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Dannie Abse Papers,
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1988 Purchase,

This first group of correspondence, literary and personal papers of the poet Dannie Abse (b. 1923) was purchased from R. A. Gekoski, 14 Portland Place West, Leamington Spa, in May 1988 (B1988/15).

1992 Purchase,

This second group of correspondence, literary and personal papers of the poet Dannie Abse (b. 1923) was purchased from R. A. Gekoski, 33B Chalcot Square, London NW1 8YA, in September 1992 (B1992/41). The list follows the pattern used to describe the first group of papers, which was prepared in 1990. References to other groups of the poet's manuscripts and papers held at the National Library are to be found in the introduction to the previous schedule.

1995 Purchase,

This third group of correspondence, literary and personal papers of the poet Dannie Abse (b. 1923) was purchased from R. A. Gekoski, Pied Bull Yard, 15A Bloomsbury Square, London in February 1995 (B1995/7). The list follows the pattern used to describe the first and second groups of papers, prepared in 1990 and 1992. However, as this further group of papers includes an extensive collection of Dannie Abse's literary work, this section of the list has been compiled in more detail than in the previous two lists. References to other groups of the poet's manuscripts and papers held at the National Library are to be found in the introduction to the first schedule.

A Strong Dose of Myself (London, 1983). Typescript draft and page proofs with autograph correction. Also included are manuscript and ...,

A Strong Dose of Myself (London, 1983). Typescript draft and page proofs with autograph correction. Also included are manuscript and typescript drafts of 'A Princeton Journal', 1973-4 (see no. 40) and 'A Weekend in Toronto', 1982, together with a letter, dated 12 August 1982, from Andrew Motion. See also NLW MSS 21973-4E, 21998E.

Ask the Bloody Horse (1986),

128/1. Incomplete photocopied typescript of the collection. 128/2-3. Photocopy of corrected galley proofs, together with a letter from Anthony Whittome, dated 2 July 1986. 128/4. Proof dustjacket.

Broadcasts,

Manuscript and typescript drafts and radio and television scripts of plays, short stories, features and talks.

Collected Poems (1977). See also NLW MS 21973E,

126/1. Manuscript draft with autograph correction of the introductory note. 126/2. 'Florida'. Together with two letters from Tony Curtis relating to the exhibition of drafts of the poem at Glamorgan College of Education.

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