Box 1.B.15
Contains 72 Results:
"The Loss of El Dorado" Vintage edition book cover draft, 1977-01-14
Sample book cover for V. S. Naipaul's new edition of "The Loss of El Dorado" on cardstock and two transparencies of the artwork for "The Loss of El Dorado" and Mr. Stone and the Knights Companion" sent to V. S. Naipaul from Ivan Holmes with Penguin Books Ltd with a cover letter.
The Marcel Proust Questionnaire , Undated
A list of 37 questions entitled "The Marcel Proust Questionnaire" for V. S. Naipaul to answer. To be published in the German periodical Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Magazine.
Jerusalem Prize abandoned acceptance speech, 1983-04-24
Abandoned handwritten acceptance speech for the Jerusalem Prize in a yellow notebook.
"Heavy Manners in Grenada" typed manuscript, 1984-03-02
Typed manuscript of V. S. Naipaul's long report about 1983 U.S. action in Grenada, with minor revisions throughout. A note from Gilion Aiten attached.
Abandoned notebook on Muslim Africa, Undated
Abondoned writting on Muslim Africa contained in a pink notebook.
Republican National Convention Press Passes, 1984-08-20 - 1984-08-24
Fourteen press passes V. S. Naipaul used for the Republican National Convention in Dallas, Texas in 1984. Press passes used for his article commissioned by the New York Review of Books.
Republican National Convention notes in notepad, Undated
Sheraton-Dallas Hotel and Towers notepad filled with V. S. Naipaul's notes on the Republican National Convention in Dallas.
"The Airconditioned Bubble: The Republicans in Dallas" Typed manuscript, Undated
Carbon copy typed manuscript of V. S. Naipaul's article for the New York Review of Books on the Republican National Convention in Dallas.
"Prologue to an Autobiography" from "Finding The Centre: Two Narratives" draft in notebook
Handwritten manuscript and notes in a notebook with a pink book cover of V. S. Naipaul's novel "Finding the Centre: Two Narratives."
"Prologue to an Autobiography" from "Finding The Center" carbon copy typed manuscript
Carbon copy typed manuscript of "Prologue to an Autobiography" from V. S. Naipaul's novel "Finding the Centre: Two Narratives," with corrections and a lined page of corrections tipped-in.