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- Record Id:
- 040-001987406
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001987335
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000196.0x0003cb
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Eccles Bequest. Vol. LII. Miscellaneous works of the following; 1911-1925, n.d. Mostly typewritten.
1. Signed draft of 'The Arrest of Oscar Wilde at the Cadogan Hotel' and signed printed copy of 'On Seeing an Old Poet in the Café Royal' by John Betjeman; n.d.
2. Chapter from 'A Memoir of John Edward Courtenay Bodley'; n.d.
3. 'A Reminiscence of 1898' by Wilfred Hugh Chesson. Article published in The Bookman, Dec. 1911.
4. 'Les Apocryphes d'Oscar Wilde' by Henry D. Davray. French. Article published in Mercure de France, Oct. 1925.
Henry D. Davray, French correspondent in London: Article 'Les Apocryphes d'Oscar Wilde': 1925: Fr.: Typewritten.
Wilfred Hugh Chesson, author; son of F W Chesson: Article 'A Reminisecence of 1898': 1911: Typewritten.
John Edward Courtenay Bodley, barrister; Secretary to Sir C W Dilke: Chapter for a book 'A Memoir of John Edward Courtenay Bodley': n.d.: Printed.
Sir John Betjeman, poet: Manuscript, 'On seeing an old poet in the Café Royal': n.d.: Printed and signed.
Sir John Betjeman, poet: Manuscript, 'The arrest of Oscar Wilde at the Cadogan Hotel': n.d.: Signed.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001987335
036-001987336
037-001987405
040-001987406 - Is part of:
- Add MS 81619-81884 : Eccles Bequest
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Add MS 81670 : Eccles Bequest. Vol. LII. Miscellaneous works of the following; 1911-1925, n.d. Mostly typewritten. 1. Signed draft of 'The… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001987335[0001]/036-001987336[0002]/037-001987405[0001]/040-001987406
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 81619-81884
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1911
- End Date:
- 1925
- Date Range:
- 1911-1925
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Betjeman, John, Knight, poet, 1906-1984
Bodley, John Edward Courtenay, barrister, sec to Sir C W Dilke
Chesson, Wilfred Hugh, author, son of F W Chesson
Davray, Henry, journalist, critic and translator, 1873-1944