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51. Add MS 88931/1/3/44

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Add MS 88931/1/3/44
Title:
'Titus Four: Peradventure'
Scope & Content:
Volume inscribed 'Alexander the Great' on spine. Contains only drawings, no text. Manuscript undated (back of book date stamped 17 March 1958). Drawings in pencil, crayon and pen: f.3: bird and four-legged creature; f.5: curly-haired male head; f.7: line drawing of female nude; f.9: animals; f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1960
Extent:
1 volume

52. Add MS 88931/1/4

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Add MS 88931/1/4
Title:
Letters From Lost Uncle
Scope & Content:
Fair copy typescript of early draft of the story published as Letters From a Lost Uncle. Comprises fourteen letters from Lost Uncle, without illustrations. Includes original file cover. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1948?
Extent:
1 volume

53. Add MS 88931/1/5

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Title:
I Bought a Palm Tree
Scope & Content:
Revised autograph draft of short story set on Sark [based on truth]. Unidentified typescript on reverse of two leaves.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1948
Extent:
1 file

54. Add MS 88931/1/6

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Add MS 88931/1/6
Title:
Mr Pye
Scope & Content:
Fragments of drafts for novel. Chapters given in title field relate to the published version, not to original numbering of the manuscript.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1951
Extent:
2 volumes

55. 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

56. Add MS 88931/1/6/2

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Add MS 88931/1/6/2
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

57. Add MS 88931/1/7

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Title:
J Butterfield' and 'The Story of the Gray Horse
Scope & Content:
Autograph manuscript with semi-autobiographical story about an artist named Johnny Butterfield. Consists of draft of chapter 1 and beginning of chapter 2, followed by notes for development of the story. The notes refer to real people, places and events in Peake's life. There are two illustration...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1952-c 1953
Extent:
1 volume

58. Add MS 88931/1/8

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Title:
Boy In Darkness
Scope & Content:
Complete typescript draft with autograph corrections of novella about Titus Groan's journey out of Gormenghast. See also Add MS 88931/1/2 and Add MS 88931/1/3 for the rest of the Titus manuscripts. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1956?
Extent:
1 volume

59. Add MS 88931/1/9

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Title:
Footfruit
Scope & Content:
Short story. See Add MS 88931/3/7 for early notes towards 'Footfruit'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1960-1961
Extent:
3 files

60. Add MS 88931/1/9/1

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Add MS 88931/1/9/1
Title:
Manuscript: 'Footfruit various drafts - final writings - circa 1960'
Scope & Content:
Comprises: revised autograph fragments in ink and pencil on various sizes of paper. Includes original envelope and folder. Also includes ten illustrations in ink and pencil. Some leaves have unidentified typescript on reverse. Notes on plot are headed 'Metamorphosis'. Circa 1960. autograph noteb...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1960-1961]
Extent:
1 oversize file