Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: Maggie O'Sullivan, from the handbook of that & furriery
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and text for a book that Peter Hodgkiss considered publishing but was eventually published by Bob Cobbing (Writers Forum, 1986). (1). Letters from O'Sullivan to Hodgkiss: 23 Nov 1983. Typed letter, enclosing 'from the handbook of that & furriery' (see below). Letter annotated...
Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: Maggie O'Sullivan, Unofficial Word
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(1). Communications from Maggie O'Sullivan to Peter Hodgkiss: 18 Oct 1987. Autograph postcard. 14 Apr 1988. Typed letter, enclosing corrected proofs (see below). [1988]. Typed letter, enclosing cover design and a page from City Limits (17-31 Dec 1987) mentioning Tom Leonard, Situations Theoretic...
Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: Philip Pacey, In the Elements Free
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(1). Six letters from Philip Pacey to Peter Hoidgkiss: 1 Aug 1981. Autograph letter, submitting typed manuscript (see below). 2 Nov 1982. Typed letter: 'it gives me special pleasure to be on the same list as Peter Larkin, an old friend who actually encouraged me in my very first attempts at poet...
Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: William Pryor, Unearth
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(1). 9 Sep [1979]. Typed letter from William Pryor to Peter Hodgkiss, together with original typed submission: 'thirteen pages from UNEARTH'. In the letter, Pryor states that he is 'not entirely sure it's finished (can't be good to stop at 13 pages!), but thought there was enough in those pages ...
Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: Glyn and Parvin Pursglove, 'the year of the apple'
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'the year of the apple' is a sequence of short poems in autograph. Stapled at the left margin with a paper cover, the manuscript booklet is described on the introductory page as: 'Handwritten in an edition of one, for Peter Hodgkiss, April, 1977'. A note on the following page states: 'These piec...
Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: Maurice Scully, Five Freedoms of Movement
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(1). Typed letters from Maurice Scully to Peter Hodgkiss, a letter from Tyneside Frees Press to Hodgkiss regarding the cost of printing, and British Library Legal Deposit Request and Receipt: 16 Jan 1986. Enclosing 'a section' from 'Five Freedoms of Movement': 'maybe you'd like to use some of it...
Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: Maurice Scully, 'The Basic Colours' and 'Prior'
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Two poem sequences sent to Peter Hodgkiss in 1991, each with a covering letter. Neither published by Galloping Dog Press (soon to cease operations). (1). Dublin, 16 Feb 1991. Typed letter from Scully to Hodgkiss. Together with typed manuscript: 'The Basic Colours: A Watchman's Log'. (2). Dubli...
Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: Gavin Selerie, Strip Signals
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(1). Letters from Gavin Selerie to Peter Hodgkiss: 16 Jun 1985. Autograph letter. 'Alan Halsey suggested that I send you the text of Strip Signals for possible publication in your quick job series' (for text, see item 2 below). The letter is accompanied by the poem 'about Hawksmoor's Mausoleums ...
Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: Colin Simms, Parflèche
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(1). Author's typed manuscript (14 numbered sheets), revised by Simms in red ink. Sheets 1-3 are in photocopy typescript. An annotation on the first sheet records that a copy of the text was sent/passed to Eric Mottram, 1 May 1976. There is also an unnumbered additional typed sheet with the titl...
Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: Colin Simms, A Celebration of Stones in a Water-Course
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(1). Six autograph letters (1980-81) from Colin Simms to Peter Hodgkiss. Only three of the letters are dated, one of which (22 Nov 1980) encloses Simms, Missouri River Songs '75 - '77 (Genera, 1980). (2). Typed manuscript, corrected. 28 sheets, originally numbered 1-22 and 24-29. See Simms's le...