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- 1931. (Creation)
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11 ff. Placed in melinex sleeves within ringed box at NLW.
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Dominic Winter Book Auctions; Swindon; Purchase; August 2003; 0200309935.
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Five letters, 29 January-23 February 1931, from the poet Huw Menai, Gilfach Goch, to Dermot Spence, [of William Heinemann Ltd.], concerning their attempts to publish his volume of poetry 'Back in the return' (ff. 1-3, 5-11). It was eventually published by Heinemann two years later as Back in the Return and Other Poems (London, 1933).
Also included is a carbon copy typescript letter, 18 February 1931, [from Spence, on behalf of] Heinemann, to Huw Menai (f. 4). The letters contain references to Leonard Woolf (ff. 1, 4, 6-7, 11) and comments on J. B. Priestley's novel The Good Companions (London, 1929) (ff. 2-3) and Robert Graves, Poems 1926-1930 (London: Heinemann, 1931) (ff. 7-10).
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Arranged chronologically at NLW.
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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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Usual copyright laws apply. Information regarding ownership of Huw Menai copyright can be found at http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/ (viewed October 2012).
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English.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 23907D.
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- Heinemann (Firm) (Subject)
- Menai, Huw, 1886-1961 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Priestley, J. B. (John Boynton), 1894-1984. Good companions. (Subject)
- Spence, Dermot Chesson, 1904-1966 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985. Poems. Selections. (Subject)
- Woolf, Leonard, 1880-1969 (Subject)
- Spence, Dermot Chesson, 1904-1966. (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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October 2012.
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- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones;