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Add MS 89404/4/1
- Record Id:
- 040-003464293
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003459135
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100087412525.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89404/4/1
- Title:
- Peter Hodgkiss Publishng Archive: Gilbert Adair, signs of life
- Scope & Content:
-
Note: in the lower-case title of the publication, the word 'life' is struckthrough with a single line (which unfortunately does not display in the British Library cataloguing software).
(1). Nine autograph letters (1981-82) from Adair to Hodgkiss with the following dates: 31/3/81; 9/4/81; 8/5/81; 10/6/81; 6/7/81; 30/11/81; 9/2/82; 22/2/82; 24/5/82.
(2). Original typescript (carbon), with autograph additions and incorporating some photocopied material. Dated on final page: 'Fin: March '81'. 38 sheets (8 x 10 inches).
(3). Typescript matching publication, with autograph additions, comprising: title-page, pp. 1-28 (duplicated illustration by Patricia Farrell inserted between pp. 13 and 14), and copyright page. 31 sheets in total (A4).
(4). Signed and numbered title-pages: 4 sheets numbered 7/10, 8/10, 9/10, 10/10.
(5). Publication. Gilbert Adair, signs of life. Newcastle upon Tyne: Galloping Dog Press, 1982. Published in an addition of 150 copies, of which 10 are signed by the author. Front cover design and illustration within the text by Patricia Farrell. Copyright page at the back of the book states: 'copyright (c) W. Gilbert Adair 1981'. For Adair's name, see his letter of 9 Feb 1982 to Hodgkiss.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003459135
036-003464260
040-003464293 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89404 : The Publishing Archive of Peter Hodgkiss: Galloping Dog Press, Poetry Information, and Not Poetry
Add MS 89404/4 : Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: Galloping Dog Press Publications
Add MS 89404/4/1 : Peter Hodgkiss Publishng Archive: Gilbert Adair, signs of life - Hierarchy:
- 032-003459135[0004]/036-003464260[0001]/040-003464293
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89404
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1981
- End Date:
- 1982
- Date Range:
- 1981-1982
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Adair, William Gilbert, poet, author, b circa 1960
Farrell, Patricia, poet, visual artist, b circa 1955