Containing pen and pencil drawings and notes Notable contents include: (a) poems and stories dated 1968-70, including a story about ‘Logland’, a fantasy realm of Arkley’s own invention; (b) a page of notes on mysticism, signed ‘Howard Arkley (humble) admiration of Paul Klee’; (c) a page showing Arkley’s imaginary creatures with a ‘key’ to their meaning; (d) notes on Surrealism; and (e) drawing of a cylinder-figure, signed and dated 1970

Containing various drawings in blue ball-point and coloured fibre-tipped pens, mostly of the imaginary creatures typical of Arkley’s late 1960s/early 70s work.

Various drawings of ‘critters’ in pen and pencil, some highly ‘finished’; and two poems on inserted sheets, dating from the late 1960s/early 1970s.

Similar contents to Sketchbook No. 3; drawings of note include a sketch of stylized seated figure (dated 1970), a page including ‘Arabic’ calligraphy, a drawing of a shoe with a buckle composed of imaginary creatures, and a pencil drawing entitled ‘Monumen(t) no.1’.

Contains drawings of ‘critters’, and painting ideas; The opening page includes several pencil sketches for a ‘4 ft. canvas’, including the explanatory note ‘boxes in room perspective’, perhaps referring to "Transpass 1972" or a related painting.

Containing sketches of critters, doodles, and compositional drawings (several comparable with Arkley’s early 1970s canvases). Arkley appears to have added details to some pages at a later date. Several pages are left blank.

Contains a series of freely-drawn full-page drawings of ‘critters’ and other quasi-Surrealist figures, several with titles (added later?) in red fibre-tipped pen. Titles include ‘me’, ‘walking stick’, ‘table with long legs’, ‘King Male Head, ‘puppets for play (ice machines)’, and a landscape (signed and dated ‘Howard Arkley 71’).

Containing further drawings of imaginary creatures; notable pages include a figure titled ‘Strange Friend’, and an elaborate drawing of an architectural form dated 1970.

Contains a series of sketches with titles - possibly added later - in red fibre-tipped pen. Notable is a page of sketches with an added note singling out a ‘dream image’ with the comment: ‘I think this is important.’.

Contains doodled figures, some with added titles and notes in red fibre-tipped pen. Some pages contain scribbles, but there are also several more resolved drawings, for instance of a surreal man-tap, and a full-page hybrid creature-woman.