BIB_ID
232739
Accession number
MA 5073.1-3
Creator
Morris, William, 1834-1896.
Display Date
[1889-1890].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2000.
Description
3 v. (12, 62, 30 p.), bound 22.9 and 33.2 cm
Notes
Inscribed by Cockerell: "1st draft of the beginnings of News from Nowhere. The book was continued in two copy books which passed into the possession of F.S. Ellis after WM's death and were given by him to me and enclosed in a red morocco case - They end abruptly in ch. XVI. The additions A1-3 were given to me by Emery Walker. They were intended for ch. XVII."
Provenance
MA 5073.1: Nine pages were presented by Morris to Sydney Cockerell and 3 pages marked A1-3 presented by Emery Walker to Cockerell. MA 5073.2-3: presented by F.S. Ellis to Cockerell, each copy book marked "S.C. Cockerell (given to me by W.M.)" MA 5073.1 and .3 with the bookplate of Freeman Bass. All three volumes purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 2000.
Summary
This manuscript comprises chapters 1-15, three words from the beginning of chapter 16, and some material intended for chapter 17.
Housed in
MA 5073.1 is housed in a blue cloth drop-spine box; MA 5073.2-3 are housed together in a red leather pull-off box.
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