BIB_ID
231546
Accession number
MA 4972
Creator
Ward, Humphry, Mrs., 1851-1920.
Display Date
[1896-1898].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1994.
Description
1 item (ca. 1200 leaves), unbound ; 20.2 cm
Notes
The corrected proofs bear the running title The Passion of Alan Helbeck; the work was published as Helbeck of Bannisdale. Many of the corrected proofs are stamped "Proof," "First Revise" or "Second Revise" and with dates from November 1897 to March 1898. Manuscript pages contain blue pencil use-marks and many chapters are headed with various names (probably the compositors).
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1994.
Summary
Written primarily on the rectos of ca. 1200 leaves, with corrections and revisions throughout. Approximately 100 pages of corrected proofs are incorporated into the manuscript.
Housed in
Brown cloth drop-spine box (25.5 cm)
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