D. M. Thomas: Notes for verse sections of 'Sphinx' and 'Swallow', part 4 of 4. General papers of 1985–1986
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General papers and correspondence of D. M. Thomas of around 1985–1986, along with manuscript and typescript drafts for his 'Russian Nights' quintet of novels (when still projected as a trilogy), especially 'Swallow' and 'Sphinx'. With typescript copies of other writings and articles by Thomas. ...
Typescript drafts for D. M. Thomas's novel 'Sphinx', with autograph corrections. This sub-sub-series was originally contained in two envelopes, labelled (neither in Thomas's own hand) as follows: Envelope 1: '['C' circled; a tick, circled] Freedom (Sphinx) (numbered in red) — Numbered — No. of...
Ring-bound typescript of D. M. Thomas's novel 'Sphinx', with autograph corrections. The contents of this file were originally held in a folder entitled 'Sphinx — A Novel — D. M. Thomas (early draft)'.
Proof copy of D. M. Thomas's novel 'Sphinx' (1986) — as published by Victor Gollancz Ltd. — with autograph corrections. With a letter to Thomas from Joanna Goldsworthy of Gollancz.
Typescript copy of D. M. Thomas's novel 'Summit', with handwritten annotations by the author and an editor. The contents of this file were originally held in a folder labelled ''Summit', with ed's copious suggestions.', and also bearing an older title, '48 Arrival in West' (crossed out) and the...
Typescript draft of 'Theatres', novel by D. M. Thomas, later published under the title 'Lying Together' (the fifth of the 'Russian Nights' quintet) corrected in some places by Thomas. With some typed notes for the unpublished novel 'Eiger' and typescripts of its verse sections: 'George Recollect...