The Day of Creation (Typescript 3, with Editor's Notes)
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Editor's notes, and a third typescript, annotated in accordance with editor's notes, with very occasional small additional changes in Ballard's hand to the text.
The Day of Creation (Typescript 3): 'Editorial Notes'
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A typed list of thirty-five page-referenced 'queries' from the publishing editor, raising points of grammar, style (e.g. repetition) and narrative consistency. The questions have been answered by Ballard in the form of ticks of agreement or by annotation. Page references are to 'Typescript 3', ...
With a title-page in Ballard's hand (with his signature), and a typed list of chapter titles, chapters 1-12 in typescript. Text numbered 1-128. The text has been annotated by Ballard in accordance with the set of 'Editorial Notes' (Add MS 88938/3/14/4/1). Very occasionally, there are small addi...
The Day of Creation (Typescript 3): Chapters 13-23
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Chapters 13-23 in typescript. The text has been annotated in accordance with the set of 'Editorial Notes' (Add Ms 88938/3/14/4/1). Text numbered 129-255. Very occasionally, there are small additional changes in Ballard's hand to the text.
The Day of Creation (Typescript 3): Chapters 24-35
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Chapters 24-35 in typescript. The text has been annotated by Ballard in accordance with the set of 'Editorial Notes' (Add MS 88938/3/14/4/1). Text numbered 256-384. Very occasionally, there are small additional changes in Ballard's hand to the text.
Page proofs (two printed pages per sheet) of the first edition: London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1987. With occasional corrections throughout in Ballard's hand.
1. Three sheets of autograph notes listing 'murdered residents' - see Running Wild (1988), pp. 9-10. 2. Autograph manuscript, in blue ink. Sheets numbered by the author 1-212, with several interleaved sheets, in the following order: 1-2, 2A, 3-67, 67A-B, 68-80, 80A, 81-109, 109A, 110-29, 131-40...