Typescript : Bosie, the story of Lord Alfred Douglas, his friends and enemies, about 1962 December 19

Item — Volume: MS.1968.022

Identifier: Series 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

From the Series:

This subseries includes manuscripts of speeches, plays, poems, and other literary works created by Oscar Wilde and his coterie. Many are in the author's hand. Virtually all of the titles given to the works have been supplied by later catalogers and scholars. They are arranged alphabetically by author or originator, and then by title. Further arrangement is by date.

Dates

Creation: about 1962 December 19

Creator

From the Collection: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library (Organization)

Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 38.36 Linear Feet (90 boxes plus bound volumes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General Physical Description note

712 leaves. Typescript draft of Rupert Croft-Cooke's Bosie, with handwritten corrections, notes, and edits in multiple hands, perhaps by Croft-Cooke and editors. The title page is stamped 19 Dec 1962. This typescript is written on thin typing paper, many pages of which are creased and folded, especially towards the beginning of the typescript (the title page is also torn and damaged, but with no loss of text). The published version of this text was issued in 1963 by W.H. Allen. Stored in modern beige cloth case.