Page proofs, two pages to each A4 leaf, with a covering letter from Peter Jay of Anvil Press Poetry, dated 15 Dec 2006. With manuscript amendments by Dale and by the publishers.
Third set of page proofs, two pages to each A4 leaf, with a covering letter from Peter Jay of Anvil Press Poetry, dated 26 [Mar 2007], with a few pencilled queries, some on self-adhesive notes, and a further letter from Jay dated 5 Jun 2007, enclosing four leaves of final queries, and a prospect...
Correspondence between Dale and Will Sulkin, and others, of Penguin Books relating to the text of Selected Poems: Villon, and subsequent printings, which included minor amendments, and changed from the ‘Penguin poets’ series to the ‘Penguin Classics’ series, cutting of a review, and royalty state...
Miscellaneous related documents, including: Computer print-outs dated 26 Jan 2001, of 26 Mar 2001 (with queries from Peter Jay dated 28 Mar 2001) and of 27 Mar 2001 of pages 1-14 of the final text and other pages the numeration of which does not accord with either the drafts or the final text. W...
Correspondence relating to the publication of The Legacy, the Testament & other poems of François Villon. Includes: Correspondence between Dale and Kevin Crossley-Holland, and others, of Macmillan, publishers, relating to publication and contracts, 1771-1993. Correspondence between Dale and ...