Notebook inscribed on the spine, under a label. ‘IX’ and on the inside cover ‘Cipriani 10 June 1979. Noone about in the quad, Beauty that must die, The nurse’s story, notes, 5 January 1983'.
Notebook inscribed on the spine ’X’ and on the inside cover ‘Odd beginnings (J Shore/Kidnap & Rapunzel), January 19 1978, Death of an old dog February 1978, J Shore investigator (TV Times), The case of the Parr children, August 1978’.
Notebook inscribed on inside cover with alternative titles considered for the book: ‘Dead nuns tell no tales, The black nun, Quiet as a nun, I-VIII, March 23, 76’.
Notebook inscribed on inside cover ‘The Wild island, Vol. III. Haiti, February 1977’. Contains draft of chapters 15-21 and revisions and queries of other chapters.
Notebook inscribed on the spine ’XI’ and on the inside cover ‘Death of a seagull, c. 1979 – early ?, then abandoned, A splash of red’ with a note by the author of later progress on the work. ‘Death of a seagull’ was, in fact, rewritten as ‘Cool repentance, see Add MS 88956/3/42-45. Contains draf...