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141. Add MS 88931/11/1

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Title:
Letters From Family and Maeve Gilmore
Scope & Content:
Contains the following autograph letters: Postcard from Mervyn Peake to his brother E L Peake [Ernest Leslie Peake] interned as prisoner of war in Singapore, postmarked 28 April 1945, stamped: 'returned in undelivered [illeg] from territory formerly [occupied] by Japanese forces'. Airmail letter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1943?-1962
Extent:
1 file

142. Add MS 88931/11/2

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Title:
Letters From Famous People and Publishers
Scope & Content:
Comprises letters from: John Berger: signed autograph letter re Peake's drawings, 2 November 1950 (1 leaf). Maurice [Temple Smith] at Eyre & Spottiswoode Publishers: signed typewritten letter re Titus Alone, 29 July 1958 with annotations [in Maeve Gilmore's hand] (4 leaves). Graham Greene: s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1938-1960s
Extent:
1 file

143. Add MS 88931/11/3

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Title:
Letters From Famous People, Publishers, Friends and Fans
Scope & Content:
Single letters or items received from: 'Goatie' [Peake's former school friend Gordon Smith] (in the form of a poem entitled 'Epistle to Mr Peake' re publication of Titus Groan); Bette L Wheeler; Lisl Drake Beer; Antony Borrow (with pencil sketch by Mervyn on reverse showing a man holding a sword...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 9 Mar 1946-c 19 Jul 1967
Extent:
1 file

144. Add MS 88931/11/4

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Title:
Letters of Appreciation
Scope & Content:
Fan mail (re Titus Groan, Gormenghast and other works) from friends, acquaintances and members of the public: Ruth Lonergan and James Dugan; Elizabeth Hare; Ethel Fairchild (2 letters); Billy [Thorne?]; 'Hutch'; Olwen T? Brown, Leicester Galleries; R- J Daingerfield Jr; Frances Grigsby; Jean Coo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1946-17 Feb 1960
Extent:
1 file

145. Add MS 88931/12/1

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Title:
Published Items by Mervyn Peake
Scope & Content:
Comprises four parts: A. News From Afar [London Missionary Society] (Jan 1924), pp.1-15, containing article ‘Ways of Travelling’ (p.9) by Mervyn L Peake about different modes of transport in China, written at the age of 12. B. Cuttings of poems by Peake published in various periodicals (most pas...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924-1949
Extent:
1 file

146. Add MS 88931/12/2/1/1

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Title:
The Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature (London: Charles Knight & Co, 1843) Volume 1
Scope & Content:
Front cover has an ink drawing of a man's head on verso. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 oversize volume

147. Add MS 88931/12/2/1/2

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Title:
The Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature (London: Charles Knight & Co, 1843) Volume 2
Scope & Content:
There are no annotations to this volume.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 oversize volume

148. Add MS 88931/12/2/2

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Title:
Plain Words (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1948)
Scope & Content:
With ink drawing by Mervyn Peake of female figure and wolf on the front cover
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1948
Extent:
1 volume

149. Add MS 88931/13/1/1

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Title:
Autograph Manuscripts for A World Away
Scope & Content:
Comprises four notebooks containing two drafts: A. Draft in pencil with minor revisions. Invoice at end dated 18 October 1967. B. Continuation of pencil draft, undated. C. Later revised draft, in ink, March 1968-April 1968. D. Continuation of later draft to end, May 1968.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1967-1968
Extent:
1 file

150. Add MS 88931/13/1/2

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Title:
Typescripts for A World Away
Scope & Content:
Three volumes stab-stitched in brown paper wrappers: 'Autobiography': clean copy typescript of partial draft, ending with Peake's poem 'Heads Float About Me', undated. 'A World Away. Maeve Peake': clean copy typescript of partial draft, ending with Peake's poem 'Heads Float About Me', undated. '...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1968
Extent:
1 file