(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.
(1). Jock McFadyen and Humphrey Ocean: urbasuburba catalogue (Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, 1997); Self, 'Catalogue copy for Urbasuburba' (3 sheets); Self, 'There's No Reggae in Orkney'. Faxed to McFadyen, with note: 'I hope this is of some use/appeal to you both. It's very ha...
Page proofs for 'False Blood', published in Granta, No. 117: 'Horror' (Autumn 2011), pp. 102-16. Together with a covering letter (24 Aug 2011) and the copy editor's detailed observations.
Word-processed text, as submitted by fax to The New Statesman. Most texts are not dated and are without titles. (1). Book reviews of the following publications: A. M. Homes, The End of Alice; Paul Theroux, Sir Vidia's Shadow; Graham Robb, Rimbaud; Peter Ackroyd, London: The Biography; Patrick ...
Will Self: Journalism (columns for Building Design)
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Word-processed copy as faxed to Building Design. Largely undated, although a few items have been annotated with a date (2000). Includes one autograph item written on headed paper from the Grand Hotel, Brighton (11 Apr 2000).
Will Self: Journalism (columns for American publications)
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Undated word-processed copy as faxed to the editors of several American publications: (1). Details (2 items); (2). GQ (4 items); (3). Spy (3 items); (4). George (1 item, 'Blair', together with unrelated autograph notes); (5). Stuff (5 items); (6). Detour (on Cate Blanchett, text and magazine cut...
Word-processed copy as submitted by fax. J. G. Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition (expanded and annotated edition 1990) - faxed to Time Out (1 sheet). John Lanchester, The Debt to Pleasure (1996) - faxed to Book Choice (2 sheets). William Burroughs, Junky (unexpurgated edition) - faxed to Sunday T...
Background research and notes for a talk given at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 14 March 2011, as part of the architecture discussion series 'Critic's Choice: London's Most Important Building'. The file includes: autograph and typed notes; pencil notes on postcards used as prompts for Self...
A 'digital essay' commissioned by the London Review of Books (2012): http://thespace.lrb.co.uk/about/ (1). ['Kafka's Wound'] - untitled word-processed draft, pp. 1-17 plus a following page (18 sheets). (2). Further word-processed draft, pp. 1-21, showing 'track changes' 2012-14 (21 sheets). In...