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- [1937]-[1939]. (Creation)
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1 outsize box. Custom made quarter morocco folder, lettered on the spine 'Dylan Thomas. Map of Love. 2 Poems in Mss', has been retained.
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Two typescript poems, [1937]-[1939], which appear to be the earliest known versions of 'We lying by seasand' and 'If my head hurt a hair's foot', by Dylan Thomas, published in The map of love (London, 1939). The title, 'We lying by seasand', is noted in both pencil and ink at the top of the page, with 'Dylan Thomas' inscribed in pencil and ink beneath the poem. The typescript, [1937], contains pencil corrections, with some printers' marks. 'We lying in seasand' was first printed in Poetry Chicago, (1937), and amended for its publication in The year's poetry, (1937), with further minor changes made before it appeared in The map of love. The typescript, [1939], 'If my head hurt a hare's foot', is headed 'Poem', the title under which it was published in Poetry (London), (1939). The poem is signed in ink by the author, he has corrected the word 'joy' in the fifth stanza, and added a note, 'Hope this is in time. DT', at the bottom of the page; '32' is inscribed in pencil in an unidentified hand at the top of the page.
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Action: housed. Date: 20130819. Site of action: The National Library of Wales. Institution: WlAbNL.
Action: housed. Date: 20140114. Site of action: The National Library of Wales. Institution: WlAbNL.
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'Galley 1' is inscribed in pencil on the reverse of the poem 'We lying by seasand'.
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Letter imprints in the hand of Dylan Thomas, where the paper rested on top of a page where the ink had not dried, are visible on the reverse of the poem 'If my head hurt a hare's foot'.
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Preferred citation: E2/1/1.