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Blue and black painted boat named Shirley holds three men, attached to a string is their catch, a fish with painted red lips. This is one example of Smith's pre-occupation with the sea and his love for hand-made toys.

The illustration depicts a scene from Edward and His Marvellous Telescope, as if the viewer were looking through a telescope. Under the illustration Smith has written "through the telescope." Above the picture Smith notes: "Lift to see what happened next." When a flap is lifted there is another scene from the story on the other side.

Drawing is of Harmouth harbor and depicts Edward's lonely white cottage on one side of the harbor and the populated port on the other. Below the drawing, in black felt-tip pen is written: "Any stranger coming for the first time to the small port of Harmouth who might wonder who lived in the small white cottage which stood alone on the far side of the harbour had only to ask and they would be told, 'Edward lives there with his grandfather.' All the town knew Edward and his grandfather, though only in a distant sort of way; for people could not quite understand why anyone should choose to live in such a lonely place when they could be cosily crowded together with everyone else in the town." Signed on the bottom right in black ink.

Each side of the sheet has an emotional depiction of the Captain. One side declares: "The Captain...could be a loving man." The other side counters: "He could also be a strongly disapproving man."

Most leaves are typescript. A note on the title page reads: "Draft of the expanded version; the illustrations--lots of them--would be in the style of the four samples [i.e. the four illustrations listed above]." The typescript includes one colored illustration and two additional black ink illustrations embedded in the text.

Typescript title page has ink colored title with illustration of the sun. Below this Smith has typed: "A hot-up of the short Authorised Version. Illustrations, as 3 samples, would be simple in colour and look as if they had been drawn by anybody's uncle. Love to all Sam." Includes two illustrations in pen and black ink embedded in the text. The three samples that Smith refers to are "Untitled," "Going Home," and "The end of the day on the beach," listed above.

Mock-up shows both the printed and mechanical design of the theater. The folder was previously used to keep files regarding Judith Sachs; it is labeled in pen, "Judith Sachs 6/12/78."

Magazine is marked in ink; "see p. 22" The Sam Smith article, "Relics of Lost Gaiety" are on pages 22-25, continued on 28. Article features Sam Smith and his wood carvings and advertises that, "Well over 100 of Sam Smith's objects are on display at the Camden Arts Center in London until August 16."

Depicts a man in uniform (John Darme?), a sheep, and three dogs, dancing around a broom stick with flags. At bottom is a note in black ink: "short authorised version" and "see p. 127." The drawing is 1 of 3 samples enclosed with a signed typescript of Trudi, Angela and John Darme with illustrations and colored title page.