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Correspondence relating to the publication of Lucky poet by Hugh MacDiarmid (pseud....
Catalogue reference: JC 174/4
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- JC 174/4
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Title (The name of the record)
- Correspondence relating to the publication of Lucky poet by Hugh MacDiarmid (pseud. of Christopher Murray Grieve, 1892-1978)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1966-1973
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Description (What the record is about)
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Book published as: Lucky poet: a self-study in literature and political ideas; being the autobiography of Hugh MacDiarmid (Christopher Murray Grieve) (London: Jonathan Cape, 1972) ISBN 0224007157.
Contents: editorial correspondence file. Includes: 14 letters from MacDiarmid, and 1 each from his wife and son Michael; 1 from Eyre Methuen, original publishers of the book (London, 1943); 2 from University of California Press, publishers of the book in the United States of America; 2 from Rosalie M.J. Loveday and 7 from her solicitors concerning her complaint that copyright in her portrait of MacDiarmid (used on the dust jacket) had been infringed; 2 reader's reports by C.B. and Jane Miller; drafts and redrafts of the "author's note" prepared specially for this new edition. Accompanied by the production file.
Holographs, typescripts and carbon typescripts.
From the Cape book files - 1972 Les - Mr. -
Held by (Who holds the record)
- University of Reading: Special Collections
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
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- 1 folder (139 items)
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Prior permission from Random House is required. Please contact University of Reading, Special Collections for further information.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/34864a55-d5bc-40e6-a7cf-9c05672f4d13/
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JC BF
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Correspondence relating to the publication of Lucky poet by Hugh MacDiarmid (pseud. of Christopher Murray Grieve, 1892-1978)