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111. Add MS 88931/1/2

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Title:
'Mr Slaughterboard' (and 'The House of Darkstones')
Scope & Content:
Revised autograph manuscript of novella in ink and pencil. Complete draft in three chapters of the story that was later reworked as Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor. Inscribed 'Trinity College Hotel, Chestnut Walk, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire'. Dated 1935 (f.53). Starting from the end of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930s
Extent:
1 volume

112. Add MS 88931/13/4

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Title:
Curatorial and Editorial Notes by Maeve Gilmore
Scope & Content:
Includes preparatory material for Peake's Progress, the selected works of Mervyn Peake.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1950s-1980]
Extent:
5 files

113. Add MS 88931/7/1/4

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Title:
Drawings in Larger Mounts (part 1)
Scope & Content:
Comprises eight drawings. Rough sketches: 'Queen of Hearts'; crayon, ink and wash on paper (f.1); Queen of Hearts; pen and ink on brown paper (f.2); White Rabbit down the rabbit hole; watercolour and crayon on water-colour paper (f.3). Finished illustrations in pen and ink, with captions in Me...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1945-1954]
Extent:
1 oversize file

114. Add MS 88931/13/17/2

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Title:
'Gormenghast' abridged by James Park
Scope & Content:
Word processed text. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1980s]
Extent:
1 file

115. Add MS 88931/2/4/2

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Title:
Poems to Maeve
Scope & Content:
Typescript and facsimiles of: 'Maeve: If when I married you I was in love'; 'FOR MAEVE. Now with the rain about her I can see', July 1960 (facsimile of autograph draft and typescript); 'Leave Train'; 'Troop Train'; 'And I thought you beside me...' (two typescript versions); 'In the fabric of thi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1940s-1960s]
Extent:
1 oversize file

116. Add MS 88931/13/5/3

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Title:
Proofs for Household Tales
Scope & Content:
Galley proofs for Brothers Grimm, Household Tales (London: Methuen Children's Books, 1973) with illustrations by Mervyn Peake. Also includes full colour proofs for Eyre and Spottiswoode jacket illustration and two different proofs for Methuen jacket.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Nov 1972
Extent:
1 file

117. Add MS 88931/13/5/6

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Title:
Proofs for Treasure Island
Scope & Content:
Page proofs for Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island (London: Methuen, 1976) with illustrations by Mervyn Peake.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1976
Extent:
1 oversize file

118. Add MS 88931/13/6/18

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Title:
Figure With Snake
Scope & Content:
Printing plate etched with drawing by Mervyn Peake of oriental figure wearing a loin cloth and a pointed hat kneeling next to a snake wearing a crown. This image was published in Poems and Drawings by Mervyn Peake (London: Keepsake Press, 1965). Block inscribed 'Peake'. The image is dated 1956 bu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1956
Extent:
1 item

119. Add MS 88931/13/3/18

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Title:
Letters From Publishers
Scope & Content:
Letters to Maeve Gilmore, mostly regarding publication of Mervyn Peake's work. Royalty statements are sometimes enclosed with correspondence.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1963-1983
Extent:
9 files

120. Add MS 88931/13/3/19

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Title:
Letters Re Exhibitions
Scope & Content:
Letters to Maeve Gilmore regarding exhibitions of Mervyn Peake's work, as well as her own.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1963-1983
Extent:
8 files