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Typescript of an untitled story featuring Oscar and his space helmet. Word processed story with handwritten annotations in green ink. Text from the story 'Alchemy' by Margaret Mahy on reverse.

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Portion of an untitled typescript with corrections. Characters include Harry, Mrs Penny-Popkins, Mr Fowler 10 leaves

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Portion of an untitled typescript with corrections. Characters include Roland and Hudson. Pages are not sequential

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Untitled typescript story about 'Utterly Patchwork' and 'Herne the Hunter'.

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Typescript of an untitled story with annotations. Chapter One begins "One day Miss Rodgers danced into the Classroom…". Main characters include Miss Rogers, Formby Mackinaw, Griffin 46 pages (page 44 is missing)

Scope and Contents Collins' Varsity Exercise book containing a number of manuscript stories and poems.Stories include 'The Fire place' und multiple untitled stories beginning: "He was born into violence..." , "The child played in the streets all day…" , "Up there said Stefan is Mars" , "In a short time it would be passed..." This story has two characters Belle and Heriot Volume contains some poetry, several versions of a poem titled "Green light", Several versions of "Whakatane Heads" , One...

Scope and Contents Warwick Lecture book containing several stories. First story titled 'Reflections' and begins "Zorobia does not exist now" Second story begins "When Anna was on the way…" Third story begins "The refreshment bar was closed…" Forth story titled 'Dance of the Fauns' Fifth story begins "How they had sung of her..."The back of the volume has notes about contemporary music and films also other possible portions of stories or may be transcribed text and or possible ideas for...

Scope and Contents 1979 diary containing various manuscript stories. "One day with a witch sat down on the bank of a river to eat her lunch...", "The first day Elizabeth was sick her mother stayed home...", "It’s a bad bad scene when your hair turns green… ", "Under the dark slopes of Dagon hill lived the famous author...", Early drafts of 'The Traveling Boy and the Stay-at-Home Bird', "There once was a boy called Comus who became a master burglar...", "There once were five sisters and their names were...

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A grey hard cover note book containing various manuscript short stories. The first begins: "The crocodile was looking for a place to live..." The next begins: "Sarah was lucky because she had two pairs of gloves..." The next begins: "At the school concert Toby was dressed as a clown..." The next begins: "When the present came from Aunt Helen..." The next begins: "The supermarket at the end of the world..." The next begins: "Other people at the bus stop stared at him..."

Scope and Contents Hardcover Collins lecture notebook containing various untitled manuscripts and poems. "On one side of Scrag Mountain lay the town of Winkle...", "There was once a country school with twenty children in it...", "What a fuss when Wally and Beattie have to go out for any reason...", Ten pages of poems (limericks) numbered 13 to 28, many sports themed "If you run, or you jog or you dance...", 'Weasel Pudding', Four pages of poems, sports and poetry themed, "It was a beautiful day in Autumn a...