The chaste wife : autograph manuscript signed, [ca. 1916].

Record ID: 
192844
Accession number: 
MA 4715
Author: 
Swinnerton, Frank, 1884-1982.
Credit: 
Purchased, 1991.
Description: 
1 item (281 p.), bound ; 26 cm
Notes: 

Inscribed to Mrs. Edith Howe, "To Mrs. this rather bulky token of esteem and affection from her friend Swin. The original and only manuscript copy of "The Chaste Wife."" Dedicated "To Mrs. and P. P. with the wish that it had been more worthy." With note on title page, "To Printer: Please be sure to follow author's punctuation throughout."

Summary: 

The manuscript as prepared for the printer, with some revisions and corrections by the author throughout.

Housed in: 
Blue cloth drop spine-box (29.2 cm)
Binding: 
Blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine: "The Chaste Wife / Frank Swinnerton."
Provenance: 
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.