Autograph drafts and various drafts and notes for particular chapters, final typescript, and corrected proofs. Note: the draft manuscript material is divided by chapter number and not by the name designations (e.g. 'Harry' and 'Sophie') used in the novel as published. First published 1988.
Various non-fiction items, comprising reviews of film, theatre and fiction, essays, the texts of talks delivered at conferences and literary festivals, and occasional short statements on writing fiction. Some items appeared in Making an Elephant (2009) but many are uncollected.
Complete text with revisions (photocopy), including publishers details (William Heinemann Ltd) on title-page and publication page (1983). Sheets numbered i-x and 1-278 (including 47A, 95A, and 182A).
Complete text (photocopy incorporating previous corrections), with additional typesetting annotations in ink. Comprising sheets i-x and 1-278 (including 47A, 95A and 182A). Also, layouts for front cover and Contents page, a list of agreed spellings for particular vocabulary (e.g. 'boat-hook'),...
Typescript entitled 'Promotion', comprising title-page and sheets numbered 1-145. With occasional revisions in ink and some markings in pencil. With original file front in Swift's hand.
Autograph manuscript, sheets numbered 1-159, with occasional numbered additional sheets (e.g. '38A') or as an un-numbered sheet of notes (e.g. following '64A'). On punched ruled paper. Draft dated September 1978 on final sheet. With brief hand-written note to Swift concerning the cost of photoc...