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Add MS 89401
- Record Id:
- 032-003458233
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003458233
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100083455123.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89401
- Title:
- A A Milne, 'Programme for the Next 3 Months'
- Scope & Content:
- An autograph manuscript by A A Milne with six numbered statements predicting the future course of World War II under the title ‘Programme for the Next 3 Months’. Includes a sketch of a hippopotamus, named ‘Belisha the Hippotish’, dressed in a long coat and wearing a wide brimmed hat. The name ‘Belisha’ a possible reference to Leslie Hore Belisha, MP. The ‘Programme’ is written on the verso of a typed royalty statement from publisher E P Dutton to Milne for the ‘Christopher Robin Reader’.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003458233", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 89401: A A Milne, 'Programme for the Next 3 Months'" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003458233
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003458233
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 folio
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1943
- End Date:
- 1943
- Date Range:
- 21 Jan 1943
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Manuscript in pencil on verso of a typed royalty statement from publisher E P Dutton to A A Milne. Margin torn roughly, slightly browned.
Dimensions: 213 x 145 mm.
Foliation: 1 folio.
- Custodial History:
- John Wilson Manuscripts, Cheltenham.
- Former Internal References:
- Deposit 11191
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased at Forum Auctions, 28 Mar. 2019, lot 181.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Belisha, Isaac Leslie, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, politician, 1893-1957
Brown, Albert Curtis, literary agent
E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1852-1975
Milne, Alan Alexander, author, 1882-1956 - Related Archive Descriptions:
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