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Add MS 88931/13/5/9
- Record Id:
- 040-001608514
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000897929
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001442.0x0000d2
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88931/13/5/9
- Title:
- Proofs for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
- Scope & Content:
-
Proofs for a Libanus Press edition of Alice illustrated by Mervyn Peake [not ultimately published].
Comprises:
- two letters from Michael Mitchell of Libanus Press, Collins Harvill Publishers to Fabian Peake;
- two sets of 'Specimen sheets for Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass with the revived illustrations of Mervyn Peake' consisting of page proofs including illustrations of Humpty Dumpty, the Jabberwock and Alice with the Red Queen ['Faster! Faster!'];
- note regarding reproduction of the White Rabbit drawing;
- print-out of sample text including illustrations of Alice in the grass, the White King struggling with the pencil, the Walrus and the Carpenter, the Duchess and the Jabberwock.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000897929
033-001119927
036-001606965
040-001608514 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88931 : Mervyn Peake Archive
Add MS 88931/13 : Papers of Maeve Gilmore and the Mervyn Peake Estate
Add MS 88931/13/5 : Proofs
Add MS 88931/13/5/9 : Proofs for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - Hierarchy:
- 032-000897929[0013]/033-001119927[0005]/036-001606965[0009]/040-001608514
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88931
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1990
- End Date:
- 2000
- Date Range:
- 22 Jun 1990-3 Nov 2000
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Peake, Fabian, son of Mervyn Peake, b 1942