Word-processed text , inscribed ‘Early TS Laforgue, circa 1993+. Working papers of 2nd edition, Anvil text’ and ‘First draft of Anvil revision 1998-1999’. With manuscript amendments.
Typewritten and photocopied drafts of Dale’s translations, with retypings and manuscript amendments, also with introductory text and explanatory notes which were not included in the published work.
Word-processed ‘Second proofs’. Including the original French texts. Printed with two pages on the verso of each leaf. With queries to be checked on a typed list and indicated by self-adhesive labels, and with manuscript amendments by Dale.
Manuscript drafts on diary pages of translations of three of Corbière’s poems, drafts of the work’s book jacket (?), a photocopy of a review and a flier for the publication of the work.
Word-processed revised draft of the sections ‘Flowers of good will’ and ‘Last poems’. Inscribed ‘Penult text, 2nd edition, Anvil Laforgue’. This incorporates the amendments made in the above, with further amendments, and additional manuscript amendments.
Revised word-processed draft of the above, incorporating all amendments , and itself further amended in manuscript. Inscribed ‘TS 2nd ed Anvil Laf. .. Prelim printout’.
Revised word-processed draft of the introduction and section ‘The Complaints’, with manuscript amendments. Inscribed ‘Laf 2nd edition Anvil, text revised, intro, Comp., Imitation’ and ‘Corrections for Anvil in green + later corrections in blue + later still in red = latest (2003) black’.