The Light of Day: Miscellaneous Previous Draft Chapters
Scope & Content:
Several autograph draft chapters, retained together with identifying title slip: 'The Light of Day Misc. MS Prevs'. Material has been grouped by Swift into three sub-folders - original order maintained. Chapter numbers indicated at top right of each sheet.
Shuttlecock: Revision and Editing Notes, including Correspondence with Penguin Books
Scope & Content:
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...
Complete manuscript draft, dated 16 January 1987 ('this last page revised Feb 10th 87'). Chapter numbers are noted in the top left margin of each sheet.
Various draft passages and chapters, in autograph manuscript, sub-divided according to original grouping. Includes one section in typescript (beginning: 'But in '46, '47 and '48, when the world was black...').
Last Orders: Typescript Draft 'A3', Designated 'My Best Copy'
Scope & Content:
Typescript draft, with front sheet identifying text as 'My best copy'. Footer designation: 'A3'. Sheets numbered 1-255, corrections in pencil and red ink.
With title slip identifying the manuscript as 'Final (3rd Draft) MS', autograph manuscript in 64 chapters. Chapter numbers are indicated at top right of each sheet, chapters individually numbered. A few chapters incorporate typescript sheets. The final sheet is dated 11 June 2001.
Typescript entitled 'Microlight Flight Over Fens' (1987) together with the published article ('Flights of Fancy', Telegraph Sunday Magazine - 2 sheets) which includes a photograph of Swift sitting in a microlight.