MP/TAM/2 - Editorial

MP/TAM/2

Sub-series

Editorial

2004-2006

Tamar was edited down by about 30,000 words - most are here within edits.

MP/TAM/2/1 Original sections first edit
235 leaves. The sections are labelled TC to TP, WA to WH.

MP/TAM/2/2 Averil’s Edit sections (TA to TP, WA to WI)
The order of the 25 sections is as follows: TA to TF, WA, WB, TG to TJ, WC, TK, TL, WD, TM, TN, WE, TO, TP, WF (WF25, P65, WF26), WG, WH, WI.

MP/TAM/2/3 Draft 2 edit
Pages are numbered 1-461. With CD of 2nd edit, October 2004 (marked "Can't read").

MP/TAM/2/4 2nd draft line edit and notes - and timeline - and number of times ‘hell’ used
8 leaves.

MP/TAM/2/5 The Hunger Winter Christmas 1944 - original text (cut)
5 leaves. TS.

MP/TAM/2/6 Galleys edited
With angry/unhappy letter from Peet to Averil Whitehouse about copy edit. (Invisible word 'said' replaced by attention-seeking verbs!) (Stored in oversize box).

MP/TAM/2/7 Tamar print-outs. (Peet edited sections)
In yellow folder. 6 sections, 23 leaves.

MP/TAM/2/8 Tamar print-outs of early drafts and corrections. (Peet edited sections)
In grey folder. 14 sections, 113 leaves.

MP/TAM/2/9 Uncorrected proof copy
Bound book. Marked up throughout.

MP/TAM/2/10 Liverpool Reads copy
Promotional copy, not for resale. Includes one page of printed text ‘Intros for the Liverpool editions’.

MP/TAM/2/11 Published book Tamar by Mal Peet. Walker Books, 2005.
Signed copy.