Kingdom Come (Autograph Manuscript): Chapters 26-29
Scope & Content:
Chapters 26-29, numbered and ordered by the author as follows. Chapter 26: 803-22. Chapter 27: 823-4, 824A, 825-7, 827A-B, 828-32, 833 (yellow 'post-it' note on the verso), 834, 834A-C, 835-6. Chapter concludes on 837. Chapter 28: 837, (there is no 838), 839-78. Chapter concludes on 879. Cha...
Kingdom Come (Autograph Manuscript): Chapters 30-32
Scope & Content:
Chapters 30-32, numbered and ordered by the author as follows. Chapter 30: 891-904, 904A-B, 905C, 905-7, [907A], 908-11, 911A, 912. Chapter 31: 913-32. Chapter 32: 933-47, (there are no sheets numbered 948-77, but revised text is continuous), 978-96, 996A (with yellow 'post-it' note attached).
Kingdom Come (Autograph Manuscript): Chapters 36-38
Scope & Content:
Chapters 36-38, numbered and ordered by the author as follows. Chapter 36: 1095-8, 1098A, 1099-124, 1124A, 1125-6. Chapter 37: 1127-30, 1130A, 1131-4, 1125-6 (repeated numbering), 1126A, 1127-35. Chapter 38: 1136-42, (there is no sheet 1143, but text is continuous), 1144-59, A1159, 1160-85.
Page proofs for Kingdom Come (Fourth Estate, an imprint of Harper Collins, 2006), exhibiting occasional corrections in Ballard's hand (in red ball-point pen). Each sheet has a printed date and time header ('12/4/06 15.20'), suggesting fax transmission. Minor corrections (in the main, typograph...
Miracles of Life: Earliest Draft Typescript Material
Scope & Content:
1. Draft typescript (single-spaced), outlining Parts I and II. Sheets numbered 1-26 (Part I), and 27-57 (Part II). With corrections and annotations in red ink throughout, particularly in Part I in which the locations of various numbered insertions are indicated (e.g. '15A + 15B'). 2. Second dra...