Add MS 89404/4/17

(1). Typed letters (1976-78) from Clayton Eshleman, in Los Angeles, to Peter Hodgkiss. The letters convey, in a direct tone of voice, precise instructions concerning text, design, paper and binding. Many of the letters contain Eshleman's additional autograph comments and instructions.

• 23 May 1976.
• 12 Jun 1976 (aerogramme).
• 23 Jul 1976 (aerogramme).
• 21 Sep 1976.
• 31 Oct 1976 (typed postcard).
• 1 Dec 1976 (two sheets). Refers to 'corrected and repaged galleys'.
• 16 Dec 1976 (aerogramme).
• 16 Jan 1977 (aerogramme).
• 10 Aug 1977.
• 5 Jan 1978: 'the book looks fine'. With envelope listing, on the verso, people to whom review copies should be sent: Eric Mottram, Pierre Joris, Allen Fisher, Hayden Carruth, Robert Peters, Diane Wakoski, and Harvey Shapiro.
• 3 Apr 1978 (aerogramme).
• 7 Jul 1978 (aerogramme). Harbook copies have arrived: 'They are simply the dullest hardback books I have ever laid eyes on. You could not have made them more unattractive if you had tried.'

(2). Various autograph letters (1976-78) from Tony [Ward] at The ARC Press (Todmorden, Lancs.) to Hodgkiss. (Some letters written on The Arvon Press/Arvon Foundation letterhead.)

(3). Photocopy of the original magazine publication of 'On Mules Sent from Chavin' in the magazine some/thing, nos. 3/4 (New York, 1968), pp. 42-71. The magazine was edited by Eshleman and Jerome Rothenberg. Text corresponds to (revised) pp. 25-59 of the Galloping Dog Press publication.

(4). Eshleman's complete typescript for the Galloping Dog Press book, including his autograph annotations. Comprising: title-page, copyright page, and pages numbered 1-61 (in pencil, top right corner).

(5). Corrected proofs.

(6). Two copies of the printed cover.

(7). Publication. Clayton Eshleman, On Mules Sent from Chavin. Galloping Dog Press: Swansea, 1977.