'Adventures aboard the Marie Celeste'

Component identifier:

File 2

Content Summary:

Bound copy of typescript with minor alterations (Eildon, March 1971) and a copy of a letter from Tim Curnow regarding the unpublished novel. The first page of the typescript contains the annotation 'This copy contains David Kendall's editorial marks and remarks, as the manuscript was prepared for publication by Outback Press in 1974 or 75'.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The initial instalment of papers was acquired from Carey in 1984, under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme. In August 2001, the Library purchased privately one volume of Carey's business correspondence and in October 2001 it purchased at auction eight notebooks containing working notes for ideas for novels and short stories.

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