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Collection of letters (26), poems (9), contract (1) and ephemera (6) from Thom Gunn, various places, to Oscar Mellor, between 1953 and 1970 : autograph manuscripts and typescripts signed.

BIB_ID
189029
Accession number
MA 5518.1-42
Creator
Gunn, Thom, sender, author.
Display Date
Various places, between 1953 and 1970.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description
42 items (60 pages) ; various sizes
Notes
Magazine clipping (.38) from an unidentified source of the poem, The beach head (1 page); magazine clipping (.39) from an unidentified source of the poem, A village Edmund (1 page); printed receipt (.40) filled out in an unidentified hand for Thom Gunn regarding the binding of one of his publications (1 page); manuscript note (.41) in unidentified hand saying "Queries / A Mirror for Poets stanza 6 line 1. full stop at end?" (1 page); manuscript list (.42) in unidentified hand with various numbers and amounts written on it (2 pages). Items not individually cataloged.
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Summary
Correspondence, original manuscripts and typescripts, contract, and documents concerning the publishing of Gunn's works, specifically Fighting terms and The sense of movement, by Fantasy Press, Oxford, England.