Partly typewritten and partly autograph. Contains correspondence between Hughes and Faber and Faber prior to the publication of Birthday Letters including queries about poems and their arrangement, corrections, discussion and explanation. Typewritten drafts and proofs for the cover of American ed...
Contains undated mainly typewritten poetry drafts though some autograph on loose leaf paper, many of which have been adapted by taping new lines of poetry over or underneath old ones or have autograph annotations. Some of the poems have different working titles to those found in the published col...
Contains mainly typewritten and autograph poetry drafts with autograph annotations and corrections. Some of the poems can be found in other collections including Howls and Whispers and Capriccio, whilst others are unpublished. Also includes correspondence with Faber and Faber publishers relating ...
Contains undated photocopies of typewritten copies of Birthday Letters, one copy includes a contents page, whilst many of pages have autograph annotations on them. Two printed publisher's proofs with different autograph corrections and annotations are also included.
Correspondence with American publisher re Birthday Letters
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Printed proof with autograph annotations and corrections, including a letter from Farrar, Straus and Giroux Inc., the American publishers of Birthday Letters sent to Charles Boyle of Faber and Faber with the US publisher's copy editor's corrections and queries. Three copies of the American dustco...
Contains autograph and typewritten poetry drafts in loose leaf and notebook forms, some of which are not included in the published collection and a list of contents of Birthday Letters. Annotations, pasting over and editing of the text show the working nature of the material. Diary entry dated Ja...
Contains fifteen notebooks with annotated autograph notes, eleven of which are school exercise books, many with the names of their former owners written on them. Notebooks contain poetry drafts, with annotations and corrections. Includes untitled poems, some of which were not included in the pub...