Manuscripts
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
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Amis, Kingsley. Colonel Sun: novel: second draft?, MS. (typewritten, carbon copy, with some original typewritten pages: 285 p.), with author's 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.
AMS 10.
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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. The Russian Girl: novel: first draft, MS. (typewritten: 314 p.), with author's autograph and typewritten corrections, and with several duplicate xerox pages further corrected
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 439.
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Amis, Kingsley. "The Novelist and TV:" essay: first draft, MS. (typewritten: 4 p.), with author's autograph and typewritten 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.
AMS 435.
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Amis, Kingsley. "Getting It Wrong:" essay: first draft, MS. (typewritten: 12 p.), with author's autograph and typewritten 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.
AMS 42.
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Amis, Kingsley. Russian Hide-and-Seek: novel: first draft, MS. (typewritten: 255 p.), with author's autograph and typewritten corrections, includes several xeroxed pages with further 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.
AMS 112.