A complete typescript with editorial corrections (not in Ballard's hand), and incorporating Ballard's revisions from 'Typescript 1'. Here divided into three files.
Autograph draft manuscript, in blue ink. Here divided into six files, each file subdivided within by chapter. Note: since the manuscript is written continuously, chapters do not usually begin at the head of a new sheet.
Page proofs (two printed pages per sheet) of the first edition: London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1987. With occasional corrections throughout in Ballard's hand.
The Day of Creation (Typescript 3, with Editor's Notes)
Scope & Content:
Editor's notes, and a third typescript, annotated in accordance with editor's notes, with very occasional small additional changes in Ballard's hand to the text.
The Day of Creation (Autograph Manuscript): Chapters 1-6
Scope & Content:
Chapters 1-6 in autograph draft. Most chapters have, in several places, interleaved numbered sheets which are usually smaller in size than the main sequence of numbered sheets and are designated (by the author) by a main sheet number followed by a letter, e.g. '2A' (and variants thereof). Chapt...