File NLW MS 23847B - Notes for The Black Venus

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NLW MS 23847B

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Notes for The Black Venus

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  • [?1943] (Creation)

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19 ff. (old pagination on ff. 17-19) ; 175 x 115 mm.

Guarded and filed at NLW.

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Autograph pencil notes, [?1943], by Rhys Davies, outlining the themes, characters, structure and scenes for his novel The Black Venus (London, 1944).
An account of the practice of 'bundling' (ff. 17-19) is an extract from Wirt Sikes, British Goblins: Welsh Folk-Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (London, 1880), pp. 300-302.

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Item: 1.1 Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 23847B). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 4182584. Date: 20030207. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 23847B) : Ruled sheets taken from notebook written in pencil, leaves punched with three holes. Institution: WlAbNL.

Item: 1.2 Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 23847B). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 4182584. Date: 20031219. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: G. Edwards. Status: Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 23847B) : Guarded, filed and lettered in black. Institution: WlAbNL.

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  • English

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English.

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Preferred citation: NLW MS 23847B.

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vtls004182584

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(WlAbNL)0000182584

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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February 2012

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  • English

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Description compiled by Maredudd ap Huw and revised by Rhys Morgan Jones.

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  • Text: NLW MS 23847B.