003515
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002003515
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000037.0x00028b
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 42847
Title:

'SWINBURNE', by Sir Edmund William Gosse: the autograph draft of his Life of Algernon Charles Swinburne, which was begun in 1915 and published 3 Apr. 1917 (see Evan Charteris, The Life and Letters of Edmund Gosse, 1931, PP. 383-411 Passim). The present MS. apparently represents an early state of the work, many additions having been introduced by the time of the third proofs (22-29 Mar. 1916), a set of which, corrected by the author and

T. J. Wise, is in the Department of Printed Books, press-mark L.R. 268 d. 4. The printed extracts on ff. 13,15 and 20 are cut from proofs of Lord Redesdale's account of Swinbume's life at Eton which formed an appendix to Gosse's earlier Life of Swinburne, privately printed at the Chiswick Press in 1912. Cf. also Friends of the National Libraries, Annual Report, 1932-1933, p. 24. Inserted at the beginning of the MS. (f. ii) is a letter from the author to his son, Philip, announcing that the whole edition Of 1500 copies had sold out in two days; Sandbanks, 6 Apr. 1917. Paper; ff. ii+251. Quarto. Circ. 1915. Bookplate of the donor (f. i). Presented by Philip Gosse, Esq., M.D., through the Friends of the National Libraries.

Scope & Content:

Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Life of, by Sir E. W. Gosse: circ. 1915.

Philip Gosse, MD; author; son of E W Gosse: Bookplate: 20th cent.

Sir Edmund William Gosse, writer: Life of Swinburne: circ. 1915.: Autogr.

Brenzett, Kent: Deeds and papers rel. to: 1448-1777.: fr.

includes:

  • f. i Bookplates and Book-stamps: Gosse (Philip) d.1959.
  • f. ii Sir Edmund William Gosse, writer: Letter to his son, P. Gosse: 1917.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002003515
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-002003515
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1910
End Date:
1920
Date Range:
c 1915
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Philip Gosse, MD; author; son of E W Gosse: Presented: in 1932.

Friends of the National Libraries: Manuscripts presented by, through or with the aid of:: 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934 and 1935.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Friends of the National Libraries, 1931-
Gosse, Edmund William, Knight, writer, 1849-1928
Gosse, Philip Henry George, physician and writer on natural history, 1879-1959
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, poet, 1837-1909
Places:
Brenzett, Kent