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Papers of the booksellers Kulgin Duval and Colin Hamilton, relating to their business dealings and friendship with MacDiarmid. MS.27243 Letters of MacDiarmid to Duval and Hamilton, 1959-78. They concern the manuscripts and printed copies of MacDiarmid's works, fair copies made by him of his own poems, Duval and Hamilton's publications, and MacDiarmid's activities in general. 121 ff. MS.27244 Correspondence and papers, 1975-7, concerning the printing of MacDiarmid's Selected Lyrics, published by Duval and Hamilton in 1977. (i) Correspondence, mostly with W R Aitken and with the printers Giovanni and Martino Mardersteig of Verona (f.l). (ii) Text and page proofs (f.80). 203 ff. MS.27245 Correspondence, 1972-8, n.d., concerning the publication of MacDiarmid's Complete Poems. Duval and Hamilton had intended to take part in the publication of a limited edition, but they eventually withdrew. The correspondence (which includes letters to MacDiarmid) reflects their involvement with the editors and printers, and the disagreement with the commercial publisher Timothy O'Keeffe. 200 ff. MS.27246 Miscellaneous papers, 1962-89, including correspondence concerning a tombstone for MacDiarmid, 1979. 31 ff.
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