- NLW MS 24104i-iiD
- File
- [1950]
Carbon copy typescript draft, [1950], of Augustus John's autobiography, published as Chiaroscuro: Fragments of an Autobiography (London: Jonathan Cape, 1952), containing manuscript emendations and deletions by the author, copious in places.
In addition to many minor deletions the text contains several passages omitted from the published version (ff. 35-36, 36-37, 55-56, 74, 75, 137, 188, 192-193, 226, 231-232, 246, 251, 262-263, 273, 320, 323-326). Besides the missing folios there are other substantial passages in the published book (pp. 96-99, 174-175, 274-275) missing from the typescript (see ff. 97, 189, 316). The titles 'Ups and Downs' (typed) and 'Now and Then' (in ink) appear on the title page (f. i), both cancelled. There are also a few editorial annotations in red pencil and blue ink.