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171. Add MS 88931/12/1

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Title:
Published Items by Mervyn Peake
Scope & Content:
Comprises four parts: A. News From Afar [London Missionary Society] (Jan 1924), pp.1-15, containing article ‘Ways of Travelling’ (p.9) by Mervyn L Peake about different modes of transport in China, written at the age of 12. B. Cuttings of poems by Peake published in various periodicals (most pas...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924-1949
Extent:
1 file

172. Add MS 88931/12/2

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Title:
Publications Belonging to Mervyn Peake
Scope & Content:
Reference works used by Peake, with doodles
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
mid 20th century
Extent:
3 volumes

173. Add MS 88931/12/2/1

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Title:
The Pictorial Volume of Animated Nature (London: Charles Knight & Co, 1843)
Scope & Content:
Mervyn Peake's reference copies, used when making drawings of animals. Volumes appear to have been used extensively.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
2 volumes

174. Add MS 88931/12/2/1/1

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Title:
The Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature (London: Charles Knight & Co, 1843) Volume 1
Scope & Content:
Front cover has an ink drawing of a man's head on verso. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 oversize volume

175. Add MS 88931/12/2/1/2

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Title:
The Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature (London: Charles Knight & Co, 1843) Volume 2
Scope & Content:
There are no annotations to this volume.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 oversize volume

176. Add MS 88931/12/2/2

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Title:
Plain Words (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1948)
Scope & Content:
With ink drawing by Mervyn Peake of female figure and wolf on the front cover
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1948
Extent:
1 volume

177. Add MS 88931/13

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Title:
Papers of Maeve Gilmore and the Mervyn Peake Estate
Scope & Content:
Predominantly relating to the work of Mervyn Peake, but also concerning Maeve's own painting and writing. The correspondence includes personal letters to Maeve from her friends and family, including letters from Mervyn. The majority of this material dates from the late 1950s to Maeve's death in 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Spanish
Date Range:
1937-2001
Extent:
177 units

178. Add MS 88931/13/1

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Title:
A World Away
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts, typescripts and letters pertaining to Maeve Gilmore's memoir of Mervyn Peake. For letters of appreciation sent to Maeve following publication of the book see Add MS 88931/13/3/7.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1967-[1970]
Extent:
3 files

179. Add MS 88931/13/1/1

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Title:
Autograph Manuscripts for A World Away
Scope & Content:
Comprises four notebooks containing two drafts: A. Draft in pencil with minor revisions. Invoice at end dated 18 October 1967. B. Continuation of pencil draft, undated. C. Later revised draft, in ink, March 1968-April 1968. D. Continuation of later draft to end, May 1968.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1967-1968
Extent:
1 file

180. Add MS 88931/13/1/2

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Title:
Typescripts for A World Away
Scope & Content:
Three volumes stab-stitched in brown paper wrappers: 'Autobiography': clean copy typescript of partial draft, ending with Peake's poem 'Heads Float About Me', undated. 'A World Away. Maeve Peake': clean copy typescript of partial draft, ending with Peake's poem 'Heads Float About Me', undated. '...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1968
Extent:
1 file