Letter from Thom Gunn, Rochester, England, to Oscar Mellor, 1953 September 23 : autograph manuscript signed.

Expressing how delighted he was to hear from Mellor and that Fighting terms is definite and that the terms for the book are agreeable to him; writing "About copyright: The following : Granta, Gadfly, Trio, Delta, Cambridge Today, Cambridge Review, and Chequer - Oxford and Cambridge magazines, paying for nothing, I shall not bother to ask them for permission"; adding that Fantasy Poets, New Poems, and Springtime should be fine to print; asking if Mellor knows about the Paris Review, and if not, he will ask Don Hall; saying that he assumes Poetry from Cambridge is alright, but he will write to Fortune Press to find out and will also write to the BBC about New Soundings; discussing the copyright for First Reading; expressing his worries regarding the Paris Review, which he sent two poems to Don Hall ("Lofty" and "The wound"), but they don't appear until the next issue; explaining the situation with the Statesman and asking if he should have the unpublished poems from Fighting terms recalled before they print them; adding that he will contact the Virginia Quarterly Review and say that they took too long and cannot have any of the poems unless they acknowledge Mellor and give him half the fees; (in postscript) asking if he can make a dedication in the book and if so, "To Mike Kitay" because "he has given me more help than anyone else."