Letters, postcards and faxes received by Ballard, arranged alphabetically (including original documents deriving from Lunghua Camp, Shanghai, received 1996-97).
J G Ballard: Correspondence with Agents and Publishers
Scope & Content:
Six contracts with publishers (1962-66), and some correspondence (1993-2008) with Casarotto Ramsay & Associates Ltd, the Margaret Hanbury Agency, Harper Collins, and V Vale (Re/Search Publications). In addition, a copy letter from Graham Greene to Victor Gollancz Ltd with appreciative remar...
Two complete drafts in typescript (both considerably revised by hand), with additional draft material in typescript. The novel was first published in America in 1964 as The Burning World, and subsequently re-published in the United Kingdom in 1965 as The Drought, although neither title appears ...
Two complete texts in carbon typescript (here designated 'Typescript 1' and 'Typescript 2'), both displaying corrections by hand. 'Typescript 1' bears the label of the Scott Meredith Literary Agency (New York). 'Typescript 2' relates to the edition published by Jonathan Cape (London). The carb...
There are no manuscripts or typescripts for The Atrocity Exhibition. The material comprises: two original publications (both 1968) of 'Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan'; 'advertisements' by Ballard placed in Ambit magazine (1967-1971); a greetings card and a postcard (neither used) displaying im...
Two typescripts of Crash, both revised by hand. The typescript here referred to as 'Typescript 1' is the earlier and more heavily revised text. 'Typescript 2' (entitled 'Crash!') is a much 'cleaner' typescript and appears to incorporate many of the revisions in 'Typescript 1'.
A synopsis and two draft typescripts, both heavily revised by hand. Neither typescript is dated. On the basis of textual evidence, the earliest typescript has been designated 'Typescript 1'.