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Typescript draft of the front flap dust jacket notes for 'Memoir' beginning ' At the heart of the book is a son's unembarrassed homage to his mother.'

Typescript draft of the front flap dust jacket notes for 'Memoir' beginning 'This is the story of John McGahern's childhood, his mother's death, his father's anger and violence, and how, through his discovery of books, his dream of becoming a writer began.' Contains handwritten amendments.

Typescript draft of the front flap dust jacket notes for 'Memoir' beginning 'This is the story of John McGahern's childhood, his mother's death, his father's anger and violence, and how, through his discovery of books, his dream of becoming a writer began.' Contains handwritten amendments.

Typescript draft of the introduction to 'John Butler Yeats Letters To His Son W.B. Yeats And Others 1869 - 1922' beginning 'John Butler Yeats was born in County Down in the North of Ireland in 1839'. Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-31.

Typescript draft of the introduction to 'John Butler Yeats Letters To His Son W.B. Yeats And Others 1869 - 1922' beginning 'John Butler Yeats was born in County Down in the North of Ireland in 1839'. Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-29.

Typescript draft of part of the opening section of 'The End or The Beginning of Love' beginning 'After she came from hospital in late autumn the tenderness of the early years of their marriage revived between them for a little time.' Paginated pp 2-11, missing page 6 the reverse side of which is used in a handwritten draft of 'Strandhill, The Sea'(P71/298).

Typescript draft of 'The End or The Beginning of Love', beginning' "And who do you love best of all, Hugh?"' page 11 missing, last three pages also missing, paginated pp 1-304.

Typescript draft of 'The End or The Beginning of Love' beginning' "And who do you love best of all, Hugh?" ', includes a small number of handwritten amendments. Missing pp 18 - 26, 31, 57-60. Although all pages are bound together and a title page is included it appears that pp 1-17 comes from a different draft, pp 27-304 identical to P71/8.

Typescript draft of the opening section of 'The End or The Beginning of Love' beginning' "...And who do you love most of all, Hugh?"' Contains a small number of handwritten amendments.

Typescript draft of the opening section of 'The Barracks' beginning 'Mrs. Mahoney darned an old woollen sock as the February night came on, her head intently bent, catching the threads on the needle by the light of the fire, the daylight having gone with out her noticing.' Includes handwritten amendments, 'Mahoney' amended to 'Regan', 'Francie' to 'Willie' and 'Maura' to 'Una'; typescript title 'A Barracks Evening' crossed out. Paginated pp 1-36.