(1). 30 Jan 2017. Printed e-mail to Self from Peter Blackstock of Grove Atlantic. ‘Here are my thoughts on Phone, which I read this weekend, completely riveted.’ (2 sheets) (2). [2017]. Further editorial comments, unattributed and undated. (5 sheets)
(1). Two school reports (1925 and 1927). (2). School essay, on death (undated, 7 sheets). (3). Lancing Review (July 1935), and five issues of The Lancing College Magazine (1934-39). (4). Exercise book (red covers) containing early writing (undated) and perhaps material of a later date ('To a Lady...
Will Self Family Papers: Elaine Self, personal documentation
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Various items of personal documentation: 25 Jan 1960. Typed letter from Walter J. Wiggins, Attorney, Ithaca, New York. Refers to taxation matters regarding the agreement between Elaine and her first husband, Robert Adams. Weight Watchers Admission Book containing dated stubs (1968-69). 1 Aug 197...
Will Self: Early unpublished short fiction and fragments (juvenilia)
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(1). Early writing (4 sheets autograph, including poetry) and a typed letter to The Times drafted in response to leader article (13 July 1981) on 'believing in Britain'; (2). 'Mr Impotent' (typed, pp. 1-7); (3). 'The Caring Ones' (typed, pp. 1-9); (4). 'Chapter One' (typed, pp. 4-6); (5). 'Chapte...
Will Self: The Quantity Theory of Insanity (complete typescript)
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Complete typescript (unmarked) of the book The Quantity Theory of Insanity (1991). Returned to Self with a covering note (12 Sep 1990) on Curtis Brown letterhead.
Photocopied word processed draft, revised by hand, comprising: Title page (typed), Contents (autograph), and epigraph (typed, Singer). The Contents lacks 'Intermission', and Chapter 1 is here titled 'Dealing with the Devil', and Chapter 5 is here 'Dr Gyggle'. The 'Epilogue' appears in the Conten...
Will Self: Great Apes (second draft, chapters 7-12)
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Word-processed draft, revised by hand in pencil: Chapter 7, pp. 135-68. Chapter 8, pp. 169-86. Chapter 9, pp. 187-212. Chapter 10, pp. 243-69. (There are no pp. 213-42.) Chapter 11, pp. 270-95. Chapter 12, pp. 296-328.