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231. Add MS 88931/1/3/26

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Add MS 88931/1/3/26
Title:
'Titus Far From Home' (Titus Alone chapters 1-35)
Scope & Content:
Revised autograph draft, in ink. Appears to be later draft than Add MS 88931/1/1/25. Manuscript and typescript leaves pasted in with additions and revisions. Notes on characters and plot at end of manuscript. Dated at front of volume 28 December 1954, 4.30, Diddnam[?]. Drawings in ink and penci...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1954-Feb 1956
Extent:
1 volume

232. Add MS 88931/1/3/30

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Add MS 88931/1/3/30
Title:
'Lo and Behold continued' (Titus Alone chapters 46-50)
Scope & Content:
Revised autograph draft in different colour inks. Typescript leaves pasted in. At the end of the manuscript there is a draft of a poem, 'Out of the cloud the face emerges' as well as a budget for Mervyn and Maeve's autumn wardrobe. Undated. Drawings in ink include: f.5: Muzzlehatch; f.6: male h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1956
Extent:
1 volume

233. Add MS 88931/1/3/32

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Add MS 88931/1/3/32
Title:
'Titus Groan the Third' (Titus Alone chapters 64-68)
Scope & Content:
Revised autograph draft, in ink. Typescript leaves pasted in. Notes on character development for Muzzlehatch at end of the manuscript. Dated 5 June 1957 at front of volume. Drawings in ink include: f.3: four studies for the heads of two male characters [Muzzlehatch? and Titus?]; f.6: margin doo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1957
Extent:
1 volume

234. Add MS 88931/12/2/1

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Add MS 88931/12/2/1
Title:
The Pictorial Volume of Animated Nature (London: Charles Knight & Co, 1843)
Scope & Content:
Mervyn Peake's reference copies, used when making drawings of animals. Volumes appear to have been used extensively.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
2 volumes

235. Add MS 88931/13/2/1

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Add MS 88931/13/2/1
Title:
Autograph Manuscript (part 1): 'Titus Awakes or Peradventure'
Scope & Content:
Comprises two notebooks: A. 'Book 1': Chapters 1-22; containing three loose leaves of [John Watney's] corrections and notes; 23 July 1970-5 October 1970. B. 'Book 2': Chapters 23-31; 4 January 1971-21 October 1976.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970-1976
Extent:
1 file

236. Add MS 88931/13/2/2

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Add MS 88931/13/2/2
Title:
Autograph Manuscript (part 2): 'Titus Awakes or Peradventure'
Scope & Content:
Comprises two notebooks: A. 'Book 3 & 5': Chapters 31 (continued)-34 and 43-44; 21 October 1976. B. 'Book 4': Chapters 32-40; 9 November 1976.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Oct 1976-15 Jan 1977
Extent:
1 file

237. Add MS 88931/13/3/9

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Add MS 88931/13/3/9
Title:
Letters Re Loan of Manuscripts to UCL
Scope & Content:
Letters from UCL and solicitor R V Brunsdon of Rose Johnson & Hicks. Includes: UCL's inventory of the manuscripts; loan agreement; conservator's report; letters from researchers requesting access; two draft letters to UCL in Maeve's hand. For correspondence re deposit of other manuscript...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1973-2 Jan 1983
Extent:
1 file

238. Add MS 88931/13/3/17

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Title:
'Theses': Letters From Academics and Students
Scope & Content:
Includes letters from translators, writers, musicians and fans of Mervyn Peake, but most correspondents have some connection with academia.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Spanish
Date Range:
1972-1982
Extent:

4 files

239. Add MS 88931/13/3/18/3

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Add MS 88931/13/3/18/3
Title:
Letters From Reference Publishers
Scope & Content:
Requests for information about Mervyn Peake and his work for reference publications: Novels and Novelists, Who's Who in Europe, Contemporary Authors and Dictionary of British Book Illustrators.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1978-1983
Extent:
1 file

240. Add MS 88931/13/3/18/6

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Add MS 88931/13/3/18/6
Title:
Letters From Publishers: M
Scope & Content:
Letters to Maeve Gilmore from Eyre Methuen, Methuen London, Methuen Children's Books and Associated Book Publishers. Letters pertain to both Mervyn Peake and Maeve Gilmore's literary and artistic works, including the intended edition of Bleak House, illustrated by Mervyn, that was not ultimately...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1973-1983
Extent:
1 file