The original manuscript was acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1952
The Man with the Twisted Lip
Type: Garamond with Gill Sans for display
with four-line colophon reading "Bound by The Book Press
while the other two are slightly tanned with a few small marks
The Beggar's Opera Agatha Christie The original manuscript was acquiredThe Beggar's Opera; A Comic Opera, by John Gay. Adapted for theatrical representation, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Regulated from the prompt book, by permission of the Managers. London: Printed for the Proprietors, under the Direction of John Bell, British Library, Strand, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales: 1791. 15. 8 x 10 cm, 99 numbered pages. Very poor condition, missing covers. Signatures are all partly