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A dialogue entitled 'Sexton Holmes and Sherlock Blake'

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MS. Eng. misc. e. 53
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A dialogue entitled 'Sexton Holmes and Sherlock Blake', a poor skit on detective characters in the Strand Magazine by George Gregory Edmondson, partly in verse, written in pencil: beg. ' (enter from wings both together) Sherlock Blake: 'Well! Holmes?'. '4 copies were sent to the Copyright-agent.'

Dates

  • Creation: Written in A.D. 1910 (?) by G. G. Edmondson

Extent

16 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. e. 53, fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MS. Eng. misc. e. 53

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 19669

Abstract

A dialogue entitled 'Sexton Holmes and Sherlock Blake'

Biographical / Historical

George Gregory Edmondson (fl. 1910).

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. VI, no. 35179

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Received on March 19, 1910.

Physical Facet

On paper

Dimensions

8 1/8 × 6 5/8 in.

Subject

Title
A dialogue entitled 'Sexton Holmes and Sherlock Blake'
Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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