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Date(s)
- [late 1950s]-[early 1960s] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
106 ff. (foliated 1-38, 49-61, 96, 96a, 97-119, 128-157; original foliation retained, with the exception of ff. 36-38, 96a, 132-157; text mostly on rectos)
Placed in melinex sleeves within ringed box at NLW.
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Scope and content
Typescript drafts of parts of Augustus John, Finishing Touches (London, 1964). Most are fair copy carbon copies, with the exception of ff. 96-101, which are top copies and contain manuscript emendations by the author.
The chapter 'Lord Beaverbrook Entertains' (ff. 36-38) was later re-written as 'A Fair Do at Gay Paree' (ff. 100-101) but was ultimately omitted from the book (see also NLW MS 24135iD, ff. 30-32, 92-94).
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Accruals
System of arrangement
Maintained largely in original order, reflecting a preliminary arrangement of the material rather than the final published order.
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- English
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