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- [1980x2017] (Creation)
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1 folder
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Printed and bound [?working] copy of Tony Curtis's selection of short stories 'Some Kind of Immortality', published by Cinnamon Press in 2017, containing annotations/amendments in Curtis's hand. Together with annotated/amended copy of the short story 'Terminates at Newport', which is included in the collection. For the publication see, for example: https://www.walesartsreview.org/books-some-kind-of-immortality-by-tony-curtis/; https://newwelshreview.com/some-kind-of-immortality-2.
Draft copies, one collection loosely bound, of short stories by Tony Curtis which make up a collection titled 'Throwing the Punch', most of which stories would be published in Curtis's later collection Some Kind of Immortality (Cinnamon Press, 2017) (see under heading Some Kind of Immortality (Cinnamon Press, 2017)). Some of the stories are photocopied from a printed source and several include annotations/amendments in Curtis's hand.
There is no evidence to suggest that this collection of stories was ever published under the title 'Throwing the Punch'.
Individual short stories by Tony Curtis, namely:
Draft printout of short story titled 'Cuckoo in the Nest', with annotations/amendments in Curtis's hand.
Several drafts of short story titled 'Hearts', with annotations/amendments in Curtis's hand.
Printout of short story titled 'Jumping', with annotations/amendments in Tony Curtis's hand.
Draft printouts of short story titled 'Memory Sticks', with annotations/amendments in both Tony Curtis's hand and that of his wife Margaret. One printout dated 'March/April 2016'. Includes single loose page.
Printout of short story titled 'What Did You Do in the War, Dad?', annotated/amended in Tony Curtis's hand and with related printout information.
Bound selection of short stories by Tony Curtis titled 'Additional Stories for Introduction Nine'. Provenance of some stories listed on title-page.
See also under heading Radio broadcasts of literary works by Tony Curtis.
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Individual and collected stories kept separately in marked envelopes.
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- English
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'Throwing the Punch': Front cover and spine cover detached from loosely bound copy.
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- Curtis, Margaret (Subject)