Pre-publication mock up of Stephen Spender's The Edge of Being
Pre-publication mock up of The Edge of Being, created by Stephen Spender using an existing notebook (turned back to front) with printed page proofs pasted onto the pages (holograph poems by Spender can be partially read on the final seven pages). With holograph labels, title page, dedication and content pages. Inscribed by Spender to Peggy Ashcroft and Jeremy Hutchinson, 28 Mar 1949.
Dates
- Creation: 1949
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. 21432].
Shelfmark:
MS. 21432
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 21432
Abstract
Pre-publication mock up of Stephen Spender's The Edge of Being, 1949.
Biographical / Historical
For biographical details, see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian Library with the support of the Roy Davids Fund from Paul Rassam, 2021.
Subject
- Title
- Catalogue of pre-publication mock up of Stephen Spender's , 1949
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Rachael Marsay
- Date
- 2022
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Catalogued with the generous support of the Roy Davids bequest
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk