Contains three proofs of a drawing of Tuveydrop and two of a drawing of Snagsby by Mervyn Peake [presumably for The Drawings of Mervyn Peake (London: Davis-Poynter, 1974)].
Printing plate etched with sketch of man and dog by Mervyn Peake. Surface of wooden block inscribed 'Peake'. This image was used for the Peake family Christmas card of 1981. Undated.
Autograph manuscript in different colour inks and pencil, with authorial revisions and [editor's?] corrections in pencil. As noted on the spine, this is the third volume of Peake's manuscript. Includes list of 'chapters already completed in the rough' on frontispiece. Notes on plot, vocabulary, ...
Revised draft with additional leaves pasted in. At the end of the manuscript there are notes on plot, ideas for titles and dust-jackets and a list of childhood influences [presumably in preparation for autobiography - see Add MS 88931/6]. There are drafts of poems 'As the kite that soars on the ...
Revised draft. Undated. Drawings include: f.3: male head [?self-portrait]; f.9v: female head drawn from life; f.18: satyr playing pipe; ff.19-20: female heads; f.22v: male head [Steerpike?]; f.23: cartoon figure riding bike (brush painting); f.23v: male head with hook nose presumably drawn from...
Revised autograph draft, in ink. Supplementary manuscript and typescript leaves stuck in. List of potential titles on inside front cover. Dated October 1957. Some doodles and rough sketches throughout the manuscript: f.8: figure wearing crown; flowers; f.14: abstract male figure with smaller fi...
Manuscript written in pen and ink on foolscap leaves, with authorial [and editorial?] corrections. Sub-title 'The Province of Swelter' crossed out. Rough sketch of Swelter in ink on p.15. Dated 28 November 1940, Blackpool.