Typescript entitled 'Promotion', comprising title-page and sheets numbered 1-145. With occasional revisions in ink and some markings in pencil. With original file front in Swift's hand.
Shuttlecock: Revision and Editing Notes, including Correspondence with Penguin Books
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1. Correspondence between Swift and Penguin Books Ltd referring to revised passages and to the choice of title for the work ('Shuttlecock' or 'Promotion'), together with some notes in manuscript (3 sheets). Four letters, as follows: 5 October, 1980. Swift to Tim Binding, Penguin Books Ltd. Carbo...
Proof, originally spiral bound (disbound by archivist), with blue card covers. Some markings in ink and pencil. Some sheets were detached prior to cataloguing and cut to approximately A4 in size, and thus are shorter in width. Two printed pages per sheet.
Shuttlecock: Mixed Copies of Pages from Bound Proof
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A photocopy of the Allen Lane proof, including its corrections (there appear to be no additional corrections). Some duplicate pages were originally stapled together (indicated now by brass paper clips) and in two instances bear Swift's name and address in pencil, suggesting they were separately...
1. First draft manuscript and rough notes for the story 'Learning to Swim', dated March 1977. [23 sheets] 2. Author's typescript, with some revisions in ink. [17 sheets] 3. Manuscript of an abandoned story later adapted for 'Learning to Swim' [8 sheets and identifying card]. 4. Title sheet, i...
Learning to Swim: 'Goldfish' (subsequently 'Chemistry')
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1. Autograph manuscript of 'Goldfish', with note by Swift identifying the story as 'Chemistry'. [31 sheets] 2. Author's typescript entitled 'Goldfish', extensively revised in pencil. [19 sheets] 3. Author's tyescript entitled 'Goldfish', less extensively revised in pen and pencil. [19 sheets] ...
1. Autograph manuscript, dated August 1980. [10 sheets] 2. Author's typescript, with light revisions in ink and pencil. [9 sheets] 3. Photocopy of published text (The London Magazine), with some revisions in ink. [5 sheets]