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151. Add MS 88931/7/1/2

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Add MS 88931/7/1/2
Title:
Drawings in Smaller Mounts (part 1)
Scope & Content:
Comprises eleven drawings. Rough sketches: Knave of Hearts; pencil drawing on tracing paper (bottom edge torn) (f.1); Mad Hatter; pencil drawing on paper (f.2). Finished drawings in pen and ink on water-colour paper, with captions in Mervyn Peake's hand: Alice; ink drawing; with caption inscri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1945-1954]
Extent:

1 oversize file

152. Add MS 88931/13/2/4

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Add MS 88931/13/2/4
Title:
Typescripts: 'Search Without End'
Scope & Content:
Two complete, identical typescripts. Appears to be later version of the story that became Titus Awakes, different from the drafts in Add MS 88931/13/2/1-3. This version is closest to the published text. With loose leaf title page in Maeve Gilmore's hand. Inscribed with Drayton Gardens address. U...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1970s]
Extent:
1 file

153. Add MS 88931/13/6/19

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Add MS 88931/13/6/19
Title:
'Harlequin Phoenix': Frontispiece
Scope & Content:
Printing plate etched with image of the 'Harlequin Phoenix' leaping from flames holding an unlit torch. Published in Thelma Niklaus, Harlequin Phoenix (London: Bodley Head, 1956). Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
[1956]
Extent:
1 item

154. Add MS 88931/13/6/21

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Add MS 88931/13/6/21
Title:
Human-Animal Hybrids (small)
Scope & Content:
Printing plate etched with drawing by Mervyn Peake of human-cat hybrid and human-donkey? hybrid, both raising their arms over their heads. This image was used for the Peake family Christmas card of 1968. Smaller version of Add MS 88931/13/6/20. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1968?
Extent:
1 item

155. Add MS 88931/3/1/6

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Add MS 88931/3/1/6
Title:
‘Sally Devius' Act III Scenes 1 and 2
Scope & Content:
Complete revised autograph draft in various coloured inks. Some typescript leaves pasted in and revised in Peake’s hand. Many passages underlined in red pencil. 'Shirt' has been crossed out and the character renamed 'Kite'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1950
Extent:
1 volume

156. Add MS 88931/13/3/1

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Add MS 88931/13/3/1
Title:
Letters From Mervyn Peake
Scope & Content:
Mostly letters from periods in which Mervyn and Maeve were apart, either due to travel or Mervyn's various stays in hospital. Also includes two poems and a valentine.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937-1960s
Extent:
5 files

157. Add MS 88931/13/3/5

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Add MS 88931/13/3/5
Title:
Letters From Maurice Michael
Scope & Content:
Letters from Mervyn's agent, mostly regarding publication and film rights. Also includes some remittances for royalties.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1965-24 Sep 1982
Extent:
3 files

158. Add MS 88931/13/3/11

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Add MS 88931/13/3/11
Title:
Letters Re Mervyn Peake Society
Scope & Content:
Letters covering the formation (in 1975) and activity of the Society and publication of its journal, the Mervyn Peake Review
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1973-1983
Extent:
8 files

159. Add MS 88931/13/3/12

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Add MS 88931/13/3/12
Title:
Letters From Brian Sibley
Scope & Content:
Letters from the Secretary of the Lewis Carroll Society regarding Peake's illustrations of Carroll's work. Sibley later adapted the Titus books for radio and became Editor of the Mervyn Peake Review.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1975-24 Nov 1982
Extent:
2 files

160. Add MS 88931/1/3/18

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Add MS 88931/1/3/18
Title:
'Titus' (Gormenghast chapters 38-50)
Scope & Content:
Autograph manuscript in ink, with authorial revisions. Dated 2 April 1949, 6.25am, Sark. At the end of the manuscript there are: nonsense poems with accompanying illustrations: 'Have a pear' (f.71v) and 'Little spider' (f.72); character notes on Titus, Fuchsia, the Cockatrice and Steerpike (f.77...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1949-Jun 1949
Extent:
1 volume