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MS 434 01 01

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MS 434 01 01

Title

Anthony Powell archive: A Dance to the Music of Time

Level

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Administrative / Biographical history

'A Dance to the Music of Time' is a twelve-volume cycle of novels by Anthony Powell. One of the longest works of fiction in literature, it was published between 1951 and 1975 to critical acclaim. Illustrations and cover designs were created by Mark Boxer.

'A Question of Upbringing' (1951)
'A Buyer's Market' (1952)
'The Acceptance World' (1955)
'At Lady Molly's' (1957)
'Casanova's Chinese Restaurant' (1960)
'The Kindly Ones' (1962)
'The Valley of Bones' (1964)
'The Soldier's Art' (1966)
'The Military Philosophers' (1968)
'Books Do Furnish a Room' (1971)
'Temporary Kings' (1973)
'Hearing Secret Harmonies' (1975)

Date

1951-1975

Extent & medium

8 envelopes and 6 drawings in a box

Content description

This sub-series includes drafts, typescripts and notes of novels in the 'A Dance to the Music of Time' series, material relating to the series' illustration and design and two early advertisement leaves for the books.
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