Incomplete first draft, identified as such by Self (in pencil) on an unnumbered top sheet. The draft is typewritten and begins near the beginning of Chapter 5. Chapters numbered and text paginated as follows: Top sheet identifying text as '1st draft' (in pencil, author's hand). [Chapter 5], pp....
(1). Draft text revised and annotated in pencil, pp. 1-25, 25-44 and 44-142. Typewritten except for word-processed pp. 4-8. In addition to Self's annotations, there are black ink annotations in another hand against Swiss-German language and Zurich details. (2). A copy letter from Self and respo...
Typewritten draft (the top copy to the unmarked first draft carbons in Add MS 89203/2/4/165-7) which has been heavily corrected by hand in pencil throughout, pp. 1-255. The draft is identified as '1st/2nd Draft' by a yellow 'post-it' note in the author's hand. Thus the second draft component com...
Will Self: Umbrella (3rd/4th draft, word-processed)
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Word-processed draft, pp. 1-250 supplemented by pp. 1-20. Revised throughout in pencil. A 'post-it' note in Self's hand identifies this revised text as '3rd/4th Draft'. There is one page lacking, p. [251], which is equivalent to published p. 367.
Two notebooks of identical physical appearance, both containing notes in pencil with a number of small yellow post-it notes attached. (A). Notebook completed from front and back. The front cover is headed ‘RM’ [Robin Matthews] (dated 25 Mar 2015) and appears to be notes made from a tape with ti...
Word-processed text, as submitted by fax to The New Statesman. Most texts are not dated and are without titles. (1). Book reviews of the following publications: A. M. Homes, The End of Alice; Paul Theroux, Sir Vidia's Shadow; Graham Robb, Rimbaud; Peter Ackroyd, London: The Biography; Patrick ...