Manuscripts and typescripts of 'Step Right Up’, ‘Stirling's castle, or how a tiny piece of moss became a king’, 'The Story That I Wrote’, 'A Story That Won't End', 'The Suffering’, and 'Superhumanatural', short stories by Ian Rankin, with related notes and correspondence., 1981-2009.
Scope and Contents
'Step Right Up, By Ian Rankin'.
Annotated typescript, 2009, with author's annotations. Annotated 'July 09, Tom Waits-themed song for BBC Radio 3'. Folios 1-5.
‘Stirling's castle, or how a tiny piece of moss became a king’.
Carbon copy typescript, undated, annotated ‘a short story conceived by Ian Rankin, initial impetus by Miranda Harvey’. Folios 6-12.
Manuscript, 1983. Folios 13-17.
'The Story That I Wrote’.
Typescript, 1984, latest draft, with by-line ‘edited by Ian J. Rankin from an original manuscript (All will become clear)'. Folios 18-36.
Photocopy of a typescript, 1984, revised draft, with by-line ‘edited by Ian Rankin'. Folios 37-48.
Typescript, 1984, revised draft, with by-line ‘edited by Miranda Harvey from a manuscript by “Nicola Hampton”’. Folios 49-60.
Typescript, 1983, first draft, with by-line ‘As given by someone to Mr I.J. Rankin, an author of this city'. Folios 61-70.
'A Story That Won't End'.
Typescript, 1981, annotated 'This story is based on fact.' Folios 71-76.
'The Suffering’.
Typescript, 1984, latest draft. Folios 77-82.
Photocopy of typescript, 1984, revised draft. Folios 83-88.
Carbon copy typescript, 1984, revised draft. Folios 89-94.
Typescript, 1984. Folios 95-98.
'Superhumanatural', short story published in the catalogue of Douglas Gordon's exhibition for the National Galleries of Scotland.
Typescript, 2006. Folios 99-106.
Email correspondence, 2006, to Ian Rankin from Keith Hartley of the National Galleries of Scotland, with administrative notes of Rankin. Folios 107-109.
Dates
- Creation: 1981-2009.
Creator
- Rankin, Ian James (crime writer) (Person)
- Hartley, Keith (Deputy Director, National Galleries of Scotland) (Person)
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
109 Volumes
Language of Materials
English
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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