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21. Add MS 88931/13/3/15

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Title:
Special Correspondence
Scope & Content:
Letters and cards, predominantly from close friends. Mostly relating in some way to Mervyn Peake or his work.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1958-1983
Extent:
6 files

22. Add MS 88931/13/4/3

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Title:
Loans Notebook
Scope & Content:
Disbound writing pad detailing drawings, manuscripts and other items loaned out for publication, exhibition and other purposes. Information recorded includes dates of loans, return of items and, in one case, missing items. Loans listed include: Pan Books (poems and drawings for A Book of Nonsen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1973-1977
Extent:
1 file

23. Add MS 88931/13/6/25

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Title:
Baby
Scope & Content:
Printing plate etched with a drawing of a baby by Mervyn Peake [probably his son Sebastian Peake]. This image was used for the Peake family Christmas card of 1965. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1965?
Extent:
1 item

24. Add MS 88931/13/6/7

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Title:
Alice: Border Illustration
Scope & Content:
Printing plate etched with decorative border by Mervyn Peake drawn for the cover of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (London: Allan Wingate, 1954), featuring characters from Through the Looking Glass. Block inscribed 'Mrs Peake'. Card stuck to reverse of block featur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1954]
Extent:
1 item

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Title:
Radio Adaptations
Scope & Content:
Scripts based on the works of Mervyn Peake
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1973-1980s
Extent:
2 files

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Title:
'Gormenghast' abridged by James Park
Scope & Content:
Word processed text. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1980s]
Extent:
1 file

27. Add MS 88931/13/5/3

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Title:
Proofs for Household Tales
Scope & Content:
Galley proofs for Brothers Grimm, Household Tales (London: Methuen Children's Books, 1973) with illustrations by Mervyn Peake. Also includes full colour proofs for Eyre and Spottiswoode jacket illustration and two different proofs for Methuen jacket.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Nov 1972
Extent:
1 file

28. Add MS 88931/13/5/6

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Title:
Proofs for Treasure Island
Scope & Content:
Page proofs for Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island (London: Methuen, 1976) with illustrations by Mervyn Peake.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1976
Extent:
1 oversize file

29. Add MS 88931/13/6/18

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Title:
Figure With Snake
Scope & Content:
Printing plate etched with drawing by Mervyn Peake of oriental figure wearing a loin cloth and a pointed hat kneeling next to a snake wearing a crown. This image was published in Poems and Drawings by Mervyn Peake (London: Keepsake Press, 1965). Block inscribed 'Peake'. The image is dated 1956 bu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1956
Extent:
1 item

30. Add MS 88931/13/3/18

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Title:
Letters From Publishers
Scope & Content:
Letters to Maeve Gilmore, mostly regarding publication of Mervyn Peake's work. Royalty statements are sometimes enclosed with correspondence.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1963-1983
Extent:
9 files