Galley proofs for John Batchelor, Mervyn Peake, A Biographical and Critical Exploration (London: Duckworth, 1974). See Add MS 88931/13/3/16/13 for Maeve Gilmore's corrections and comments on the text.
Printing plate (lacking woodblock mount) etched with image by Mervyn Peake of Jim Hawkins stood on the shore [of Skeleton Island?] looking across the water to some rocks. Published in Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, illustrated by Mervyn Peake (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1949).
'Gormenghast' Manuscript: Barquentine and Steerpike
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Printing plate photo-etched with image from one of the Gormenghast notebooks [Add MS 88931/1/3/15 f.139v-140] showing a drawing of Barquentine and Steerpike alongside Peake's autograph text. Undated [but must date from after 1948 as this is when the notebook was begun].
Comprises revised early draft of the beginnings of Act II and Act III. Some typescript leaves pasted in and revised in Peake’s hand. Notes on plot at beginning of volume. Drawings include pencil sketches of Percy Trellis, Shirt? and stage setting for Act I and Act II. Notes and fragments of dial...
Autograph manuscript in ink and pencil, with authorial revisions and [editor's?] corrections in red pencil. This is the second volume of Peake's manuscript (cover is labelled '11' [II]). There are oddments of verse on f.103 and f.104. Dated 3 October 1940, Dartford. Drawings in ink and pencil: ...
Autograph manuscript in different colour inks, with authorial revisions and [editor's?] corrections in pencil. Title 'Goremenghast (continued)' crossed out and replaced with 'Titus Groan'. Supplementary leaves with additions and revisions have been pasted into the volume. At the end of the manus...
Revised autograph draft, in ink. Written in Sebastian Peake's school jotter. Sketch of baby [Clare Peake?] in ink (f.25v). Sketch of male character's head [Muzzlehatch?] and figure leaning on f.ii. Dated 5 August 1949, Sark.
Revised draft in various coloured inks and pencil. Contains early draft of the beginning of Titus Alone. Appears to be earlier draft than Add MS 88931/1/3/26. At the end of the manuscript there are notes on Peake's earnings and fragments of poetry. Inscribed with Wallington address. Undated. D...
Revised draft. A few doodles and rough sketches. Notes on plot development on ff.12-13. At the end of the manuscript there is a note regarding Margery Vosper's decision about Peake's play ['The Wit To Woo'], plus two poems: 'I met him after many years' and 'As I watched between two forests'. Und...