Original manuscript of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, by Charles Dickens, vol. 1
Manuscript
1870 (written)
1870 (written)
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2 volumes (184 leaves in various foliations)
Memoranda for names, titles and chapter headings etc. on preliminary leaves.
Written on handmade, blue, wove writing paper, in blue ink.
The writing paper is made up of 'Large Post' folio sheets that have been folded into bifolios, producing a 'Large Post' quarto, which were then torn in half by Dickens, mostly before writing. All manuscript leaves therefore have one torn side.
For a fuller description see: Annette Low's article 'The conservation of Charles Dickens's manuscripts' in Paper conservator, vol. 18, 1994. pp. 5-9.
Memoranda for names, titles and chapter headings etc. on preliminary leaves.
Written on handmade, blue, wove writing paper, in blue ink.
The writing paper is made up of 'Large Post' folio sheets that have been folded into bifolios, producing a 'Large Post' quarto, which were then torn in half by Dickens, mostly before writing. All manuscript leaves therefore have one torn side.
For a fuller description see: Annette Low's article 'The conservation of Charles Dickens's manuscripts' in Paper conservator, vol. 18, 1994. pp. 5-9.
Object details
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| Title | Original manuscript of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, by Charles Dickens, vol. 1 |
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| Brief description | Manuscript, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, by Charles Dickens, vol. 1, England, 1870. |
| Physical description | 2 volumes (184 leaves in various foliations) Memoranda for names, titles and chapter headings etc. on preliminary leaves. Written on handmade, blue, wove writing paper, in blue ink. The writing paper is made up of 'Large Post' folio sheets that have been folded into bifolios, producing a 'Large Post' quarto, which were then torn in half by Dickens, mostly before writing. All manuscript leaves therefore have one torn side. For a fuller description see: Annette Low's article 'The conservation of Charles Dickens's manuscripts' in Paper conservator, vol. 18, 1994. pp. 5-9. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | Given by Charles Dickens to his friend John Forster; bequeathed by John Forster to the museum in 1876. |
| Associated object | 38041800167355 (Set) |
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| Library number | MSL/1876/Forster/167/1 |
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| Record created | December 14, 2020 |
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