Will Self: Personal Correspondence (Nicholas Adams, Robin Adams)
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Correspondence with Nicholas Adams (step-brother), and with his son Robin Adams. Correspondence with Nicholas Adams (1989-2010) includes comment on the diaries of their mother, Elaine, photocopies of which were received by Self from Adams prior to the drafting of How the Dead Live. For the copie...
(1). 'Lolita'. Undated essay in photocopy typescript (some corrections by hand within the copy), pp. 1-12. An early version of Amis's 'Introduction' to the Everyman edition (1992) of Nabokov's novel.(2). 'The Information'. Bound photocopy typescript (corrected and annotated throughout in black in...
(1). Printed drawings (1996) prepared as illustrations for The Sweet Smell of Psychosis. Eleven items (not every illustration) including some duplicates (all A3 sheets). All black and white except the cover image: Unfinished illustration, equivalent to illustration facing p. 34 (Bloomsbury, 1996...
Will Self Family Papers: Elaine Self, notebooks and photocopy diaries 1983-86
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(1). Journal entries on loose sheets for 26 July 1983 (Siena, 'with Anna, Robin & Nick') and for 22-26 April and 8 May 1984. (2). Photocopy entries spanning 26 Dec 1984 - Jan 1985, and 6-8 Apr 1985. (3). Photocopy of very small notebook spanning 2 May - 3 Oct 1985. Two yellow post-it notes at...
Will Self Family Papers: Elaine Self, letters from J. M. Woodward
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Fifty-two letters in envelopes (some with cuttings enclosed) from J. M. Woodward of Gloucester, Massachusetts. The letters are not signed; however, the correspondent's name is given in the letter in the envelope annotated (by Elaine) as 'received 26-5-78'. J. M. Woodward is 'Jimmy' in the memoi...
Will Self: Dr Mukti and Other Tales of Woe ('161' - building plans)
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Three large, folded building plans. City of Liverpool, 22 storey Flats, Sheil Park, Blocks 7, 8 and 9. (1). Sheil Park Block 7, east elevation. August 1963. (2). Sheil Park Block 9, ground floor plan. January 1964. (3). Sheil Park Blocks 7, 8 and 9, typical floor plan. January 1964.
Will Self: The Book of Dave (early and revised drafts, Chapters 7-9)
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Word-processed drafts (and revised drafts) for Chapters 7-9. Heavily revised and annotated by hand, incorporating autograph notes and 'post-it' notes preceding some chapters. Chapter 7, pp. 229-272 (span - some pages within given the same number). Includes notes (3 sheets) preceding the chapter....