The diary of a deadbeat kept by "Caxton Smith" : typescript, 25 November 1924 / Edward Wyndham
The diary of a deadbeat kept by "Caxton Smith" : typescript, 25 November 1924 / Edward Wyndham
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25 November 1924
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MLMSS 10361
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0.02 metres of textual material (1 folder) - typescript with manuscript annotations
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Fonds
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'A human document which throws a sweeping searchlight on the seamy side of life in Sydney--Australia. A story of two stiffs, told in a series of vividly drawn pen pictures of pverty and its environments. A new and exclusive feature specifically adapted for serial reproduction. Something different--depicting a strata of real life outside the compreh...
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Full title
The diary of a deadbeat kept by "Caxton Smith" : typescript, 25 November 1924 / Edward Wyndham
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'Part fiction, part fact, but based on actual experience & dead true to the actual life as a whole, as I know only too well! E.W.'
'To Mitchell Library Sydney, N.S.W. with author's compliments, Edward Wyndham, Melbourne, Nov 24, 1924'
'First published by instalments in Melbourne "How Keel" 1922-23. Republished in "Sport" newspapers Adelaide and Gippsland "Times" Sale Victoria 1923. (Not published as a book to November 1924)'...
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Transferred from the Mitchell Library Printed Books Collection QA823/W, January 2020
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MLMSS 10361
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9PQWVBln
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9PQWVBln
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9649995
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