Manuscripts
Conquest, Robert. "For Fear of Little Shags:" mock title page and beginning of first chapter, MS. (typewritten: 2 p.)
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Conquest, Robert. "A Note on the Folk Limerick, by Victory B. Gray:" essay, 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 236.
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Conquest, Robert. "A Garland All Seasonable:" 19 limericks, MS. (typewritten: 1 p.), Enclosed in: Conquest, Robert, to Kingsley Amis, 1985, December 2, cataloged separately
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 235.
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Amis, Kingsley. I Want It Now: novel: draft, MS. (typewritten: 236 p.), with author's autograph and typewritten corrections, and autograph title 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 55.
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Amis, Kingsley. "Nothing to Fear:" poem: four drafts, MS. (typewritten: 4 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 78.
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Amis, Kingsley. Jake's Thing: novel: first draft, MS. (typewritten: 285 p.), with author's autograph and typewritten corrections, Also, 7 discarded pages from first draft
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 65.
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Amis, Kingsley. Difficulties with Girls: unfinished novel: additional draft pages, MS. (typewritten, 18 p.), Not the novel with the same title that was published in 1988
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 21.