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201. Add MS 88931/1/3/29

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Title:
Autograph Manuscript Leaves (Titus Alone chapters 29-45)
Scope & Content:
Revised draft, with some typescript leaves. Begins with paragraph about the 'Occasion-risers' (crossed through).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1957
Extent:
1 file

202. Add MS 88931/13/3/6

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Title:
Condolence Letters on the Death of Mervyn Peake
Scope & Content:
From family, friends and associates
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1968
Extent:
2 files

203. Add MS 88931/13/6/16

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Title:
Figure Wearing Pointed Hat Holding Bird
Scope & Content:
Printing plate etched with drawing by Mervyn Peake. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
mid 20th century
Extent:
1 item

204. Add MS 88931/1/3/5

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Title:
'Goremenghast continued' (Titus Groan chapters 36-37)
Scope & Content:
Autograph manuscript in pen and ink with authorial revisions and [editorial?] pencil corrections. This is the fifth volume of Peake's manuscript, as indicated on the cover. Brief notes [towards drawings for 'The Works of Adolf Hitler'] on f.35v. There are notes at the end of the manuscript inclu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1941
Extent:
1 volume

205. Add MS 88931/1/3/14

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Title:
'Titus in Umbra' (Gormenghast chapters 1-7)
Scope & Content:
Comprises: typescript leaves entitled 'Titus in Umbra', with handwritten revisions and additional handwritten leaves; autograph draft of poem 'White Mules at Prayer'; typewritten letter [from Peake's typist Hilda Neal], dated 5 July 1948, with conclusion of Chapter 7 in Peake's hand on reverse.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1948
Extent:
1 file

206. Add MS 88931/1/3/33

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Title:
'Titus 3' (Titus Alone chapters 68-78)
Scope & Content:
Revised autograph draft in different colour inks and pencil. Additional leaves pasted in. Notes on plot development and quotes from Tennyson and John Marston at end of the manuscript. Dated June 1957, Wallington and July 1957, Sark. Sketches in ink include: f.1: figures on cliff-top [Gormenghas...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1957
Extent:

1 volume

207. Add MS 88931/1/6/1

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Title:
Autograph Manuscript (Mr Pye chapters 8-16)
Scope & Content:
Revised draft. List of characters on f.85v. Notes on story, characters, dialogue and potential titles at end of manuscript. Beginning of poem 'Love has left us' on f.82. Inscribed 'Smarden, Kent'. Undated. Doodles throughout manuscript plus the following sketches in pencil, ink and wash: f.9: t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1951
Extent:
1 volume

208. Add MS 88931/1/6/2

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Title:
Autograph Manuscript (Mr Pye chapters 22-26)
Scope & Content:
Revised draft. One ink drawing of a black male figure and chair on f.30v. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1951
Extent:
1 volume

209. Add MS 88931/13/3/2

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Title:
Letters of Appreciation to Mervyn Peake
Scope & Content:
Letters re Peake's work from friends, acquaintances and strangers. Some letters are from academics; others are more general fan mail. Letters answered by Maeve Gilmore as Peake was too ill to respond personally.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1959-1970s
Extent:
2 files

210. Add MS 88931/13/6/6

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Title:
The Hunting of the Snark: Title Page Border
Scope & Content:
Printing plate etched with decorative border featuring characters from the story. Published in Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark, illustrated by Mervyn Peake (London: Chatto & Windus, 1941). Block is inscribed 'Mrs Peake'. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1941]
Extent:
1 item