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211. Add MS 88931/1/3/24

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Title:
Early Fragments, Drafts and Notes for Titus Alone
Scope & Content:
Loose leaves (in manuscript unless otherwise stated): ff.1-7: 'Dream Sequences of Gormenghast' and 'Dreams to be Infiltrated', revised typescript and manuscript leaves; ff.8-9: 'Titus Far From Home', draft of passage describing Titus looking down on the city from a window on the thirtieth floor,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
mid 1950s
Extent:
1 file

212. Add MS 88931/1/3/38

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Title:
‘1st (Discarded) Typescript of Titus Alone’ (chapters 69-89)
Scope & Content:
Typescript with author's revisions and editor's corrections in red ink. Manuscript concludes with a chapter which succeeds chapter 89 (although this text is not present in the published version). Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1950s]
Extent:
1 file

213. Add MS 88931/1/3/39

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Title:
‘1st (Discarded) Typescript of Titus Alone’ (chapters 93-122)
Scope & Content:
Typescript with author's revisions and editor's corrections in red ink. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1950s]
Extent:
1 file

214. Add MS 88931/13/16/1

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Title:
'Five Poems of Peake' by Nigel Virley
Scope & Content:
Copy of handwritten score for unaccompanied choir. The five nonsense poems are: 'The Trouble With Geraniums', 'O'er Seas That Have No Beaches', 'It Makes a Change', 'O Little Fly' and 'O Here It Is! And There It Is'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1974
Extent:
1 oversize file

215. Add MS 88931/13/3/16

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Title:
General Correspondence
Scope & Content:
Letters to Maeve Gilmore, some of which have been addressed to Mervyn Peake but have been answered by Maeve. Each file contains multiple letters from many of the listed correspondents. There are a small number of copy letters in Maeve Gilmore's hand; these are noted in the description where pres...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1959-1982
Extent:
28 files

216. Add MS 88931/13/3/19/8

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Title:
Maeve Gilmore Exhibitions
Scope & Content:
Mostly contains letters from well-wishers to Maeve Gilmore on the subject of her exhibition at the Langton Gallery (February 1979). Correspondents are: Arts Council of Great Britain; Caryll Faraldi at the Observer; Three Counties Guide Dog Club; M Clare Cave; Langton Gallery; Ruth [Gilmore]; Mik...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1960-1981
Extent:
1 file

217. Add MS 88931/1/3/36

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Title:
'Last Book: Titus' (Titus Alone chapters 108-122)
Scope & Content:
Revised autograph draft, in ink. Additional leaves pasted in. Notes on plot development towards end of manuscript. Dated 4 December 1957. Doodles and sketches: f.12: horse with two heads; f.25: two heads; f.30: two scenes with figures in a landscape; f.31: two heads wearing ornate helmets; fish...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1957-Jan 1958
Extent:
1 file

218. Add MS 88931/1/3/34

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Title:
'Titus Afar Book 3' (Titus Alone chapters 79-89)
Scope & Content:
Heavily revised autograph draft in different colour inks. Plot summary on f.35v. Dated September 1957, Wallington. Drawings in ink include: f.6: Cheeta; f.9v: Muzzlehatch with creature on shoulder; f.12v: female face; f.15: face; f.17: two faces; f.20: head and shoulders of two figures; crying ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1957
Extent:
1 volume

219. Add MS 88931/1/3/7

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Title:
'Goremenghast continued - Book Seven' (Titus Groan chapters 47-57)
Scope & Content:
Autograph manuscript in different colour inks and pencil with authorial revisions and [editorial?] corrections in pencil. Includes notes on vocabulary at end of manuscript and drafts of poem to Maeve, 'What can I ever offer you...', (crossed through). Passage from 29 May is headed 'Southport Neu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1941-1 Jun 1942
Extent:
1 volume

220. Add MS 88931/13/3/18/1

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Title:
Titus Groan Trilogy 1967
Scope & Content:
Letters to Maeve Gilmore. Predominantly comprises letters from UK and USA publishers: Ballantine Books; Weybright and Talley; Doubleday & Company; Penguin; and Eyre & Spottiswoode. Other correspondents are: Clyde S Kilby, Wheaton College, Illinois; Howard Gotlieb, Boston University Libra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1965-1974
Extent:
1 file