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Total number of records: 6

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Leeds Poetry6
English Literature6
Brotherton Collection6

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authors and publishers6
correspondence5
queries (authorship)2
book proposals2
proofs (printing)2
copyright1

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Draft of The Psalms With Their Spoils (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1978-1979

Clean typescript draft of 'The Psalms With Their Spoils', accompanied by a carbon copy ts letter from Silkin to John [i.e. John W.N. Francis] at W.W. Norton & Company, offering the new collection for ...

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Typescript and Proofs

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1991-1992

Clean typescript of 'The Lens-Breakers,' including 44 of the 48 poems in the published collection, with ms page numbers. The poems 'Energy is the Basis of Morals' and 'A Psalm Concerning Absence' are ...

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Copies of Poems for Making a Republic (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1996-1997

Clean typescripts, cabon copies and photocopies of 36 of the 57 poems published in 'Making a Republic.' Includes an autographed copy of 'The Inheritor' on fax paper.The poems are accompanied by other ...

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Correspondence

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1970-1997

Correspondence relating to attempts by Silkin to publish a volume of Amir Gilboa's poetry in translation. Includes letters from Natan Zach to Silkin concerning the translations (July-September 1970); ...

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Permissions

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1996-1997

This file contains correspondence and other papers relating to permissions for text quoted in 'The Life of Metrical and Free Verse' (March-July 1996). Includes correspondence with and/or papers receiv...

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Publishers, Etc.

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1992-1997

Typescript correspondence between Silkin and potential publishers of the anthology including Christopher Everett at the Japan Foundation (March 1993), Ralph Cassell at Charles E. Tuttle Publishing Co....

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