Contains typescript and manuscript draft material by Swift depicting various stages of the novel, with annotations and additions often included, though there are also some unannotated typescripts. There are 14 full typescript drafts labelled sequentially by Swift in the progress towards comple...
Wish You Were Here (2012) - Copyediting and publisher's proofs
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Contains typescript drafts and notes created for and during copyediting with Picador and Random House publishers, with and without Swift's annotations, and full proofs provided by these publishers for review.
Wish You Were Here (2012) - Publication correspondence, and related papers
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Sub-series consists of correspondence between Swift and representatives of various publishers during the latter stages of the completion of Wish You Were Here. Matters of discussion include book jacket content and design, critical reception of the novel in the UK and America, and a German transl...
Contains material relating to copy-editing, including typescript material, a publisher's proof, with insertions and annotations by Swift, material for illustrations and jacket proofs along with correspondence and papers relating to publicity and promotion of the work by Swift and his publishers.
Sub-series comprises: An advert for the novel in The Guardian newspaper Correspondence relating to a Greek translation of the novel, and A newspaper cutting of a review given of the novel in a Norwegian newspaper.
Sub-series contains: 2 sheets of working notes Correspondence relating to publication of the novel by Penguin (specifically their Hamish Hamilton branch) Re-prints of the novel by Picador Reviews, original and copied, of the novel from the UK, Irish and American press.
Sub-series contains annotated proofs for the supplementary material for Picador's 40th Anniversary edition of the novel (published 2012), correspondence from Pan Macmillan Australia regarding the position of Last Orders at the top of main Best Seller lists, and related papers concerning publicati...
Sub-series contains correspondence relating to an Italian translation and publication of Ever After, and to promotion for the novel in the New York Times Book Review section by Knopf Publishers, with an enclosed print of the advert to be published. There are also 3 photocopied pages relating to ...