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Amis, Kingsley. "This is Just Not to Say:" poem: three drafts, MS. (typewritten: 3 p.), fragment of prose text on verso of one draft


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    Amis, Kingsley. "It's tough, though. Past the winter boughs . . .:" fragment of prose text, MS. (typewritten: 1 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 64.

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    Amis, Kingsley. "Their Oxford:" poem: two drafts and one page of notes, MS. and A.MS. (mostly typewritten: 10 p.), with author's autograph corrections,fragment of prose text on verso of one page

    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 126.

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    Amis, Kingsley. "Lost:" poem: three drafts, MS. and A.MS. (partly typewritten: 5 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 71.

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    Amis, Kingsley. "Coming of Age:" poem: three drafts, MS. (typewritten: 4 p.), and pre-1967

    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 12.

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    Amis, Kingsley. "Oligodora:" poem: four drafts, MS. (typewritten: 3 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 84.

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    Amis, Kingsley. "Drinking Song:" poem: two drafts, MS. (typewritten: 2 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 25.