Ffeil BA2/1 - Two in a Boat - research and early drafts

Typescript drafts and publisher’s proofs, with manuscript annotations by Gwyneth Lewis, of Two in a Boat, together with notes, press cuttings, leaflets, booklets and letters accumulated in the process of writing the book, mostly comprising research materials relating to sailing, navigation, sailors, seafaring in history and literature with particular reference to the Iberian peninsula, ‘Jameeleh’ and the Nicholson 35 class, the type of cancer suffered by Leighton Denver Davies, the Portuguese language, and ports in Portugal, Spain and Wales, as well as correspondence on these themes and the production of the book between Gwyneth Lewis, publishers, other writers, doctors, friends, and (with Leighton Denver Davies) yacht insurers and surveyors, and also lists of potential recipients of review copies, invitations to the book launch, and draft copies and press cuttings of reviews.