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171. Add MS 88931/13/3/19/8

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Add MS 88931/13/3/19/8
Title:
Maeve Gilmore Exhibitions
Scope & Content:
Mostly contains letters from well-wishers to Maeve Gilmore on the subject of her exhibition at the Langton Gallery (February 1979). Correspondents are: Arts Council of Great Britain; Caryll Faraldi at the Observer; Three Counties Guide Dog Club; M Clare Cave; Langton Gallery; Ruth [Gilmore]; Mik...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1960-1981
Extent:
1 file

172. Add MS 88931/1/3/36

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Add MS 88931/1/3/36
Title:
'Last Book: Titus' (Titus Alone chapters 108-122)
Scope & Content:
Revised autograph draft, in ink. Additional leaves pasted in. Notes on plot development towards end of manuscript. Dated 4 December 1957. Doodles and sketches: f.12: horse with two heads; f.25: two heads; f.30: two scenes with figures in a landscape; f.31: two heads wearing ornate helmets; fish...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1957-Jan 1958
Extent:
1 file

173. Add MS 88931/1/3/34

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Add MS 88931/1/3/34
Title:
'Titus Afar Book 3' (Titus Alone chapters 79-89)
Scope & Content:
Heavily revised autograph draft in different colour inks. Plot summary on f.35v. Dated September 1957, Wallington. Drawings in ink include: f.6: Cheeta; f.9v: Muzzlehatch with creature on shoulder; f.12v: female face; f.15: face; f.17: two faces; f.20: head and shoulders of two figures; crying ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1957
Extent:
1 volume

174. Add MS 88931/1/3/7

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Add MS 88931/1/3/7
Title:
'Goremenghast continued - Book Seven' (Titus Groan chapters 47-57)
Scope & Content:
Autograph manuscript in different colour inks and pencil with authorial revisions and [editorial?] corrections in pencil. Includes notes on vocabulary at end of manuscript and drafts of poem to Maeve, 'What can I ever offer you...', (crossed through). Passage from 29 May is headed 'Southport Neu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1941-1 Jun 1942
Extent:
1 volume

175. Add MS 88931/13/3/18/1

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Add MS 88931/13/3/18/1
Title:
Titus Groan Trilogy 1967
Scope & Content:
Letters to Maeve Gilmore. Predominantly comprises letters from UK and USA publishers: Ballantine Books; Weybright and Talley; Doubleday & Company; Penguin; and Eyre & Spottiswoode. Other correspondents are: Clyde S Kilby, Wheaton College, Illinois; Howard Gotlieb, Boston University Libra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1965-1974
Extent:
1 file

176. Add MS 88931/13/1/2

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Add MS 88931/13/1/2
Title:
Typescripts for A World Away
Scope & Content:
Three volumes stab-stitched in brown paper wrappers: 'Autobiography': clean copy typescript of partial draft, ending with Peake's poem 'Heads Float About Me', undated. 'A World Away. Maeve Peake': clean copy typescript of partial draft, ending with Peake's poem 'Heads Float About Me', undated. '...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1968
Extent:
1 file

177. Add MS 88931/13/6/2

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Add MS 88931/13/6/2
Title:
Ride a Cock-Horse: Mother and Child
Scope & Content:
Printing plate etched with image of woman holding baby. Published in Ride a Cock-Horse and Other Nursery Rhymes, illustrated by Mervyn Peake (London: Chatto & Windus, 1940). Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
[1940]
Extent:
1 file

178. Add MS 88931/13/6/11

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Add MS 88931/13/6/11
Title:
Household Tales: 'The Singing, Soaring Lark'
Scope & Content:
Printing plate etched with image of a girl and a prince riding a griffin. Published in Jacob Grimm, Household Tales, illustrated by Mervyn Peake (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946). Dated 1974 [presumably this was when the block was reused, probably to produce a print for a greetings card].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1946]
Extent:
1 item

179. Add MS 88931/12/2/2

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Add MS 88931/12/2/2
Title:
Plain Words (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1948)
Scope & Content:
With ink drawing by Mervyn Peake of female figure and wolf on the front cover
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1948
Extent:
1 volume

180. Add MS 88931/1/3/26

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88931/1/3/26
Title:
'Titus Far From Home' (Titus Alone chapters 1-35)
Scope & Content:
Revised autograph draft, in ink. Appears to be later draft than Add MS 88931/1/1/25. Manuscript and typescript leaves pasted in with additions and revisions. Notes on characters and plot at end of manuscript. Dated at front of volume 28 December 1954, 4.30, Diddnam[?]. Drawings in ink and penci...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1954-Feb 1956
Extent:
1 volume