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Amis, Kingsley. The Folks That Live on the Hill: novel: notes, MS. and A.MS. (partly typewritten: 12 p.)
Manuscripts
The bulk of the collection consists of drafts of novels, short stories, poems, essays and television and radio scripts by Kingsley Amis, many heavily corrected. Also included are individual manuscript pieces by Martin Louis Amis, Sir John Betjeman, Elizabeth Jane Howard, and George Melly, and groups of limericks by Robert Conquest. Letters deal with personal and literary matters, including Amis' reactions to the work of other authors and their reactions to his writings.
AMS 429.
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Amis, Kingsley. The Folks That Live on the Hill: novel: second draft? (incomplete), MS. (typewritten: 192 p.), with author's autograph and typewritten (xeroxed) corrections
Manuscripts
The bulk of the collection consists of drafts of novels, short stories, poems, essays and television and radio scripts by Kingsley Amis, many heavily corrected. Also included are individual manuscript pieces by Martin Louis Amis, Sir John Betjeman, Elizabeth Jane Howard, and George Melly, and groups of limericks by Robert Conquest. Letters deal with personal and literary matters, including Amis' reactions to the work of other authors and their reactions to his writings.
FAC 1327.
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Amis, Kingsley. The Folks That Live on the Hill: novel: first draft? (incomplete), MS. (typewritten, xerox copy: 105 p.), with author's autograph and typewritten xeroxed corrections
Manuscripts
The bulk of the collection consists of drafts of novels, short stories, poems, essays and television and radio scripts by Kingsley Amis, many heavily corrected. Also included are individual manuscript pieces by Martin Louis Amis, Sir John Betjeman, Elizabeth Jane Howard, and George Melly, and groups of limericks by Robert Conquest. Letters deal with personal and literary matters, including Amis' reactions to the work of other authors and their reactions to his writings.
FAC 1334.
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Amis, Kingsley. The Folks That Live on the Hill: novel: fourth draft?, MS. (typewritten, xerox copy: 252 p.), with author's scattered autograph and typewritten xeroxed corrections
Manuscripts
The bulk of the collection consists of drafts of novels, short stories, poems, essays and television and radio scripts by Kingsley Amis, many heavily corrected. Also included are individual manuscript pieces by Martin Louis Amis, Sir John Betjeman, Elizabeth Jane Howard, and George Melly, and groups of limericks by Robert Conquest. Letters deal with personal and literary matters, including Amis' reactions to the work of other authors and their reactions to his writings.
FAC 1328.
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Amis, Kingsley. The Folks That Live on the Hill: novel: fourth draft?: unedited pages, MS.(typewritten, xerox copy: 48 p.), with author's scattered autograph corrections
Manuscripts
The bulk of the collection consists of drafts of novels, short stories, poems, essays and television and radio scripts by Kingsley Amis, many heavily corrected. Also included are individual manuscript pieces by Martin Louis Amis, Sir John Betjeman, Elizabeth Jane Howard, and George Melly, and groups of limericks by Robert Conquest. Letters deal with personal and literary matters, including Amis' reactions to the work of other authors and their reactions to his writings.
FAC 1329.