Accession number
PML 146798
Creator
Forster, John, 1812-1876.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Corrected copy for an unidentified edition of John Forster's The life of Charles Dickens, originally published: London : Chapman and Hall, 1872-1874; probably a copy of an early edition of the book annotated to serve as the basis for a corrected edition.
Description
1 item (396; 462; 504 p., 60 leaves) ; 210 x 136 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Corrected proofs consist of printed disbound sheets from an unidentied edition of the three volumes of Forster's biography, copy lacking t.p.'s and including a corrected copy of the index; the text extensively corrected, edited, and annotated in ms. throughout, presumably in the hand of the author.
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