Page proofs, printed from computer on the night of 23-24 Jul 1996, with printer’s corrections, some leaves copied with further amendments and an accompanying letter from Bill Swainson of the Anvil Press, dated 24 Jul 1996.
Two A4 drafts, one typewritten and the other word-processed, including rewritings of some pages within each draft, The first draft, with a copyright date of 1995, has added to the title-page 'Earth-bound: an essay on Dante, and includes the word-processed text of that verse essay. The second dra...
Scrapbook for 2007. Includes: poems ‘On the “Tasso in Prison” of Eugène Delacroix’, translated from Charles Baudelaire, 'Retrospective: a Poet Speaks', from Quattrocento; exchange of e-mails between Dale and Stephen Stuart-Smith.
Cross Channel, Too much of Water (disbound), Earth Light (disbound), originally in the binder at Add MS 89065/1/104, With copious amendments and indications of deletion from the final collection.
Eight by Five, Local Habitation, originally in the binder at Add MS 89065/1/104, Local Habitation has a few manuscript amendments, but was not included in the final collection.
Sections ‘Flowers of good will’ and ‘Last poems’. Inscribed ‘Typescript 2nd edition of Anvil Laforgue. Flowers of goodwill’. With manuscript amendments.
Correspondence of Dale and Peter Jay of Anvil Press Poetry relating to the publication of the translation, with other papers. Includes letter from Jay of 17 Dec 2008 with queries and a final check by Dale dated 19 Jan 2009, with copies of the affected pages of the proofs. Also includes extract f...