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Record Id:

040-002084261

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002084074

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001356.0x000085

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Add MS 50631

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G. B. SHAW PAPERS: SERIES II. Vol. XXXIX (ff. 235). 'Back to Methuselah'; 1919-1945.

1. ff. 1-127. Preface and playscript; 1919-1920. [italics]Shorthand.[/italics]

2. ff. 128-129. Lists of amendments to the Preface;1921, n.d. [italics]Autograph[/italics] and [italics]typewritten.[/italics]

3. ff. 130-131. Blurb for Penguin book jacket; 1938. [italics]Typewritten[/italics] with [italics]autograph[/italics] corrections.

4. ff. 132-186. Preface; 1944-1945. [italics]Printed[/italics] proof with [italics]autograph[/italics] amendments.

5. ff 187-192v. 'Introductory Note for Oxford University Press'; 1944. [italics]Shorthand.[/italics]

6. ff. 193-228. Postscript; 1944. Two copies, [italics]typewritten[/italics] with [italics]autograph[/italics] alterations.

7. ff. 229-235. Cards to G. B. Shaw from Oxford University Press accompanying proofs; 1944-1945.

This volume was refoliated in 2002-2003, but the bound sequence is unchanged.

includes:

ff. 1-127 George Bernard Shaw, author: 'Back to Methuselah': shorthand preface and playscript by George Bernard Shaw: 1919-1920.
ff. 128-129 George Bernard Shaw, author: 'Back to Methuselah': typescript and autogr. lissts of amendments to the Preface by George Bernard Shaw: 1921, n.d.
ff. 130-131 George Bernard Shaw, author: 'Back to Methuselah': blurb for book jacket, typescript with autogr. corrections by George Bernard Shaw: 1938.
ff. 132-186 George Bernard Shaw, author: 'Back to Methuselah': Preface in printed proof with autogr. amendments by George Bernard Shaw: 1944-1945.
ff. 187-192v George Bernard Shaw, author: 'Back to Methuselah': shorthand 'Introductory Note for Oxford University Press' by George Bernard Shaw: 1944.
ff. 193-228 George Bernard Shaw, author: 'Back to Methuselah': two typed copies of Postscript with autogr. amendments by George Bernard Shaw: 1944.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002084074
033-002084179
036-002084180
040-002084261

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Add MS 50508-50743 : BERNARD SHAW PAPERS
Add MS 50593-50743 : SHAW PAPERS: SERIES II 50593-50743. Purchased from the residuary legatees of George Bernard Shaw, 9 April 1960, and…
Add MS 50593-50649 : A. PLAYS OF G. B. SHAW. 50593-50649. Playscripts, in autograph longhand unless otherwise stated, with rehearsal notes…

Add MS 50631 : G. B. SHAW PAPERS: SERIES II. Vol. XXXIX (ff. 235). 'Back to Methuselah'; 1919-1945. 1. ff. 1-127. Preface and…

Hierarchy:

032-002084074[0002]/033-002084179[0001]/036-002084180[0039]/040-002084261

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View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 50508-50743

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 item

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1919

End Date:

1945

Date Range:

1919-1945

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Names:

Shaw, George Bernard, author and playwright, 1856-1950,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000080436250