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- [1995]. (Creation)
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1 folder ; 1 cm.
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Jeff Towns is an antiquarian bookseller based in Swansea, specialising in books about Dylan Thomas. He opened Dylans Bookstore in 1970, firstly in the High Street and later in Salubrious Passage, and has since actively collected books, papers and photographs relating to Dylan Thomas. He has acquired a substantial body of knowledge about the poet over the years, arranging exhibitions, among them the 'Word & Image' exhibition at the Dylan Thomas Centre, and contributing to various documentaries and films. Jeff Towns has also assisted a number of writers in their studies of Dylan Thomas, and is the editor of Letter to Loren (Swansea, c. 1993), and author of Dylan Thomas: the pubs (Talybont, 2013).
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Proofs, [1995], containing manuscript corrections and amendments, of the catalogue, Dylan Thomas: word and image (Swansea, 1995), which accompanied an exhibition in Tŷ Llên, Swansea, in 1995; 'Letter to Loren' is listed among the exhibits. Also included is a typescript draft, 1995, of the introduction.
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Action: transferred. Site of action: The National Library of Wales. Action agent: Siân Bowyer. Institution: WlAbNL.
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Preferred citation: B3/2.