Holroyd/Shaw Papers. Vols. cxlv-clxiv. Autograph manuscript of the text of all volumes of 'Bernard Shaw'; ;[1973-1992] The chapters of the manuscript and typescript of the work were numbered in a single sequence up to the date of publication, and are described thus below. The allocation of chapters is chapters 1-7 in vol. 1, chapters 8-13 in vol. 2, chapters 14-19 in vol. 3, chapter 20 formed the basis of vol. 4 but was considerably expanded in the course of publication. The foliatio...
Holroyd/Shaw Papers. Vols. clxv-clxxxiv. Typewritten text of 'Bernard Shaw'; [1988] Typed from the manuscript above, and with extensive autograph amendments. The foliation is that given in the typescript. Twenty volumes. .296 x 210mm.
Holroyd/Shaw Papers. Vols. ccxv-ccxvii. Typewritten and word-processed lists of source notes which were published with 'The last laugh' in one volume as 'Volumes IV & V: The Shaw companion' simultaneously with the publication of vol. 4 alone; 1990-1992. Three volumes.
Holroyd/Shaw Papers. Vol. ccxix. Correspondence and papers relating to contracts, marketing and publication of the abridged one-volume edition of the biography, and with a few reviews; 1994-2000.
Holroyd/Shaw Papers. Vol. ccxxix-ccxxxiv. Typescript of the abridged edition; [1996]. With autograph amendments. Six volumes (ff. 1526). . 296 x 210mm.
Holroyd/Shaw Papers. Vols. clxxxv-clxxxix. Second typewritten draft of vol. 1; [1988]. With a typewritten and proof copy of the bibliographical notes and acknowledgements, all with a few autograph corrections. The foliation is that given in the typescript. Five volumes (ff. 939). 296 x 210mm.
Holroyd/Shaw Papers. Vol. ccxiii, ccxiv. Printer's copy for 'Vol. 4; The last laugh'; [1992]. Based on the word-processed version of chapter 20 at HS182, with additional preliminaries, preface (of which there are some duplicate leaves) and postscript (of which there are some duplicate leaves and variant leaves), amendments are marked by the publishers from Michael Holroyd's own amendments to Add. 85159. Two parts.
Holroyd/Shaw Papers. Vols. ccxx-ccxxviii. Printed leaves of the Penguin edition of vols. 1-4 mounted and marked up for the abridged edition; [1996]. The chapter numeration of the abridged edition reverted to the original single sequence of numbers. Nine volumes.
Holroyd/Shaw Papers. Vols. cxc-ccix. Final typewritten and word-processed text of the whole work in binders; 1988-1991. Each volume covers a single chapter. With autograph and other manuscript corrections. The foliation is that given in the typescript. With two versions of ff. 2887-2888. Twenty volumes (ff. 3005). 296 x 210mm.