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51. Add MS 88931/13/1

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Title:
A World Away
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts, typescripts and letters pertaining to Maeve Gilmore's memoir of Mervyn Peake. For letters of appreciation sent to Maeve following publication of the book see Add MS 88931/13/3/7.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1967-[1970]
Extent:
3 files

52. Add MS 88931/13/11

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Title:
Sale Catalogues
Scope & Content:
Comprises: Christie's catalogue, 28 May 1975, with a covering letter to Maeve - lots include Mervyn Peake's portraits of Graham Greene, Laurence Olivier, Sir Winston Churchill, Humbert Wolfe, David Jones, Dame Flora Robson, Kurt Toller and two portraits of Mark Gertler. Sotheby & Co catalogu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1972-1975
Extent:
1 file

53. Add MS 88931/2/1

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Title:
'The Touch o' the Ash'
Scope & Content:
Complete autograph draft of narrative poem written in a juvenile hand. Editorial corrections in ink and pencil. Illuminated letters at the beginning of each paragraph.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 volume

54. Add MS 88931/1/11

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Title:
Short Story ['Manifold Basket']
Scope & Content:
Revised autograph fragment of a story about Stagg College. Story later reworked as a play entitled 'Manifold Basket' - see Add MS 88931/3/4. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
mid 20th century
Extent:
1 file

55. Add MS 88931/3/10

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Title:
‘Noah’s Ark: A Play For Children’
Scope & Content:
Typescript for a finished play, with minor corrections in Mervyn Peake’s hand. Wallington address crossed out and replaced with Drayton Gardens. Undated [but Maeve Gilmore's introductory note in Peake's Progress states 'This play was written for children circa 1960' - see Mervyn Peake, Peake's P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 1960]
Extent:
1 file

56. Add MS 88931/1/12

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Title:
Autograph Fragments
Scope & Content:
Comprises two unrelated items in Mervyn Peake's hand, both undated: Leaf with revised autograph fragment on the imagination, 'Without a limitless theme the imagination boggles...'; Leaf with autograph fragment about the influence of Charles Dickens on George Bernard Shaw's work, copied from Char...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
mid 20th century
Extent:
1 file

57. Add MS 88931/11/1

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Title:
Letters From Family and Maeve Gilmore
Scope & Content:
Contains the following autograph letters: Postcard from Mervyn Peake to his brother E L Peake [Ernest Leslie Peake] interned as prisoner of war in Singapore, postmarked 28 April 1945, stamped: 'returned in undelivered [illeg] from territory formerly [occupied] by Japanese forces'. Airmail letter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1943?-1962
Extent:
1 file

58. Add MS 88931/3/1/15

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Title:
Typescript: Act III
Scope & Content:
Clean copy lacking ending of Act III
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
early 1950s
Extent:
1 file

59. Add MS 88931/13/14

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Title:
Passports and Identity Cards
Scope & Content:
Contains: British passport belonging to Mervyn Peake, 1951-1956; British passport belonging to Maeve Peake [née Gilmore], 1972-1982; Travel Identity Card belonging to Mervyn Peake; National Registration identity card belonging to Maeve Peake, 1943-1950; photocopy of British passport for Ernest C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940s-1980s
Extent:
1 file

60. Add MS 88931/1/4

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Title:
Letters From Lost Uncle
Scope & Content:
Fair copy typescript of early draft of the story published as Letters From a Lost Uncle. Comprises fourteen letters from Lost Uncle, without illustrations. Includes original file cover. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1948?
Extent:
1 volume