Dexter, Colin LAST BUS TO WOODSTOCK autograph manuscript, the complete original draft of the first Inspector Morse novel, every page with revisions by the author, in ballpoint pen in various colours, written in dark blue (prologue only, pp.1-4), blue (pp.5-34, 40-128, 132-169), black (35-39, 129-131, 195-226) and green (170-195, 227-241) ink, with revisions in green (pp.1-20, 91-128, 157-67, 196, 216-217, 226), black (pp.1-95, 127-195), red (pp.69-79), and blue (pp.197-end) ink, this sequence of changing colours making possible a likely reconstruction of the composition process, 256 numbered pages, 20 "a" pages and 4 unnumbered, in total 280 pages, foolscap (various paper stocks, some bifolia and some loose sheets), 1974, with an A4 autograph presentation cover sheet ("...Original manuscript of Last Bus to Woodstock (written 1974) Given to my very good friend Ian Bradley 24.2.2000 Colin Dexter (Oxford, at the Trout)..."), loose leaves, occasional minor nicks
Dexter, Colin LAST BUS TO WOODSTOCK autograph manuscript, the complete original draft of the first Inspector Morse novel, every page with revisions by the author, in ballpoint pen in various colours, written in dark blue (prologue only, pp.1-4), blue (pp.5-34, 40-128, 132-169), black (35-39, 129-131, 195-226) and green (170-195, 227-241) ink, with revisions in green (pp.1-20, 91-128, 157-67, 196, 216-217, 226), black (pp.1-95, 127-195), red (pp.69-79), and blue (pp.197-end) ink, this sequence of changing colours making possible a likely reconstruction of the composition process, 256 numbered pages, 20 "a" pages and 4 unnumbered, in total 280 pages, foolscap (various paper stocks, some bifolia and some loose sheets), 1974, with an A4 autograph presentation cover sheet ("...Original manuscript of Last Bus to Woodstock (written 1974) Given to my very good friend Ian Bradley 24.2.2000 Colin Dexter (Oxford, at the Trout)..."), loose leaves, occasional minor nicks
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