Revised typescript, described as '2nd corrected draft' on a covering sheet (not in Self's hand): 'Author's Preface' (autograph), dated 'November 1991' (pp. i-ii); word processed draft, revised by hand (pp. 2-117).
Various autograph and word-processed notes (some with 'post-it' notes attached), including notes on cards, chapter outlines (13-18 and Epilogue), and 76 numbered apothegms (many but not all 'ticked' in pencil).
The file comprises: original envelope front in which the material was received (addressed to Self, franked 19 Feb 2003); pencil notes (3 sheets) headed 'Voices' which briefly describe the voices of each character, e.g. 'Wotton - lisping, arch, camp, affected'; Dorian abridged by Kati Nicholl (pp...
Nearly complete typewritten draft, with top card bearing a Wylie Agency label marked in red ink: 'Original Typescript'. Comprises title-page, epigraph, and pp. 1-316 (there is no p. 109 - but no loss of text thereby). The text finishes (p. 316) at a mid-point in Chapter 16 (at published p. 338)...
Two scrapbooks into which have been gathered a large number of 'post-it' notes under various headings indicated by side-tabs (made from 'post-it' notes). Side-tabs for one scrapbook: Things; Music & Entertainment; Words; 70s; Utopia; Scenes; People; Customs; War; Munitions; Audrey; Ruth. S...
(1). Final proofs, to p. 206 (equivalent to published p. 237). Pages printed 21-22 Oct 1999. (2). Pages 43, 60-62. (3). Draft cover design, faxed to Self 4 Nov 1999. (4). Original file cover, annotated in pencil.