Top copy manuscript, from which the book was set up with notes about font, formatting and other notes for the printers in blue, green, black and red ink.
All proofs initialled by Johnson. Large proof for book jacket in colour. Correspondence from Panther Books, including page proofs for the inside cover text and football report on bottom of box. 27 printed page proof sections of the novel. Galley proofs.
Final typewritten manuscript draft for printer of 'House Mother Normal'.
Scope & Content:
Final typewritten draft, with typewritten notes to printer stuck on inside cover and extensive autograph notes on page layout and formatting in pencil and green ink, throughout the text. [Returned from Collins 18 Jun 1971]
Printed galley proofs of novel with autograph notes by Johnson in red and black ink, relating to page layout and formatting. Every page has been initialled by him.
Final typewritten manuscript for 'The Unfortunates', in a mock-up large scale box.
Scope & Content:
Containing typewritten drafts of 27 loose sections of the novel, with notes on formatting for the printers in red ink. Sections are numbered. The box itself has typewritten quotations, instructions and football report pasted to the inside cover, sides and bottom.
Notebook containing preliminary notes for 'Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry'.
Scope & Content:
Contains notes about ideas for Johnson's sixth novel, title ideas, work chart showing progress of the writing, and a structure layout for the novel. Four pages written in pencil and three pages with sheets pasted in. Dated 26 Dec 1970, 11 Aug 1971 and 30 Mar 1972.
First draft, autograph manuscript, notebook three of four.
Scope & Content:
Written in pencil and black ink, with extensive annotations in pencil and red ink. This early version is simply titled 'Novel Three'. Includes a plan of the Northern Jewel, a trawler, pasted to the inside cover. Notebook started 24 Sep 1965.
First draft, autograph manuscript, notebook four of four.
Scope & Content:
Written in pencil and black ink, with extensive annotations in pencil and red ink. This early version is simply titled 'Novel Three'. Notebook started 11 Oct 1965 and finished 30 Dec 1965.