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161. Add MS 88931/9

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Title:
Waddington Galleries Exhibitions
Scope & Content:
Ephemera relating to two different exhibitions of Peake's drawings at the Victor Waddington Galleries, London: printed brief catalogue for a 1951 exhibition, with an introduction by Maurice Collis (annotation in Mervyn's hand notes the money made from the sale of works); press cutting with revie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1951-1958
Extent:
1 file

162. Add MS 88931/10

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Title:
Texts for Illustration by Mervyn Peake
Scope & Content:
Typescripts for books written by Peake's friend Gordon Smith and former teacher Burgess Drake
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929?-1945?
Extent:
2 files

163. Add MS 88931/10/1

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Title:
'The Dusky Birron' by Gordon Smith
Scope & Content:
Clean copy typescript of a story written by Peake's former school friend with 'pictures by Mervyn Peake' (although there are no illustrations with this typescript). The character of the Dusky Birron was invented by Smith and Peake for an earlier collaboration, 'The Moccus Book'. Peake's Wallingt...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929?-1939?
Extent:
1 file

164. Add MS 88931/10/2

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Title:
'The Book of Lyonne' by H B Drake
Scope & Content:
Typescript in five sections, each with its own cover. With minor revisions [in author's hand?]. Undated but pencil inscription on second leaf of 'Book I' cites Peake's address as 70 Glebe Place Chelsea thereby suggesting that the date is 1944-1946 - see G Peter Winnington, Mervyn Peake's Vast Alc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945?
Extent:
1 file

165. Add MS 88931/11

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Title:
Letters to Mervyn Peake
Scope & Content:
Professional and personal letters, most of which date from after the publication of Titus Groan in 1946.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930s-1967
Extent:
4 files

166. Add MS 88931/11/1

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Title:
Letters From Family and Maeve Gilmore
Scope & Content:
Contains the following autograph letters: Postcard from Mervyn Peake to his brother E L Peake [Ernest Leslie Peake] interned as prisoner of war in Singapore, postmarked 28 April 1945, stamped: 'returned in undelivered [illeg] from territory formerly [occupied] by Japanese forces'. Airmail letter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1943?-1962
Extent:
1 file

167. Add MS 88931/11/2

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Title:
Letters From Famous People and Publishers
Scope & Content:
Comprises letters from: John Berger: signed autograph letter re Peake's drawings, 2 November 1950 (1 leaf). Maurice [Temple Smith] at Eyre & Spottiswoode Publishers: signed typewritten letter re Titus Alone, 29 July 1958 with annotations [in Maeve Gilmore's hand] (4 leaves). Graham Greene: s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1938-1960s
Extent:
1 file

168. Add MS 88931/11/3

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Title:
Letters From Famous People, Publishers, Friends and Fans
Scope & Content:
Single letters or items received from: 'Goatie' [Peake's former school friend Gordon Smith] (in the form of a poem entitled 'Epistle to Mr Peake' re publication of Titus Groan); Bette L Wheeler; Lisl Drake Beer; Antony Borrow (with pencil sketch by Mervyn on reverse showing a man holding a sword...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 9 Mar 1946-c 19 Jul 1967
Extent:
1 file

169. Add MS 88931/11/4

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Title:
Letters of Appreciation
Scope & Content:
Fan mail (re Titus Groan, Gormenghast and other works) from friends, acquaintances and members of the public: Ruth Lonergan and James Dugan; Elizabeth Hare; Ethel Fairchild (2 letters); Billy [Thorne?]; 'Hutch'; Olwen T? Brown, Leicester Galleries; R- J Daingerfield Jr; Frances Grigsby; Jean Coo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1946-17 Feb 1960
Extent:
1 file

170. Add MS 88931/12

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Title:
Published Items
Scope & Content:
Articles, cuttings of poems and one dust-jacket by Mervyn Peake, as well as publications belonging to him
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
mid 20th century
Extent:

3 files