Letters of appreciation for Maeve Gilmore's memoir of Mervyn Peake. For manuscripts, typescripts and letters concerning permission to publish A World Away see Add MS 88931/13/1/3.
Unpaginated page proofs (including illustrations) presumably for Mervyn Peake, The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb (London: J M Dent and Sons, 1962) comprising a gathering of four leaves corresponding to pp.1-8 of the printed edition (though two pages are out of sequence).
Contains three proofs of a drawing of Tuveydrop and two of a drawing of Snagsby by Mervyn Peake [presumably for The Drawings of Mervyn Peake (London: Davis-Poynter, 1974)].
Printing plate etched with sketch of man and dog by Mervyn Peake. Surface of wooden block inscribed 'Peake'. This image was used for the Peake family Christmas card of 1981. Undated.
Galley proofs for John Batchelor, Mervyn Peake, A Biographical and Critical Exploration (London: Duckworth, 1974). See Add MS 88931/13/3/16/13 for Maeve Gilmore's corrections and comments on the text.
'Gormenghast' Manuscript: Barquentine and Steerpike
Scope & Content:
Printing plate photo-etched with image from one of the Gormenghast notebooks [Add MS 88931/1/3/15 f.139v-140] showing a drawing of Barquentine and Steerpike alongside Peake's autograph text. Undated [but must date from after 1948 as this is when the notebook was begun].
Letters re Peake's work from friends, acquaintances and strangers. Some letters are from academics; others are more general fan mail. Letters answered by Maeve Gilmore as Peake was too ill to respond personally.