Sub-fonds G. - 2013 group (The Map of Love),

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G.

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2013 group (The Map of Love),

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  • 1939-[2013]. (Creation)

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1 outsize box.

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A small group of papers, 1939-[2013], relating to Dylan Thomas and his third book, a volume of poetry and prose entitled The map of love (London, 1939), comprising four autograph letters, March-August 1939, from the author to the publishers, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd; carbon copies of letters, 1939, from the editorial, production, and publicity departments at J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd; photocopies, [1990x2013], of most of the aforementioned letters; and a proof copy and file copy of the published work, the latter containing manuscript amendments and additions in an unidentified hand.

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Arranged at NLW in one file.

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Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library.

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Two typescript poems, [1937]-[1939], 'We lying by seasand' and 'If my head hurt a hair's foot', published in The map of love, are E2/1/1.

Letters from Dylan Thomas to Desmond Hawkins, giving a detailed response to the latter's questions about poems included in The map of love, are in NLW MS 23529C (ff. 25-9).

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The four autograph letters, 1939, by Dylan Thomas are published in Paul Ferris ed., Dylan Thomas, the collected letters (London, 2000).

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Preferred citation: G.

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vtls006605590

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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  • Text: G.