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Some fifty-eight letters and postcards, 1905-1938, from W. H. Davies to various correspondents, mainly concerning his own work and its publication, including some poetry. The letters were collected by E. E. Bissell.
The correspondents include T. I. F. Armstrong (John Gawsworth), 1931-1938 (ff. 1-22), John Freeman, [?early 1914]-1928 (ff. 24-34), Harold Monro, 1905-1927 (ff. 38-39, 41, 45-70), [James Brand] Pinker, 18 December 1905 (f. 72), [M. P.] Shiel, 1 June 1935 (f. 75), [John Collings] Squire, 1914, 1919 (ff. 76-77), and Edward Thomas, 7 December 1907 (f. 78). Also included are carbon copies of letters to Davies from Gawsworth, 19 August 1932 (f. 10), and Monro, 6 October 1920 (f. 44), and from Monro to Conrad Aiken, 20 July 1925 (f. 71); autograph manuscripts, with printers' markings, of Davies' poems 'The Bird of Paradise', [1913] (f. 40), and 'Body and Spirit', [1914] (ff. 42-43), for publication in Poetry and Drama, 1.4 (December 1913), 421, and 2.4 (December 1914), 350, respectively, and 'When Autumn's Fruit', [1920], published in the New Republic, 26 January 1921, p. 251 (f. 80); a signed typescript of Davies' 'In Winter', [October 1931], published by Gawsworth as a limited edition (f. 2); cuttings of 'Come, Melancholy' and 'Age and Youth' from the New Statesman and Nation, 16 January 1932, pp. 47, 65 (ff. 83-84; see also f. 11); proof pages for Davies' contributions to Known Signatures, ed. by John Gawsworth (London, 1932), pp. 31-33, comprising 'Come, Melancholy', 'Age and Youth' and 'In Winter' (ff. 81-82; see also ff. 10-11, 13-16); fragments of an apparently unpublished poem in Davies' hand entitled 'Sally', cut into five strips (f. 23/1-5); 'Bright Flowers', a autograph poem by John Freeman (f. 35); and a signed carte-de-visite photograph of Davies, [early 1900s], apparently presented by him to Edward Thomas.

Papers, 1905-1962, from the collection of E. E. Bissell relating to W. H. Davies, comprising fifty-eight letters and cards, 1905-1938, from Davies to various correspondents including John Gawsworth, Harold Monro and Edward Thomas, with four draft poems by Davies and miscellaneous related papers; together with twenty-one letters, 1951-1962, to Bissell from Richard J. Stonesifer and others concerning Davies.

Twenty-one letters and postcards, 1951-1962, relating mostly to W. H. Davies, sent to E. E. Bissell from various correspondents, notably Davies's biographer Richard J. Stonesifer, 1952-1962 (ff. 26-42).
The other correspondents include Jean Mossop and G. Wren Howard of Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1960-1962, concerning the Stonesifer biography (ff. 1-9), Sir Andrew Duncan, 30 July 1951 (f. 10), John Haines, formerly Davies' solicitor, 1951-1952 (ff. 15-16, 19-21), with transcripts by Bissell (ff. 17-18, 22-23), and Madeline House, 1962 (ff. 24-25); a letter from T. W. Griffiths, Oxford, [2 July 1957] (f. 14), refers to Griffiths' letter in the Sunday Times, 23 June 1957, a cutting of which is f. 43. Also included are draft letters from Bissell to Sir Andrew Duncan's secretary, [14 April 1952] (f. 12), and Richard J. Stonesifer, [1952] (ff. 29-30); a photostat copy, [1952], of the receipt, 1905, for payment for the printing of the first edition of The Soul's Destroyer (London, 1905) (f. 33); and reproductions, [1952], of two photographs of Davies, [1920s], taken at the home of the artist Sir William Nicholson and given to Bissell by Richard Stonesifer (ff. 44-45, see also f. 35).