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301. Add MS 89203/2/9/8

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Add MS 89203/2/9/8
Title:
Will Self: Various notes on cards, many relating to Great Apes
Scope & Content:
Various notes made on approx. 200 plain postcards (some notes made on the verso of surplus bespoke 'change of address' cards). Many cards appear to be related to Great Apes. Some cards headed 'SS' [short story?], e.g. card note: 'Design Errors in Volvo 760'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 1996]
Extent:
1 file

302. Add MS 89203/2/13/6

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Add MS 89203/2/13/6
Title:
Will Self: Typed replies (copies) to members of the public
Scope & Content:
Typed replies (copies) to members of the public for the years 1994 and 2003 only: 1994 (Aug-Nov). Six brief letters (four of which are from Matthew Humphreys written on Self's behalf). 2003 (Sep-Nov). Forty-four letters.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1994-2003
Extent:
1 file

303. Add MS 89203/2/4/2

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Add MS 89203/2/4/2
Title:
Will Self: 'The North London Book of the Dead'
Scope & Content:
Four typed drafts (with some revision by hand) of the story 'The North London Book of the Dead', published in The Quantity Theory of Insanity (1991).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 1990]
Extent:
1 file

304. Add MS 89203/2/4/22

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Add MS 89203/2/4/22
Title:
Will Self: My Idea of Fun (clean draft revised)
Scope & Content:
A photocopy of the clean text of the previous file (Add MS 89203/2/4/21) here revised by hand. Revisions are editorial only and within the photocopy. Novel text, pp. 4-447. Followed by p. 448, 'A Note on the Author' (photocopied autograph), identical to the published 'Note' at the end of the bo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1993
Extent:
1 file

305. Add MS 89203/2/4/162

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Add MS 89203/2/4/162
Title:
Will Self: Umbrella (background research, including Friern Barnet Hospital)
Scope & Content:
(1). Friern Barnet Hospital. Photocopied newspaper article (2 sheets, highlighted) on the closure of the hospital (Ham & High, 28 Aug 1992). Also, photocopied architect's floor plans (1982) for the building (10 sheets). (2). 'Colney Hatch and Friern Hospital: A Report for Will Self research a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1992-2010
Extent:
1 file

306. Add MS 89203/2/4/205

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Add MS 89203/2/4/205
Title:
Will Self: Notebook relating to Will: 'Data / 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. 1986, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1986. Each chapter division is further subdivided. The sections comprise ‘post-it’ notes taped to pages. There are two A4 sheets of notes ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 2017]
Extent:
1 file

307. Add MS 89203/2/5/3

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Add MS 89203/2/5/3
Title:
Will Self: Junk Mail (page proofs, U.S. edition)
Scope & Content:
Page proofs (unmarked) of the U.S. edition of Junk Mail (Black Cat / Grove: New York, 2006). This edition differs considerably from the earlier English publication (1995) with the same title. Whilst there is some overlap in contents, the American edition includes selected material that post-dat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2006
Extent:
1 file

308. Add MS 89203/2/16/10

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Add MS 89203/2/16/10
Title:
Will Self: Works by others (Pills-a-go-go)
Scope & Content:
Two unmarked issues of the zine Pills-a-go-go: Nos. 18 (1993) and 19 (Spring 1994). Published by Jim Hogshire, under the pseudonym Chet Antonini, from Seattle, Washington.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1993-1994
Extent:
1 file

309. Add MS 89203/2/4/88

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Add MS 89203/2/4/88
Title:
Will Self: Dr Mukti and Other Tales of Woe (author's notes)
Scope & Content:
(1). Printed entries from the Microsoft encyclopedia Encarta for 'Shiva', 'Juggernaut', 'Divali', and 'Manu' (4 sheets, with several 'post-it' notes attached). (2). Various autograph notes, particularly concerning the story 'Dr Mukti'. Includes a large number of 'post-it' notes arranged on shee...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2002-2003
Extent:
1 file

310. Add MS 89203/2/5/1

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Add MS 89203/2/5/1
Title:
Will Self: Junk Mail (draft material relating to 'Part One: On Drugs')
Scope & Content:
Draft material relating to the first section ('On Drugs') of Junk Mail (1995), and to an earlier conception of the book: (1). Outline for the projected book: 'Smack, Crack, Hack and Back: Four Essays on the Theory and Practise [sic] of Drug Addiction' (word-processed, 4 sheets). (2). 'Junk Mail:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1993
Extent:
1 file