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Henry Cecil fonds. First accrual.

Manuscripts. Note: Order is chronological. There is correspondence filed with these manuscripts as follows:
Box 9, F.1; Box 11, F.9, Box 12, F.6, Box 13, F.7, Box 14, F.1, Box 22, F.9

Box 1:
Full Circle (Chapman and Hall, 1948)
F.1 Holograph Ms., 1 notebook and 54 pp.
F.2 first draft, annotated. 195 pp.
F.3 Ts, 2nd draft, annotated. 286 pp.
F.4 Notes and additions to manuscript.

Box 2:
The Painswick Line (Chapman and Hall 1951)
F.1 Holograph Ms. Notebook 1.
F.2 Holograph Ms. Notebook 2.
F.3 Holograph Ms. Notebook 3.
F.4 Holograph Ms. Notebooks 4, 5, 6, and 7.
F.5 Carbon Ts., annotated. 245 pages.

Box 3:
No Bail for the Judge (Chapman and Hall 1952)
F.1 Holograph Ms. 6 notebooks.
F.2 Holograph Ms. of serial and film adaptations, 1 notebook.
F.3 Carbon of serial version, annotated,183 pp.
F.4 Carbon Ts. alterations to serial version, annotated, 172 pp.
F.5 Copy of British publication annotated and with alterations bound in.
F.6 Copy of American publication (Harper and Bros.) annotated and with alterations bound in.
Ways and Means (Chapman and Hall 1952)
F.7 Holograph Ms. of Chapter 1, 1 notebook.
F.8 Holograph Ms. of Chapter 2, 1 notebook.
F.9 Holograph Ms. of Chapter 3, 2 notebooks.
F.10 Holograph Ms. of Chapter 4, 2 notebooks.
F.11 Holograph Ms. of Chapter 4, American version, 1 notebook.
F.12 Holograph Ms. of Chapter 1, radio and play, 2 notebooks.

Box 4:
Natural Causes (Chapman and Hall 1953)
F.1 Holograph Ms. in five notebooks.
F.2 Holograph Ms. of television play. 1 notebook.
F.3 Holograph Ms. of play, retitled Dangerous Alibi. 2 notebooks.
F.4 Ts annotated, of play. 79 pages.
F.5 Carbon Ts. of play. 2 sets, 79 pages each.
According to the Evidence (Chapman and Hall 1954)
F.6 Holograph Ms. 3 notebooks.
F.7 Annotated script of play.
World of Colonel Brain
F.8 Holograph Ms. of radio play based on Natural Causes and According to the Evidence. 1 notebook.

Box 5:
Brothers in Law (Michael Joseph 1955)
F.1 Holograph Ms. 6 notebooks.
F.2 Annotated Ts. of Chapter 1. 15 pp.
F.3 Annotated Carbon Ts. 286 p.
F.4 Annotated script of play based on book, co-authored by Ted Willis.
F.5 Copy of the published book, annotated by Henry Cecil and used to prepare play.
F.6 Holograph Ms. of scripts for television series. 4 notebooks.

Box 6:
Friends at Court (Michael Joseph 1956)
F.1 Holograph Ms. 5 notebooks.
F.2 Holograph Ms. of radio version. 1 notebook.
F.3 Annotated Ts., first draft. 309 pp.
F.4 Annotated Ts., second draft. 273 pp.

Box 7:
Much in Evidence (Michael Joseph 1957); The Long Arm (U.S. title. Harper Bros. 1957)
F.1 Holograph Ms. 3 notebooks.
F.2 Holograph Ms. of radio version, 3 notebooks.
F.3 Annotated carbon ts. 267 pp.
F.4 Carbon ts. of alterations to original ts. 11 pp.
Sober as a Judge (Michael Joseph 1958)
F.5 Holograph Ms. 5 notebooks.
F.6 Holograph Ms. of radio version. 1 notebook.

Box 8:
Brief to Counsel (Michael Joseph 1958 and 1972)
F.1 Holograph Ms. 1st edition. 2 notebooks.
F.2 Holograph Ms. corrections and additions. 1 notebook.
F.3 Annotated ts., first draft. 130 pp.
F.4 Retyped section of Ms., with annotations. 77 pp.
F.5 Incomplete ts. copy with annotations. 45 pp.
F.6 Ts. copy with annotations by reader. 124 pages + appendix.
F.7 Incomplete ts. copy, annotated and crossed out. 50 pp.
F.8 Carbon printed ts., annotated. Chapters 1 to 11,1 bound volume.
F.9 Carbon and printed ts., annotated. Chapters 12 to 25 and Appendix. 1 bound volume.
F.10 Ts. copy, bound volume. 124 pp. and Appendix.

Box 9:
F.1 Correspondence re first edition.
F.2 Research material for both editions.
F.3 2nd. edition. One complete set and an incomplete set of alterations, carbon ts.
F.4 Galley proofs of 2nd. edition.
F.5 Uncorrected proof copy of 2nd. edition.

Box 10:
Settled Out of Court (Michael Joseph 1959)
F.1 Holograph Ms. 5 notebooks. Book I, II, III (includes Bk I radio version), and Book II radio version. Also one notebook, unidentified, containing shorthand notes and some holograph notes.
F.2 Ts., annotated. 216 pages.
F.3 Carbon ts. with few annotations. 216 pp. bound in two volumes.
F.4 Holograph Ms. of play. 4 notebooks.
F.5 Holograph Ms. alterations for Act I of play. 55 pp.
F.6 Holograph Ms. alterations for Act II of play. 71 pp.
F.7 Holograph Ms. alterations for Act III of play. 95 pp.

Box 11:
F.1 Annotated ts. of Act I. 57 pp.
F.2 Annotated ts. of Act II. 75 pp. + 35 pp. labelled "R"
F.3 Carbon ts. outline of Act III. 9 pp.; Annotated ts. of Act III. 43 pp.
F.4 Annotated ts. of provisional scenario of Act I. 48 pp. Also Act II 12 pp., Act III. 5 pp.
F.5 Annotated ts. and carbon ts. of Acts I, II and III. 57 pp., 59 pp., 40 pp. Dated 11/vii/59 and 17/vii /59.
F.6 Ts. alterations to Act I.
F.7 Ts. alterations to Act II.
F.8 Ts. alterations to Act III.
F.9 Correspondence concerning the play.
F.10 Miscellaneous holograph notes about the play.
F.11 Script of the play, by William Saroyan and Henry Cecil.

Box 12:
Alibi for a Judge (Michael Joseph 1960)
F.1 Holograph Ms. 3 notebooks.
F.2 Holograph Ms. for stage play and radio play. 2 notebooks.
F.3 Annotated ts. of play, first draft. 80 pp.
F.4 Carbon ts. of play. 1 complete copy, also some sections and scenes of play, in carbon ts., annotated.
F.5 Final script of stage play, by Felicity Douglas and Henry Cecil.
F.6 Correspondence re play, and theatre programme from Savoy Theatre 1965.
F.7 Script for radio play. 112 pp. + 2 pp.
I Married the Girl (Michael Joseph 1960). Written using pseud. Clifford Maxwell
F.8 Ts. original, 162 pp. (titled It Must Be Love.)
F.9 Holograph Ms., heavily revised in 2 notebooks, 192 pp.

Box 12A:
F.1 Ts. Carbon, 2 copies, 162 pp.
F.2 Ts. Carbon, with revisions and alterations by the author, 155 pp.
F.3 Ts, setting copy, 160 pp. + carbon

Box 13:
Not Such an Ass (Hutchinson 1961)
F.1 Holograph Ms., originally titled Brief on Trial 6 notebooks.
F.2 Annotated ts. Chapters 1 to 19.
F.3 Research notes and alterations to Ms.
F.4 Annotated ts. and foreword. 4 pp. + 190 pp.
F.5 "Uncorrected copy", annotated carbon ts. 190 pp.
F.6 Final carbon ts., bound. 3 copies.
F.7 Correspondence from Hutchinson re the book, 1960-1961

Box 14:
F.1 Correspondence re book.
F.2 Carbon ts. of index. 11 p .
F.3 Annotated ts. of B.B.C. play Should the law be changed? by P.M.S. Crewe.
F.4 Notebook, unused.
F.5 Galley proofs. 3 sets, all annotated.
Daughters in Law (Michael Joseph 1961)
F.6 Holograph Ms. 4 notebooks.
F.7 Holograph Ms. of radio version. 1 notebook.

Box 15:
Unlawful Occasions (Michael Joseph 1962)
F.1 Holograph Ms. 3 notebooks.
F.2 First draft ts. Chapters 1 to 12. 83 pp.
F.3 Annotated ts. 195 pp.
F.4 Annotated carbon ts. 4 volumes, 195 pp.
F.5 Annotated carbon ts. 197 pp.
F.6 Holograph Ms. of radio play.

Box 16:
Independent Witness (Michael Joseph 1963)
F.1 Holograph Ms. 1 notebook.
F.2 Annotated ts. 213 pp.
F.3 Annotated carbon ts. 213 pp.
F.4 Script of B.B.C. radio version with some ts. alterations.

Box 17:
Portrait of a Judge (Michael Joseph 1964)
F.1 Ts. of first seven stories, with annotations. "Portrait of a Judge" (2 copies); "Table Talk"; "I Killed Gordon McNaghten" ; "No Expectations" (also play version); "I'm Afraid"; "The Lesson"; "The Adjutant Who Knew Too Much"
F.2 Ts. of next eight stories, annotated. "The Application"; "I Forget the Name"; "The Patient"; "The Good-in-Man"; "Unkind Cut"; "Near Miss"; "The Good Turn"; "The Nightmare"
F.3 Ts. of last seven stories, annotated. "Prize Story"; "Proof"; "Striking the Balance"; "The Limit"; "The Wanted Man"; "Mock Trial"; "The Wife in the Train"
F.4 Notes on typing and ts. of stories not used. "'I've Come to Kill You' Said the Visitor"; "The Simple Truth"; "Beginning at the End" 2 copies .
F.5 Carbon ts., annotated. 229 pp.
F.6 Final ts., pages 117 to 229.
F.7 Final carbon ts. 2 volumes. 228 pp.
F.8 Carbon ts. 2 volumes. 6th copy. 229 pp.
F.9 "Uncorrected proof copy," annotated.

Box 18:
Tipping the Scales (Hutchinson 1964)
F.1 Holograph Ms. 2 notebooks.
F.2 Holograph Ms. Notes for new printing. 1 notebook.
F.3 Second draft, holograph Ms. and ts. 1 notebook.
F.4 Annotated ts., lacks pagination
F.5 Annotated ts., 261 pp. + bibliography.
F.6 Annotated ts. Chapters 1 and 2.
F.7 Annotated ts. Chapters 3 and 4.
F.8 Annotated ts. Chapters 5 and 6.
F.9 Annotated ts. Chapters 7 to 11.

Box 19:
F.1 Annotated carbon ts., bound. Chapters 4 and 5.
F.2 Annotated carbon ts. Chapter 6.
F.3 Annotated carbon ts. Chapters 7 to 11.
F.4 Annotated carbon ts., final. 185 pp. + 2 pp.
F.5 Annotated carbon ts. Second copy. 3 volumes. 261 pp.
F.6 Annotated carbon ts. Sixth copy. 2 volumes. Chapter 1 to 3. Chapters 6 to 11.
F.7 Galley proofs. 2 sets with corrections.

Box 20:
F.1 Uncorrected proof copy.
F.2 Research notes.
F.3 Research notes and summaries.
F.4 Annotated ts. research notes? pp. 26-105.

Box 21:
A Matter of Speculation. The Case of Lord Cochrane. (Hutchinson 1965)
F.1 Holograph Ms. 1 notebook.
F.2 Holograph Ms. notes and new Chapter 1. 1 notebook.
F.3 Holograph Ms. of Chapters 18 and 22.
F.4 Annotated ts. incomplete.
F.5 Annotated ts. 204 pp.
F.6 Annotated carbon ts., 205 pp.
F.7 Annotated ts. Part I. 98 pp.
F.8 Annotated ts. Part II. 58 pp.

Box 22:
F.1 Ts., volume I, titled The Cochrane Story. 97 pp.
F.2 Ts., volume II, titled The Cochrane Story. 60 pp.
F.3 Ts., volume III, titled The Cochrane Story. 68 pp.
F.4 Carbon ts., annotated, volume I The Cochrane Story. 98 pp.
F.5 Carbon ts., annotated. Volume II The Cochrane Story. 60 pp.
F.6 Carbon ts., annotated. Volume III The Cochrane Story. 68 pp.
F.7 Carbon ts. of The Cochrane Story. Volumes I, II, and III.
F.8 Carbon ts. of The Cochrane Story. Volumes I, II and 111.
F.9 Correspondence to Henry Cecil about the book.
F.10 Uncorrected proof copy.
F.11 Holograph Ms. of radio play. 1 notebook.
F.12 Ts., annotated, of radio play. 69 pp.
F.13 Research material on Lord Cochrane.

Box 23:
Fathers in Law (Michael Joseph 1965)
F.1 Holograph Ms. 3 notebooks.
F.2 Holograph Ms. notes on the book.
F.3 Ts., annotated. 238 pp.
F.4 Carbon ts., annotated. Bound in 2 volumes. 247 pp.
F.5 Carbon ts., annotated. 247 pp.
F.6 Spare set of retyped pages inserted into two copies of book. 44 pp.
F.7 Pages eliminated and altered. 121 pp.
F.8 Proof copy with corrections.
F.9 Proof copy with corrections.

Box 24:
F.1 Holograph Ms. of radio play. 1 notebook.
F.2 Annotated carbon ts. of stage play, by H. Cecil and C.E. Webber.
F.3 Play Hugo. Altered sheets for insertion into H. Cecil's copy.
F.4 Play. ts. annotated. 153 pp., many duplicated, plus partial set.
F.5 Play. Ts. and holograph pages, unnumbered.
F.6 Play. Ts., carbon ts. and photocopied pages, annotated and unidentifiable.
F.7 Play. Ts., carbon ts. and photocopied pages, annotated, and unidentifiable.
F.8 Script of The Blood Tie, by H. Cecil and C.E. Webber. Some annotations. 130 pp.

Box 25:
The Asking Price (Michael Joseph 1966)
F.1 Holograph Ms. 3 notebooks.
F.2 Annotated ts., Chapters 1 to 12.
F.3 Annotated ts., Chapters 13 to 21.
F.4 Annotated ts. copy. 199 pp. in 2 volumes.
F.5 Annotated ts., with alterations in green for American edition. 199 pp. in 2 volumes.
F.6 Proof copy with corrections.

Box 26:
A Woman named Anne (Michael Joseph 1967)
F.1 Holograph Ms., Chapters 1 to 15. 2 notebooks.
F.2 Annotated ts. 245 pp.
F.3 Annotated carbon ts. 245 pp.
F.4 Annotated printed ts. 218 pp.
F.5 Proof copy, with corrections.
F.6 Holograph Ms. of play. 2 notebooks.

Box 27:
No Fear or Favour (Michael Joseph 1968)
F.1 Holograph Ms. 2 notebooks.
F.2 Ts., annotated. 214 pp.
F.3 Proof copy, with corrections.
F.4 Holograph Ms. of play Without Fear or Favour. 3 notebooks.
F.5 Alterations to play.
F.6 Script of radio play No Fear or Favour. 94 pp. with annotations.
F.7 Script of stage play No Fear or Favour.
F.8 Script of The Tilted Scales with annotations.
F.9 Script of The Tilted Scales with annotations.

Box 28:
Know about English Law (Blackie 1965)
F.1 Holograph Ms. 1 notebook.
F.2 Ts., annotated. Partial. 88 pp.
F.3 Annotated ts. Chapters 1 to 10.
F.4 Annotated carbon ts. 48 pp.
F.5 Cancelled pages, carbon ts. 10 pp.
F.6 Galley proofs.
F.7 Alterations for new edition titled Learn about English Law.
Tell You What I'll Do (Michael Joseph 1969)
F.8 Proof copy with corrections.
F.9 Project for a radio series called The Lie Detector based on Tell You What I'll Do. 2 copies.
The Buttercup Spell (Michael Joseph 1971)
F.10 Photocopy of script of radio play based on book.
F.11 Proof copy, with corrections.
The Wanted Man (Michael Joseph 1972)
F.12 Carbon ts. of radio play based on book. 26 pp.

Box 29:
The English Judge (Stevens 1970; Arrow 1972)
F.1 Holograph notes for Hamlyn Lectures.
F.2 Original dictated ts., annotated.
F.3 Essays on "The English Judge" by secondary school students.
F.4 Research notes titled "for separate article. "
F.5 Carbon ts. of preface to 1972 edition.
F.6 Photocopy of ts., with some alterations. 96 pp.

Box 30:
The Trial of Walter Rowland (David and Charles 1975)
F.1 Original dictated ts. (from tape) annotated.
F.2 Final Ms. in spiral binding.
F.3 Printed ts. of part II.
F.4 Galley proofs.

Box 31:
Just Within the Law (Hutchinson 1975)
F.1 Holograph notes. 1 notebook.
F.2 Annotated ts. pp. 1-173, 199-202.
F.3 Page proofs, with corrections
Cross Purposes (Michael Joseph 1976)
F.4 Annotated ts. 199 pp.
F.5 Carbon ts., with notes on alterations. 193 pp. and notes.
F.6 Uncorrected proof copy.

Box 32:
Hunt the Slipper (Michael Joseph 1977)
F.1 Original dictated ts. from tape. annotated. 162 pp.
F.2 Carbon ts. of corrected pages.
F.3 Holograph Ms. of play. 1 notebook.
F.4 Annotated script of play. 95 pp.
F.5 Carbon ts. of extra pages of play.
F.6 Proof copy with corrections and dust jacket.

Box 33:
Unpublished Work.
F.1 "Both Sides of the Law" Holograph Ms. 3 notebooks.
F.2 "Brief Tales from the Bench" Holograph Ms. of play, 1 notebook

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