Will Self Family Papers: Elaine Self, miscellaneous letters received
Scope & Content:
Letters from a variety of correspondents, including: letter (1960, 6 sheets) from Elaine to her first husband Robert Adams; four letters to Elaine in America from Alison (Morgan?), of whom Jonathan Self writes: 'She was employed as our nanny around the time Will was born ....' (Self Abuse, p. 75...
Will Self: Book cover designs (Bloomsbury Publishing)
Scope & Content:
Various book cover designs, including variants, produced by Bloomsbury Publishing. Includes faxed material (1994) regarding Grey Area, and includes two 35 mm slides (covers for Grey Area and The Quantity Theory of Insanity).
Will Self: Publicity (invitation cards and awards)
Scope & Content:
(1). Various invitation and promotional cards. Includes small scrapbook of printed (glossy) comments relating to How the Dead Live. (2). Two certificates: 2003 Fringe Report Awards. Best Play from Novel: Cock and Bull. 'The award recognises the remarkable achievement of all involved with Pivot...
Word-processed draft chapters, all unmarked, some incomplete, closely matching the texts of published chapters: Chapter 7, pp. 134-78. Chapter 8, pp. 179-204. Chapter 9, pp. 205-69. Chapter 11, unnumbered (21 sheets). Chapter incomplete, corresponds to published pp. 170-81. Chapter 12, pp. 370-8...
Various notes in pencil. Includes notes made from ‘MJ and RM tape’ [Major Mark Joslyn and Robin Matthews, Cavalry Rgt.], with timings written in left margin against particular notes. Also, many small yellow ‘post-it’ notes attached to pages using clear tape, indexed by side headings: Lear; Bus[ne...