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291. Add MS 89203/2/4/18

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Add MS 89203/2/4/18
Title:
Will Self: My Idea of Fun (various revised passages and drafts)
Scope & Content:
The file comprises: (1). 'Prologue'. Word processed, some revision by hand (pp. 3/1-3/14). (2). 'Chapter 1. Dealing with the Devil'. Word processed (pp. 3/15 - 3/26, and 2/27b). (3). Further revised passages from Chapter 1. (4). 'Chapter 2'. Combining photocopy autograph pages (51/1 - 51/36) and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1992
Extent:
1 file

292. Add MS 89203/2/4/19

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Add MS 89203/2/4/19
Title:
Will Self: My Idea of Fun (draft, and editor's notes)
Scope & Content:
(1) Word processed draft, revised by Self (in black ink and blue ink). Includes editor's marks and comment (in pencil) particularly against Chapter One text. The draft lacks the 'Intermission' following Chapter Five. Front matter and 'Prologue' (pp. [1]-19). Chapter One: 'What You See is What Yo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1992]
Extent:
1 file

293. Add MS 89203/2/4/37

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Add MS 89203/2/4/37
Title:
Will Self: The Sweet Smell of Psychosis (synopses and type-set proof)
Scope & Content:
(1). Two typed synopses (3 sheets and 2 sheets). (2). A single fax sheet (14 May 1996) from illustrator Martin Rowson to Self showing the character 'Bell', frontal view and in profile. Re-faxed to the publisher by Self with autograph message. (3). Publisher's type-set proof, some revisions in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1996
Extent:
1 file

294. Add MS 89203/2/4/63

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Add MS 89203/2/4/63
Title:
Will Self: How the Dead Live (various pages in draft)
Scope & Content:
Various word-processed pages in draft: (1). Rejected material (8 sheets) struck-through in pencil. Includes a quotation from Alexandra David-Neel, Magic and Mystery in Tibet (perhaps considered as an epigraph). (2). 'Epilogue / April 1999' (pp. 1-15). Together with an epigraph from Warren Buffet...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[2000]
Extent:
1 file

295. Add MS 89203/2/4/116

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Add MS 89203/2/4/116
Title:
Will Self: The Book of Dave (final draft before proof)
Scope & Content:
Complete word-processed draft, identified on the title-page as 'Final before Proof'. Dated '7/11/05'. Printed double-sided and in small font: title-page, epigraph, and pp. 1-384. Tabs attached at right margin indicating corrections.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2005
Extent:
1 file

296. Add MS 89203/2/4/120

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Add MS 89203/2/4/120
Title:
Will Self: The Book of Dave (Penguin page proofs, Chapters 1-8)
Scope & Content:
Page proofs for Penguin edition (Viking, 2006), Chapters 1-8. Cover sheet dated 14 Dec 2005. Very occasional annotations by Self in pencil.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2005
Extent:
1 file

297. Add MS 89203/2/4/121

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Add MS 89203/2/4/121
Title:
Will Self: The Book of Dave (Penguin page proofs, Chapters 9-16)
Scope & Content:
Page proofs for Penguin edition (Viking, 2006), Chapters 9-16 and 'Arpee-English' glossary. Continues from previous file (which has a cover sheet dated 14 Dec 2005). Very occasional annotations by Self in pencil.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2005
Extent:
1 file

298. Add MS 89203/2/4/124

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Add MS 89203/2/4/124
Title:
Will Self: The Butt (author's notes and 'post-it' notes)
Scope & Content:
Autograph notes, and a large number of 'post-it' notes attached to sheets. The material has been sub-divided by the author, some under various headings including: 'Scene Plan'; 'Notes Second Draft'; 'Beginning'; 'Chapter 7'; 'Chapters 11, 13, 'The End'; 'The Insurgency'; 'Desert Trip'; 'Continu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[2006-2007]
Extent:
1 file

299. Add MS 89203/2/4/206

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Add MS 89203/2/4/206
Title:
Will Self: Notebook relating to Will: 'Miscellaneous & Impressionistic / Londone'
Scope & Content:
‘Londone’ was a draft title for Will. The notebook has side-tabs indicating the years (and chapters) of the narrative sequence, i.e. June 1986, May 1979, April 1982, February 1984, July 1986. Various notes, including an outline draft of parts of the first chapter, and many notes on small ‘post-it...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 2017]
Extent:
1 file

300. Add MS 89203/2/5/39

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Add MS 89203/2/5/39
Title:
Will Self: 'Walking to New York' (drafts, notes, e-mail communications)
Scope & Content:
(1). Printed e-mail message from Nicholas Adams (22 Nov 2006). Detailed driving directions from the Crowne Plaza Hotel, New York, to two New York destinations. (2). Printed e-mail message exchange with Rick Moody (24 Nov 2006) concerning walking route. (3). Brief autograph notes on 'Hotel on Rivi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1980-2006
Extent:
1 file