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- 1972-1979 (Creation)
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1 small box (0.009 m³)
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Material relating to the compilation and publication of My Friend Dylan Thomas by Daniel Jones, published by J. M. Dent & Sons in 1977, comprising:
Copy of agreement, 1 July 1976, between Daniel Jones and J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd (publishers), London.
Correspondence, 1975-1977, between Daniel Jones, David Higham Associates Ltd (authors' agents), London and J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, and letter, 4 June 1976, to Daniel Jones from poet and film-maker John Ormond.
Letters from Daniel Jones are typescript copies.
See also note below relating to a copyright row involving Paul Ferris's biography of Dylan Thomas.
Biographical note and text corrections by Daniel Jones and draft 'blurb'.
Manuscript drafts in Daniel Jones's hand and one typescript folio of My Friend Dylan Thomas.
Typescript draft of My Friend Dylan Thomas, with corrections in Daniel Jones's hand. Inscribed in Daniel Jones's hand on envelope in which draft was originally kept: 'Dylan book Copy 3 & Emendations'.
Daniel Jones's complete proof copy of My Friend Dylan Thomas. With corrections in Daniel Jones's hand and inscription reading 'Duplicate copy To be retained by author [signed] Daniel Jones 1976'.
Press cuttings relating to a copyright row involving the publication of a letter to Daniel Jones from Dylan Thomas in Paul Ferris's biography of Thomas, which - to add insult to injury - was published on the same day as My Friend Dylan Thomas. See also the final three letters of Daniel Jones's correspondence with David Higham Associates Ltd and J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
Reviews from the British, Irish and American press of My Friend Dylan Thomas.
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Accruals
System of arrangement
Each section kept in marked envelope/folder.
Correspondence and press cuttings arranged chronologically.
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- English
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Note
For J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd see, for example: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00331386; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Dent.
For David Higham Associates see, for example: https://davidhigham.co.uk/.
For John Ormond see, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ormond
For Paul Ferris's 1977 biography of Dylan Thomas see, for example: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dylan-Thomas-Paul-Ferris/dp/0340195649
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- Ormond, John, 1923-1990 (Subject)