CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF POETRY MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM April-June 1967.
with contributions by C. Day Lewis, T. C. Skeat, Philip Larkin. Pp. 68(last erratum), 8 plates, index to the collection; med. 8vo; dark blue buckram, spine lettered in gilt, boards a trifle flecked; dust wrapper, edges slightly creased and rubbed, with a couple of tiny splits; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, a couple of spots of foxing; Turret Books for The Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1967. One of 100 numbered copies thus (total 126) signed by all four contributors. Bloomfield B7 (Larkin). *The spine and dust wrapper are both titled Poetry in the Making. The preface is by C. Day Lewis, the Introduction by T. C. Skeat, and the catalogue is by Jenny Lewis. Philip Larkin Contributed an essay entitled Operation Manuscript. All four contributors were members of the Arts Council's Poetry Manuscripts Committee 1967. Item #166198
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