Two manuscripts by Edgar Wallace comprising:
- a manuscript notebook containing twenty-two 'Tommy Poems', 1898-9, fourteen of which were published in Writ in Barracks (1900), with related material, 1900-1
- an undated manuscript notebook containing chapter one and two of 'How Dyne Came', the first thriller story written by the author,
Dates
- 1898-1901, n.d.
Extent
2 shelfmarks
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. misc. d. 1155].
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MSS. Eng. misc. d. 1155-6
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13853
Biographical / Historical
Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was a novelist, playwright and journalist.
Other Finding Aids
A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given to the Library in 1980.
- Title
- Two Manuscripts by Edgar Wallace
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Susan Thomas
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk