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Drafts of Jack Maggs

Typescript drafts 1-8 of the novel, and complete copies of final manuscript with print out dates and chapter/draft numbers in the footer. There are several copies of the 7th draft some with annotations by Robert McCrum and Carey. Annotations date the 7th draft as being October and November 1996. 8th draft has annotation by Carey: "with Alison's suggestions". There is also folders of rejected material mainly from 3rd and 6th drafts labelled: "Off-cuts".

Publisher proofs of Jack Maggs

Publisher proofs from Faber and Faber. First page proof from University of Queensland Press. Printed and photocopied proof sent to Carey by Deb Rogers. Cover designs for UQP and United States edition of novel. Correspondence accompanies some proofs.

Page proofs of the The big bazoohley from Henry Holt and Company

First page proofs for "The big bazoohley* for the Henry Holt and Company publication in the United States, 115 leaves, with some handwritten emendations, and accompanied by a letter from Albert LaFarge, Associate Editor of John Macrae Books, 24 Apr 1995.

'Port Douglas'

Five drafts. Three drafts with 11 leaves and undated. One draft entitled 'A tourist in my own country', 10 leaves, with some handwritten emendations, printout footer title '#6', printout foot date 24 Oct 1994. One draft, 10 leaves, 8 Sep 1995, with handwritten emendations, and (word processing) change tracking.This is an account of a house rented by Peter Carey, his wife and two children at Port Douglas.

Autograph book

Letter from Paul [?], 3 leaves, 8/11/95, accompanied by autograph book that belonged to Peter Carey.

Photographs of Peter Carey from 1994 to 1995.

Six colour photographs, 9 x 12.5 cm, of Peter Carey at Square Books (160 Courthouse Square, Mississippi), for the launch of The Unusual life of Tristan Smith (published in the United States in 1995 in hardcover by Knopf); and photographs of him at Memphis. Two sets of 6 contact sheets of black and white photographs of Peter Carey, 59 photographs in one set and 72 in the other set, taken by Mariana Cook, 1994.

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