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191. Add MS 88931/13/6/12

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88931/13/6/12
Title:
Treasure Island: 'My Shore Adventure'
Scope & Content:
Printing plate (lacking woodblock mount) etched with image by Mervyn Peake of Jim Hawkins stood on the shore [of Skeleton Island?] looking across the water to some rocks. Published in Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, illustrated by Mervyn Peake (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1949).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
[1949]
Extent:
1 item

192. Add MS 88931/13/6/14

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88931/13/6/14
Title:
'Gormenghast' Manuscript: Barquentine and Steerpike
Scope & Content:
Printing plate photo-etched with image from one of the Gormenghast notebooks [Add MS 88931/1/3/15 f.139v-140] showing a drawing of Barquentine and Steerpike alongside Peake's autograph text. Undated [but must date from after 1948 as this is when the notebook was begun].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1948
Extent:
1 item

193. Add MS 88931/3/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88931/3/1/2
Title:
Autograph Notebook: Act II and Act III Scene 1
Scope & Content:
Comprises revised early draft of the beginnings of Act II and Act III. Some typescript leaves pasted in and revised in Peake’s hand. Notes on plot at beginning of volume. Drawings include pencil sketches of Percy Trellis, Shirt? and stage setting for Act I and Act II. Notes and fragments of dial...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1950
Extent:
1 volume

194. Add MS 88931/1/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88931/1/3/1
Title:
'Goremenghast continued' (Titus Groan chapters 12-16)
Scope & Content:
Autograph manuscript in ink and pencil, with authorial revisions and [editor's?] corrections in red pencil. This is the second volume of Peake's manuscript (cover is labelled '11' [II]). There are oddments of verse on f.103 and f.104. Dated 3 October 1940, Dartford. Drawings in ink and pencil: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940
Extent:
1 volume

195. Add MS 88931/1/3/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88931/1/3/4
Title:
'Titus Groan' (Titus Groan chapters 25-35)
Scope & Content:
Autograph manuscript in different colour inks, with authorial revisions and [editor's?] corrections in pencil. Title 'Goremenghast (continued)' crossed out and replaced with 'Titus Groan'. Supplementary leaves with additions and revisions have been pasted into the volume. At the end of the manus...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940-1941
Extent:
1 volume

196. Add MS 88931/1/3/21

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88931/1/3/21
Title:
'Titus in Chaos' (Gormenghast chapters 76-77)
Scope & Content:
Revised autograph draft, in ink. Written in Sebastian Peake's school jotter. Sketch of baby [Clare Peake?] in ink (f.25v). Sketch of male character's head [Muzzlehatch?] and figure leaning on f.ii. Dated 5 August 1949, Sark.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1949
Extent:
1 volume

197. Add MS 88931/1/3/25

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88931/1/3/25
Title:
Autograph Manuscript (Titus Alone chapters 1-13)
Scope & Content:
Revised draft in various coloured inks and pencil. Contains early draft of the beginning of Titus Alone. Appears to be earlier draft than Add MS 88931/1/3/26. At the end of the manuscript there are notes on Peake's earnings and fragments of poetry. Inscribed with Wallington address. Undated. D...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1954
Extent:
1 volume

198. Add MS 88931/1/3/27

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88931/1/3/27
Title:
Autograph Manuscript (Titus Alone chapters 12-19)
Scope & Content:
Revised draft. A few doodles and rough sketches. Notes on plot development on ff.12-13. At the end of the manuscript there is a note regarding Margery Vosper's decision about Peake's play ['The Wit To Woo'], plus two poems: 'I met him after many years' and 'As I watched between two forests'. Und...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1956
Extent:
1 volume

199. Add MS 88931/1/3/31

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88931/1/3/31
Title:
'Titus 3' (Titus Alone chapters 51-63)
Scope & Content:
Heavily revised autograph draft in different colour inks and pencil. Notes on plot and character development at end. Enclosed press cutting with review of Jane Gaskell's The Serpent, 1963 [see Add MS 88931/13/3/15/2 and Add MS 88931/13/3/16/2 for fan mail from Jane Gaskell]. Dated 20 November 19...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1956
Extent:
1 volume

200. Add MS 88931/1/3/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88931/1/3/8
Title:
'Continuation of Book Seven. Goremenghast' (Titus Groan chapters 57-59)
Scope & Content:
Revised autograph manuscript, in ink, entitled 'The Breakfast (Continued)'. Notebook mostly contains the reveries of the different characters present at 'The Breakfast'. First leaf inscribed 'Occupational Therapy June [?]10th 1942 ! Southport'. On f.21v inscribed 'END OF BOOK ONE - (at last) Sou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 10 Jun 1942-24 Jul 1942
Extent:
1 volume