Photocopy of first draft (with handwritten emendations) of the screenplay 'Hadrian the seventh' by Charles wood, 136 leaves, Aug 1971.

3 complete drafts of The tax inspector.

Correspondence, book reviews for The tax inspector, faxes, itineraries, launch and promotional information, magazines, publisher catalogues, newspaper cuttings.

Bound copy of the thesis by Maria Luisa Bertocci entitled 'Le storie di un liar, ovvero la narrative di Peter Carey'. Accompanied by a letter from Bertocci to Carey (dated 7 Jan 1994) and an abstract of the work in English entitled 'The stories of a liar: Peter Carey's work'.

Final typescript marked up by the Faber copy editor for the typesetter. Covering letter 12 Nov 1992 from Faber and Faber returning manuscript to Carey for his archive.

'The dog, the duck, the mouse' (also known as 'The dog, the duck and the mouse' and 'Dog, Duck, Mouse') was the working title for The unusual life of Tristan Smith. These drafts are for the 3rd to 6th, from 1992 and 1993. Some are without a title page, some are incomplete and some have handwritten emendations and notes (typescript and handwritten).

Correspondence from publishers, journals, literary organisations, readers, school children about The big bazoohley, book covers, invitations, literary agents, other writers, reviews (sent by agents and publishers), personal letters.

Letter from Charlotte Chiriac of Paul & Peter Fritz AG to Deborah Rogers, dated 19 Mar 1992, with German reviews for Oscar and Lucinda, which was forwarded to Peter Carey.

Three drafts of a speech entitled 'Making it up', all of which start 'You have, standing before you, the person who - well, I was a teenager, I admit but still...'. One draft is incomplete with 4 leaves, and the title in the footer says 'Literary Lunch Spech, Tax Insp. Launch'; the next has 6 unnumbered leaves; and the last has in the footer the title 'FDU Speech', page leaves numbered 1-10, 19 Oct 1992.

Oscar & Lucinda screenplay by Laura Jones, based on the novel by Peter Carey. Third, fourth and revised fifth drafts.