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Add MS 89255
- Record Id:
- 032-003378382
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003378382
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100046459457.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89255
- Title:
- G. K. Chesterton, Annotated Typescript of A Short History of England
- Scope & Content:
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Annotated typescript of A Short History of England by Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936); typewritten with autograph annotations, strikeouts and additions in pencil and ink; chapter headings in Chesterton's hand; signed at end. Volume also contains an index of Chesterton's annotations compiled by an unknown author.
Comprises:
- f. i. verso. Pencil notes concerning manuscript, unknown author.
- ff. ii-iii. Insert, 'Page Numbers Having 1 or More Lines Corrected In Chesterton's Autograph', unknown author.
- ff.1-273. Typescript manuscript of A Short History of England with autograph annotations by G.K. Chesterton.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003378382
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003378382
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1917
- End Date:
- 1917
- Date Range:
- 1917
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: ff. i-272.
Dimensions: Approximately 210mm x 260mm.
Binding: 1 bound volume of paper in crushed and polished Morocco leather, gold gilt spine and boards, plus gold gilt inside borders.
- Custodial History:
- Formerly owned by Francis Patrick Garvan and his wife Mabel Brady Garvan.
- Former Internal References:
- Deposit number 10943
- Source of Acquisition:
- Bought from James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC, New York, Sep. 2016
- Information About Originals:
- Original autograph typescript with manuscript revisions.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Chesterton, Gilbert Keith, author, 1874-1936 (Author)
- Related Material:
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· G. K. Chesterton Papers, Add MS 73186-73484, 299 volumes, Correspondence and papers of Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936); Partly copies. Partly typewritten, signed and printed.