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Draft of 'The futility machine'

Typescript, with extensive handwritten emendations/corrections, 282 leaves, undated. Previously wrapped in a manila parcel (now discarded) with a handwritten note on the front : 'final draft before typing'.

Bound draft of 'The futility machine'

Bound draft typescript manuscript for the unpublished novel 'The futility machine' dated June 1966 with emendations. Ten yellow pages inserted for a revision of the chapter 'Compartment Twenty-four: Jim' dated 18 Apr 1967.

'Short story - $1m worth of amphetamines'.

Typescript draft, yellow paper, with handwritten emendations, 15 leaves, 14 Jul 1975. Titles on title page, crossed out are: 'The amphetamine games', 'Days of valium & wine', and 'The amphetamine story'. Folder (discarded) had title 'Short story - $1m worth of amphetamines'.

'Poison : the production of pure crap'

'Poison : the production of pure crap' was handwritten on both sides of three TAA air sickness bags, with the note 'Melb 22/6/76' in the top right hand corner of the first bag.

'5th Draft : Blue Bread & Sapphires'

Original folder titled '5th Draft : Blue Bread & Sapphires', typescript draft, with handwritten amendments, undated. On the original folder were the following notes: 'A substantial reward is offered for the return of this manuscript [Phone numbers and addresses for Peter Carey in NSW and Qld and University of Queensland Press'; and 'Every author ought to write every book as if he were going to be beheaded the day he finished it. - Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise'.]

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