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Robert Elsmere : autograph manuscript signed of the final chapter of the novel : [London], [1887].

BIB_ID
136682
Accession number
MA 1380
Creator
Ward, Humphry, Mrs., 1851-1920.
Display Date
[1887].
Credit line
Gift of William H. McCarthy, 1951.
Description
1 item (45 p.), bound ; 20.5 cm
Provenance
Presented by Ward to the Red Cross Sale, 1917; from the collection S.S. Brunschwig (Parke-Bernet sale 1242, 9 April 1951, lot 235); gift of William H. McCarthy,1951.
Summary
The autograph manuscript of chapter twenty of Robert Elsmere, written on the rectos of 45 leaves with corrections and revisions throughout. Preceded by an attestation signed by Ward: "A portion of the original ms. as finished at 61, Russell Square in the spring of 1887, presented by me to the Red Cross Sale 1917."
Housed in
Pamphlet binder (26.7 cm)