Will Self: Photographic portraits by Victoria Straub
Scope & Content:
Black and white photographic portraits by Victoria Straub: (1). Two undated covering letters (autograph) from Victoria Straub. (2). Five portraits, numbered 1-5 of 7 (6 and 7 lacking). Each signed and dated 1997 on the verso. Each 235 x 160 mm. (3). Six portraits numbered 1-6, signed and dated 2...
Promotional poster (Penguin Books) for the novel My Idea of Fun (1993). The poster is double-sided, one side giving details of promotional events (November and December, 1994) in London, Sheffield, Glasgow, Leeds, Bristol, and Manchester.
(1). Typed draft (pp. 1-35), revised by hand. (2). Incomplete typed draft (pp. 1-16). (3). Complete copy of New Fiction (Grove Atlantic, 1994), including 'Understanding the Ur-Bororo' (as pp. 2-15). The story was originally published in The Quantity Theory of Insanity (1991).
(1). Fragment (p. 13, concluding page only) of an article on Terence Trent D'Arby [c 1987-88]. (2). Review of Colin Spencer, The Heretic's Feast: A History of Vegetarianism (1993). Page proofs (4 sheets, annotated) from London Review of Books. (3). 'Head-hunting for Eternity'. Word-processed draf...