Copy of typewritten script by Patrick Harbinson of Balliol College, Oxford, based on the novel by Mervyn Peake. See Add MS 88931/13/3/10 for correspondence.
Autograph letters and poem to his wife Maeve Gilmore. Poem: 'The Dwarf of Battersea': ballad poem written for Maeve with introduction by Mervyn and sketch of Mervyn watching the Dwarf seize Maeve; 1937 (8 leaves plus envelope). Letters: 'My sweetest, my most dear darling Maeve': with drawing in...
Comprises autograph letters sent by Peake to his wife Maeve Gilmore whilst travelling through Europe on assignment for the Leader magazine, where he attended the war crimes trial of Nazi officer Peter Back and visited Belsen concentration camp: A. ‘Darling little lover’: undated (2 leaves). B. ‘...
Autograph letters sent to his wife Maeve Gilmore at Woodcote Road, Wallington, Surrey. From Guernsey and Sark: ‘My own dear darling’: airmail letter from Guernsey; postmarked 26 June 1957 (1 leaf). ‘1) To canalize my chaos’: list of resolutions; postmarked 26 June 1957 (1 leaf plus envelope, wit...
Autograph letters to his wife Maeve Gilmore. From Reed Thatch, Sussex to Berlin : 'For Maeve: Now, with the rain about her, I can see': poem; July 1960 (1 leaf plus envelope). ‘Dearest darling’: with illustration of dog; postmarked 11 May 1961 10.30am (1 leaf plus envelope). ‘My darling’: postm...
Includes letters from Humphrey Burton of BBC TV and Peter Owen Ltd. Also includes copy letters from Maurice Michael to Academy Editions and Brian Bristow. There is a draft letter to Maurice Michael in Maeve Gilmore's hand.
Letters and cards. Includes copy letter from Brian Sibley to the Editor of Books & Bookmen re Duncan Fallowell's article 'Crackpot and After' (April 1976). Also includes copy correspondence between Brian Sibley and G Peter Winnington. Also enclosed: copy of Brian Sibley's edited typescript...
Ride a Cock-Horse: Type for 'I Had a Little Nut Tree'
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Printing plate etched with type for nursery rhyme from Ride a Cock-Horse and Other Nursery Rhymes, illustrated by Mervyn Peake (London: Chatto & Windus, 1940). Undated.