BIB_ID
328639
Accession number
MA 6303
Creator
Sackville-West, V. (Victoria), 1892-1962.
Display Date
1931-1932.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2004.
Description
8 v. (239 p.), bound ; 32.4 cm
Notes
Acquired with an autograph notebook containing notes and preliminary drafts for The Edwardians, All Passion Spent, and Family History (MA 6302).
An autograph note on p. 1 indicates that the manuscript was begun at Sackville-West's home Long Barn, (near Sevenoaks Weal, Kent), on 31 May 1931; an autograph note at the end of the manuscript was completed at her home Sissinghurst Castle (near Cranbrook, Kent), on 8 June 1932.
An autograph note on p. 1 indicates that the manuscript was begun at Sackville-West's home Long Barn, (near Sevenoaks Weal, Kent), on 31 May 1931; an autograph note at the end of the manuscript was completed at her home Sissinghurst Castle (near Cranbrook, Kent), on 8 June 1932.
Provenance
Lot 29 in a Glenn Horowitz catalogue (2004); purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2004.
Summary
Autograph manuscript of the novel Family History, written primarily on the rectos of 239 leaves in eight notebooks, with some revisions and alterations to the text throughout.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (35.6 cm)
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