Will Self: Personal Correspondence (Peter Self, 1988-92)
Scope & Content:
Communications (from Australia) from Will Self's father. All autograph. (1). 1988: 5 Aug 1988. Letter (3 sheets). 25 Aug [1988]. Letter (2 sheets). 11 Sep 1988. Aerogramme. 6 Oct [1988]. Letter (1 sheet). [Oct-Dec 1988]. Undated aerogramme, referring to the death of Canadian philosopher George ...
Will Self: Works by others (Nicholas Papadimitriou)
Scope & Content:
(1). Two long poems or poem sequences, 'Cul-de-Sac (11 sheets, 1975-89) and 'Argument' (11 sheets). (2). A series of prose pieces about London, the first two pages of which have been edited/annotated by Self in pencil [annotation c 2005].
Hardback American trade edition of Liver by Self (Bloomsbury USA, 2008), treated with acrylic and oil paint and glitter by Marc Quinn. Signed by Quinn (in pencil) on front fly-leaf and numbered 7/15. Signed by Self on title-page.
Painting in acrylic on white card, showing a caricature of Self at the right margin unrolling the main image as if it were a canvas. The main image is the upper portion of a chef's jacket with a large red pepper, floating above, in place of the chef's head. Underneath, the name of the artist: 'Ch...
Will Self: Personal Correspondence (Penny Phillips)
Scope & Content:
(1). 26 Jan 1984. London (aerogramme to Self in Darwin, Australia). (2). 7 Feb 1984. London (3 sheets, to Australia). (3). 24 Sep 1984 (postmark). Cornwall (postcard, 'from Cornwall to Cornwall Gardens', London). (4). 20 May 1985. [Oxford] (postcard). (5). 14 Oct 1985. Toronto (2 sheets). (6). 4 ...
Will Self: Perfidious Man (background: transgender issues)
Scope & Content:
(1). Stephen Whittle, 'Guest Editorial,' Journal of Gender Studies, Vol. 7, No. 3 (1998), pp. 269-72. Off-print. (2). Stephen Whittle, 'The Trans-Cyberian Mail Way,' Social & Legal Studies: An International Journal, Vol. 7, No. 3 (1998), pp. 389-408. Off-print. (3). Stephen Whittle, The Trans...
Will Self Family Papers: Sir Henry Self, essays and speeches
Scope & Content:
(1). 'The Problem of the Individual in the Welfare State', an address to the London Society of Jews and Christians, 10 November 1953. Two typed draft texts, each 6 pp. Copies of brief correspondence with the Liberal Jewish Monthly in which a summary of the presentation was published, Vol. XXV, N...