Printing plate etched with drawing by Mervyn Peake. This image was used for a greetings card from Mervyn and Maeve Gilmore [see Add MS 88931/13/12]. Undated.
Printing plate etched with drawing by Mervyn Peake of human-cat hybrid and human-donkey? hybrid, both raising their arms over their heads. This image was used for the Peake family Christmas card 1968. Larger version of Add MS 88931/13/6/21. Block inscribed 'Peake'. Undated.
Comprises: letter from Heathcote Williams of the Transatlantic Review to Maeve Gilmore; Maeve's list of drawings; photostats of fifteen of Mervyn Peake's drawings of various people, animals, hybrid creatures, Aunty Jill from 'Aunts and Uncles', Judy Smallweed from Bleak House and a drawing that ...
Letters re Pocock’s article ‘Travels with Mervyn Peake’ about their 1945 assignment to travel through post-war Europe for the Leader. Includes: typescript drafts of 'Travels With Mervyn Peake': the earlier with authorial revisions; the latter a clean copy; newspaper cutting of Pocock's article ...
Two typescripts: A. Complete typescript including introduction and copy of Peake's notes on last leaf. B. Complete typescript as above but with handwritten corrections. Inscribed with Drayton Gardens address. Both undated.
Comprises: A. Typewritten and autograph lists of published works and various projects by Mervyn Peake, including names of contacts (mostly written by Maeve Gilmore but with some notes in Mervyn Peake's hand) [1950s?-1970s?]. B. Notebook containing lists of manuscripts, drawings and other items...