Two volumes of an autograph draft of Paul Bailey's A Dog's Life. The draft is written entirely on the recto pages, with the verso reserved for notes on the text and reminders.
Notebook containing an autograph draft of Paul Bailey's Uncle Rudolf. The draft is written entirely on the recto pages of the volume, with the verso reserved for notes on the text and reminders.
Diaries: September 1995 to February 1996 and July to September 2002
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Paul Bailey's handwritten diaries covering the period from September 1995 to February 1996, and July and August 2002. The diary describes Bailey's personal and professional life, including travels to Greece, Albania, Brazil and France, meetings and meals with friends and other authors, his attend...
Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
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Material relating to Paul Bailey's receipt of the E.M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1974, including a programme from the award ceremony, the citation for the award, and Bailey's handwritten acceptance speech
Notebook, titled "Stories" containing autograph drafts of short stories by Paul Bailey, some complete, some fragmentary. The drafts are written entirely on the recto pages of the volume, with the verso reserved for notes on the text and reminders.
Books: Interleavings from drafts of Three Queer Lives
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Interleaved research material removed from the autograph drafts of Paul Bailey's Three Queer Lives, comprising a letter to Bailey from Max Tyler of the British Music Hall Society relating to Fred Barnes, and a photocopy of a letter from Naomi Jacob to "Gaby"
Books: Interleavings from drafts of Gabriel's Lament
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Research material removed from the draft volumes of Paul Bailey's Gabriel's Lament, including press cuttings, an obituary, a transcript of a tombstone from Ely Cathedral, a photocopy of a page from the 1972 Encyclopaedia Britannica, a newsletter from an American church, and the words and music to...