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Typescripts and manuscripts of ‘Adventures in Babysitting', 'An Afternoon’, 'Another Cup of Coffee for the Road', 'An Appointment', 'A Betting Man', 'The Big Strip Tease', 'Billy Bone', 'Breaking’, 'A Case of Eyes', 'Character Building', short stories by Ian Rankin; with related working notes., 1983-2014, undated.

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Identifier: MS.50454

Scope and Contents

‘Adventures in Babysitting: An everyday tale of Hollywood folk’. Folios 1-33.

Separated materials MS.0219 – remember to change in AS



Typescript, undated, revised draft. Folios 1-15.



Typescript, undated, early draft. Folios 16-29.



Working notes of Ian Rankin, undated. Folios 30-33.



'An Afternoon’. Folios 34-35.



Partial typescript, 1984, first page, with later description by Ian Rankin.



'Another Cup of Coffee for the Road'. Folios 36-38.



Typescript, 1983.



'An Appointment'. Folios 39-40.



Manuscript, 1983.



'A Betting Man'. Folios 41-44.



Annotated typescript, undated, with author's annotations.



'The Big Strip Tease'. Folios 45-53.



Typescript, 1983.



'Billy Bone', short story used as part of the 2004 'End of Story' BBC competition. Folios 54-79.



Page proof, 2004, with ending by Julie Wittingham. Folios 54-63.



Typescript, 2004, late draft. Folios 64-69.



Annotated typescript, 2004, early draft, with author's annotations. Folios 70-76.



Letter from David Stenhouse, Associate Producer at BBC Television, with administrative documents relating to the short story competition. Folios 77-79.



'Breaking: a short story by Ian J. Rankin'. Folios 80-90.



Typescript, 1984, final draft. Folios 80-87.



Partial manuscript, 1984, first draft. Folios 88-90.



'A Case of Eyes'. Folios 91-97.



Typescript, 1983.



'Character Building'. Folios 98-101.



Annotated typescript, 2014, first draft, with author's annotations.

Dates

  • Creation: 1983-2014, undated.

Creator

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Extent

101 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Separated Materials

MS.50529. [Contains working notes towards 'Adventures in Babystting']

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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