Will Self: The Butt (variant draft pages, beginning Chapter 15)
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Variant typewritten draft pages, beginning within Chapter 15: pp. 293-327 ('post-it' note p. 321); pp. 326-327; pp. 327-328; pp. 328-330; pp. 329-331; pp. 331-332 ('post-it' note p. 331); pp. 334-348.
Will Self: Walking to Hollywood ('Walking to Hollywood', earliest draft)
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Undated typewritten draft, annotated in pencil: (1). 'The Consultation', pp. 1-22. (2). 'My Name is Bond', pp. 23-48. (3). 'Among the Chocodiles', pp. 49-77. (4). 'Timber Just in Lake', pp. 78-96. (5). 'My Dinner with Bret', pp. 97-115. (6). 'The Happy Detective', pp. 116-132. (7). 'The Pitch', ...
Will Self: Umbrella (page proofs, Bloomsbury Publishing, 17 May 2012)
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Page proofs from Bloomsbury Publishing, dated 17 May 2012. Three 'post-it' notes attached to title-page, and two attached to pp. 3 and 245 indicating minor corrections. Otherwise unmarked.
(1). Typed draft (pp. 1-35), revised by hand. (2). Incomplete typed draft (pp. 1-16). (3). Complete copy of New Fiction (Grove Atlantic, 1994), including 'Understanding the Ur-Bororo' (as pp. 2-15). The story was originally published in The Quantity Theory of Insanity (1991).
The earliest draft of the novel (word-processed, heavily revised by hand), comprising: Title page, epigraph, and Chapter 1: 'Dealing with the Devil' (chapter title struck through). Chapter 1.1: 'The History of the Product: Robert Pinner's Shorts'. Chapter 2: 'The North London Book of the Dead (R...
Will Self: My Idea of Fun (revised photocopy draft)
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Photocopied word processed text, revised by hand. The text lacks the 'Intermission' (although it is listed in the Contents page). The draft material comprises: Title page and Contents (3 sheets). 'Prologue' (title page to 'Book One', epigraph page, and pp. 5-19). Epigraph page is annotated as '...
Will Self: Grey Area ('The End of the Relationship')
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(1). Incomplete word-processed draft, annotated and revised by hand (pp. 1-26). (2). Incomplete word-processed draft (pp. 1-27). (3). Word-processed draft, revised by hand (pp. 1-42). (4). Typed fax (dated 'Monday' only) to Bloomsbury Publishing, submitting a revised ending for the story (1 s...
Will Self: The Sweet Smell of Psychosis (copy-edited draft)
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(1). Complete word-processed draft (title page and pp. 1-68). (2). A copy-edited photocopy of the above draft (pp. 1-68), preceded by copy editor's notes (1 sheet), half-title and title pages, copyright page, and a photocopy of the first illustration by Martin Rowson.