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Typescript draft of 'The Wine Breath' beginning 'If I was to die, I'd miss most the mornings and the evenings, he thought as he walked the narrow dirt-track by the lake in the late evening, and then wondered if his mind was failing....' Contains a small number of handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-10.

Typescript draft of 'The Wine Breath' beginning 'If I was to die, I'd miss most the mornings and the evenings, he thought as he walked the narrow dirt track by the lake in the late evening, and then wondered if his mind was failing....' Contains handwritten amendments, sticker reads 'Edited by Kiernan' probably returned after publication by The New Yorker .

Typescript draft of 'The White Boat' beginning 'The Old Englishman had taken the big white houseboat all the way up the Shannon from Limerick to the empty quay.' bears the title 'The Old Man', contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp1-8.

Typescript draft of 'The White Boat' beginning 'It was already late October when the old man took the big white houseboat all the way up the Shannon from Limerick to the empty quay' the draft bears the title 'The Old Man'. Paginated pp 1-9.

Typescript draft of 'The White Boat' beginning 'It was already late October when the old man took the big white houseboat all the way up the Shannon from Limerick to the empty quay and tied it up below the bridge.' bears the title 'The Old Man', paginated pp 1-9.

Typescript draft of 'The White Boat' beginning 'The pleasure boats had long gone and rowboats lay keel upwards here and there in the fields along the banks when a big white boat, Morning Star, came round by the reeds into the lake and then turned upriver to the bridge and quay.' the draft bears the title 'The Old Man'. Includes handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-20.

Typescript draft of 'The White Boat' beginning 'A week after the old man was taken from the boat, they were discussing him in Moran's shop.' this draft bears the title 'The Old Man'. Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-18.

Typescript draft of 'The White Boat' beginning 'The two boys were talking coarsely of girls as they turned at the lake wall and saw the big white boat coming up the river.' Paginated pp 1-51.

Typescript draft of 'The White Boat' beginning 'The two boys were talking coarsely of girls as they turned at the lake wall and saw the big white boat coming up the river.' Paginated pp 1-52.

Typescript draft of the title page and contents of the collection 'Getting Through', contents amended by hand to make 'The Beginnings of an Idea' the opening story.