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Add MS 49308
- Record Id:
- 040-002016018
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002015995
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001154.0x0003ad
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 49308
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. XX (ff. 248). Collected plays and libretti of Gilbert. Two imperfect sets of printed proofs, with autograph corrections, of Original Plays by W. S. Gilbert, Fourth Series, 1911. Preceded (f. 1) by a covering letter to Gilbert from Chatto and Windus, 23 May 1911. Viz.:- (a) Pp. 1-224 of 'First Proof'; 6-27 Apr. 1911. ff. 2-113b;- (b) Pp. 1-224 of 'Revise Proof'; 18-27 May 1911. ff. 137-248. Also includes, in the same format, a set (ff. 114-136b) of first proof of 'Princess Toto', 28 Apr.-1 May 1911, paginated [235]-280, not included in either the first or second editions of Original Plays, Fourth Series, 1911. See the list of contents of these editions in T. Searle, Sir William Schwenck Gilbert, 1931, p. 65. No copy of the first edition is in the British Library.
includes:
- f. 1 Chatto and Windus; publishers, London: Letter to Sir W. S. Gilbert: 1911.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002015995
036-002015996
040-002016018 - Is part of:
- Add MS 49289-49353 : Correspondence and papers of Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (b. 1836, d. 1911); 1836-1952, n.d. Acquired from the executors…
Add MS 49289-49317 : A. PLAYS AND LIBRETTI
Add MS 49308 : GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. XX (ff. 248). Collected plays and libretti of Gilbert. Two imperfect sets of printed proofs, with… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002015995[0001]/036-002015996[0004]/040-002016018
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 49289-49353
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1911
- End Date:
- 1911
- Date Range:
- 1911
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Chatto and Windus, publishers, of London, 1855-