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Comprising manuscript drafts and typescripts of five poems, with galley proofs, typescripts and correspondence concerning "Akros".

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Containing:

(1) papers submitted for consideration for publication, with some other items

(2) corrected galley proofs of articles and other contributions 1948

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Comprising corrected typescripts and galley proofs of, and correspondence concerning, "Two Voices" (1968), with two manuscript workbooks of poems of Annand.

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File named ‘Blake’ by Peter Butter. Includes proofs, presenters and correspondence with Everyman Paperbacks, J M Dent and Sons Ltd Publishers and the Fitzwilliam Museum.

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James Leslie Mitchell is best known for his Scottish novels, ‘Sunset song’ (London, 1932), ‘Cloud Howe’ (London, 1933) and ‘Grey granite’ (London, 1934), published under the pseudonym 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon', but he also wrote essays, biographies, and a study of South American history, ‘The conquest of the Maya’ (London, 1934).

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) James Hogg's original manuscript of 'Translation from an ancient Chaldee manuscript', and a covering letter, 1817 (folio 1);(ii) Corrected and uncorrected galley proofs of the work (folio 5);(iii) Four sets of corrected and uncorrected page proofs (folio 14);(iv) Four letters of Hogg, 1817, 1818, and 1820, and manuscript notes, undated, on the 'Chaldee Manuscript' (folio 34);(v) Manuscript of 'The...

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The contents are as follows. (i) Partial manuscript and galley-proof of ‘Francis George Scott’ (folio 1); (ii) Partial manuscript and galley-proof of ‘Burns today and tomorrow' (folio 19); (iii) Partial manuscript of a work on Scottish literature, written before 1959 (folio 64). Folios 76-77, 88-93, 106-107 and 112-114 were used in ‘Burns today and tomorrow'.

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Robin Fulton was born in Arran and became a schoolteacher. From 1967 to 1976 he edited the literary magazine 'Lines Review'. His work is mostly poetry, but also includes reviews, translations and literary studies. The papers consist of drafts and proofs of poems (MSS.27495-27497), and editorial papers for 'Lines Review' (MS.27498).

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The contents are as follows. (i) Corrected galley proofs of ‘Instances’ (Edinburgh, 1967) (folio 1); (ii) Drafts of translations from Swedish of poems by Göran Sonnevi, 1971 (folio 10); (iii) Draft of 'A Shadow', 1971 (folio 25). For another draft, see MS.27496, (folio 112 verso); (iv) Carbon typescript, 1969, of a note about Robin Fulton and his poetry (folio 26).

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The contents are as follows. (i) Galley proofs of ‘A Bride for Heatherhill’ (Glasgow, 1965). (Folio 1.) (ii) Page proofs of ‘Martha’ (Glasgow, 1935). (Folio 7.) The ending differs from the published version. (iii) Corrected galley proofs of the revised version of 'The Poacher', undated. (Folio 11.) For the typescript of this version, see MS.26496, folio 1.

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The volume contains corrected galley proofs of Book II (incomplete) (folio 1), corrected page proofs of Books I and II (incomplete) (folio 12), and two sets (one incomplete) of corrected galley proofs of Book III (folio 101).

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The contents are as follows:

(i) Some galley proofs corrected by Edward Lytton (folio 1); (ii) Two incomplete sets of page proofs, also corrected by the author, the second set representing a later stage in the revision process (folios 23, 168); (iii) Some miscellaneous manuscript pages (folio 232).

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The contents consist of two sets of galley-proofs (folios 1, 42), and a set of page-proofs (folio 83), all with manuscript corrections.

Scope and Contents As well as writing books, Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’ was a prolific author of essays and articles and was frequently asked to speak on literary or other topics. He was in the habit of re-using parts of his writings on different occasions, so it is not unusual to find substantial identical passages occurring in different works. Due to the fragmentary nature of some of the material, it is not always evident whether a manuscript was intended for publication or for a talk;...