Notebook inscribed on the cover ‘VI. Ideas. Cat’s paw, That summer, Charades, Followers/The best woman, Martha/The right person’ and on the inside cover ‘Notebook VI. That summer in Illyria (2)… July 6 1976, Charades – version B, Followers/The best woman’.
Notebook inscribed on inside cover ‘The Wild island, Vol. III. Haiti, February 1977’. Contains draft of chapters 15-21 and revisions and queries of other chapters.
Notebook inscribed on the cover ‘Killaway, Venice, Woods, Swimming’ and on the spine ‘J.S. ideas 2’. Dated on inside cover 1 Feb 1984, with the contents list: ‘The girl who chose Venice, the man who walked into the woods, Swimming will be the death of you’.
Notebook inscribed on the cover ‘Jemima ideas + Royal wedding, Pirandello conference, Roy. Physicians research, Bears notes’ and on the spine ‘J.S. ideas 1’. Dated on inside cover 27 Sep 1980, with the contents list: ‘Your appointment is cancelled, Beauty must die, The ghost gun, Fly-by-night, Th...
Notebook inscribed on the cover ‘JS 7. Ideas, stories, House poison, Susanna, Hon. Murderer, Blood-red winestains’ and on the spine ‘J.S. 7’.Contents on inside cover ‘The honourable murderer, 28 November 1984, Political death, the November plot, Jemima Shore’s first case, 26 February 1986 (The ho...
Notebook inscribed on the cover ‘The twist, notes for Pol. Death, tennis?, etc., The moon was to blame’ and on the spine ‘JS ideas stories 6’. Contents on inside cover: ‘the twist, 10 Sept 1986, Notes for Political death, 18 Sept 1986, Idea for camping story, Aug ’87, Her handbag notes [for W.T. ...