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1. Add MS 88984/5/1-28

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88984/5/1-28
Title:
Poetry Book Society Choice and Recommendation correspondence
Scope & Content:
Contains correspondence, chiefly with publishers but also containing correspondence with poets and selectors, relating to submissions for the quarterly Choice and Recommendation. Some years’ files are missing one or more quarter’s papers. Some files also contain copy submitted by the authors of e...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1953-1958, 1964-1992
Extent:
28 files

2. Add MS 88984/5/29-59

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88984/5/29-59
Title:
Books submitted by publishers for consideration as a Poetry Book Society Choice or Recommendation
Scope & Content:
Contains (chiefly proof) copies of works of poetry submitted by publishers, includes proof copies of both selected and non-selected books. Correspondence relating to the submissions can be found at Add MS 88984/4/8-12 and Add MS 88984/5/1-28.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1954-1996
Extent:
31 files

3. Add MS 88984/5/60

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88984/5/60
Title:
Lists of submissions for Choice and Recommendation
Scope & Content:
Contains lists arranged by quarter, by date, and by author. The file is incomplete, with a full set of quarterly lists only up to and including 1975. Submissions for quarters that are not present in the current file may be deduced from the correspondence files (Add MS 88984/5/1-28) or the files o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1955-1996
Extent:
1 folder

4. Add MS 88984/5/61-64

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88984/5/61-64
Title:
Correspondence with, and papers relating to, Poetry Book Society selectors
Scope & Content:
Each quarter, selectors appointed by the Board of Management selected one book as the Society’s Choice. This book was sent to members as part of their membership. The selectors also chose Recommendations, books of special merit. The books were submitted by publishers. Over the years some of the m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1953-1993
Extent:
4 files

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