MODERN FIRST EDITIONS
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GALLEY PROOFS. Some "Marked Proof" some with holograph corrections & editor's instructions to printer.

Spring 1962. Galley Proof. Main feature is a long discussion on "Why Publish Poetry" (14 pp) between R Hart-Davis, C Monteith, E Marx, C Franklin & D Athill. 20pp heavily corrected TYPESCRIPT with references to Eliot, Durell, Dylan Thomas, etc. Contributing poets include D Abse (4), S Tremayne (5), T Blackburn, J Kirkup (2), V Scannell (2)..Report of the Annual Luncheon with list of the distinguised guests,” A Young, L Lee, F Topolski, J Laver & J Wain.” £15.00

Autumn 1962. Holograph corrected galley proofs containing Wrey Gardiner's article on “The Fiery Forties.” D Mackintosh & A Ayling's “Tz'u”. P Potts on MacDiarmid; Poems by J Holloway, A Conran, R Fulton, J Robson, R McFadden, W Price-Turner, P Hesketh, F Berry, E Lucie-Smith, R Greacen, J Heath-Stubbs, J Holloway, R Fulton,etc. Reviews by J Smith, P Potts, G Johnson, … £15.00

Winter 1962. Editor's original mock-up of issue stamped "Marked Proof", with holograph alterations & insertions. Articles include "Edwin Muir's Last Days" by Bernard Gill & David Gray 1838-61 by A V Stuart. Other contributors include N Tarn (5) V Scannell, G Rostrevor Hamilton, J Smith, G Johnson, J Michie,etc. £15.00

Winter 1962. Holograph corrected galley proofs of the above issue. £15.00

Summer 1964. Galley sheets with holograph corrections. Included are 3 long articles, Howard Sergeant-Poetry of the Commonwealth; Poetry & Jazz by M Garrick; The Language of Love by P Emmanuel,etc. Contributing poets include C Higham, J Clemo, J Stallworthy, J Fairfax, V Scannell, G Baro, R C Hill,etc. £15.00

Autumn 1964. Editor's original mock-up from corrected galley proofs. (L Clark-Ideas in Poetry; J Silkin, P Redgrove, S Cook, P Hosbaum, S Roberts, R Church, etc.) £15.00

Spring 1965. Editor's original mock-up from corrected galley proofs.
Contains D Parker's article on E Sitwell & F Grubb's article on the Poets of the 30's. Other contributor's include W K Seymour-(Eliot's obituary), T Walker, J Smith, J Clemo, A Conran, E Storey, J Robson, etc. £15.00

Autumn 1965. Contains introductory article "Poetry Scotland" by N MacCaig,
Inaugural lecture on Men, Poets and Machines by N Coghill. Rudyard Kipling,
a Centenary Estimate by W K Seymour & reviews by J Smith, D Parker,etc.
Reports of competitions with the winning poems. £15.00

1965. A series of reports including that of the Chairman. Affliated Groups & details of competitions. 56 by J Smith, 54 from J Murray Simpson, 63 by R Armstrong 2 typescripts of winning poems. £15.00

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