Duval, Kulgin Dalby, 1929-2016 (Bookseller and book collector)

Scope and Contents Material relating to the work by K.D. Duval and Sydney Goodsir Smith (eds), Hugh MacDiarmid: a festschrift (Edinburgh: K.D. Duval, 1962), to mark Grieve’s 70th Birthday, being: 3 x ms letters from Grieve to Kulgin D. Duval, 23 January 1961, 19 April 1962, 29 April 1962; Festschrift early drafts and mock ups, with corrections, lists of illustrations and contents, ms poems ‘Shadows from the ship’ and ‘On the fishing grounds’, and graphic...

Scope and Contents Collection of literary papers of Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid (pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve), collected by bookseller and book collector Kulgin D. Duval. They include: Correspondence with other important figures of the Scottish Renaissance such as Helen Cruickshank and Francis G. Scott, as well as Scottish politician Roland E. Muirhead; Manuscripts of individual poems by Hugh...

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Draft script. "Sir Patrick Geddes: maker of the future. A centenary tribute", written for the BBC in 1954 manuscript, pen, 11pp, with manuscript letter from "Christopher" [Hugh MacDiarmid], Brownsbank, 9 December 1964, to "Dear Kulgin" [Kulgin Duval], 1p.

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1. Original manuscript of "The Kind of Poetry I Want", 49 ff., pen, no date. Also includes the correspondence dated 1961 of bookseller Kulgin D. Duval with printer Giovanni Mardersteig from the Officina Bodoni, Verona, and R. H. Boothroyd, from the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona, concerning the printing of the text.

2. "The Kind of Poetry I Want", extracts, 18 ff., pen, pencil, and typescript.

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"Virgilium vidi tantum…", holograph copy, pen, 2pp, and "Virgilium vidi tantum…", manuscript, pencil, 2pp, and "Virgilium vidi tantum…" as submitted to the Arts Council of Great Britain for Shakespeare’s Quatercentenary, typescript, 2pp, and manuscript letter from "Christopher" (Hugh MacDiarmid), Brownsbank, 5 April 1964, to "Dear Kulgin" (Kulgin Duval), 1p.

Scope and Contents Working materials for the collection "Poems to Paintings by William Johnstone", being: Letter from "Chris" [Hugh MacDiarmid], Brownsbank, to "Dear Kulgin" [Kulgin Duval], 8 April 1963, manuscript; 2 x limited edition copies (unnumbered) of "Poems to Paintings by William Johnstone"; 2 x proof copies of collection, noted as K155; 1 x copy of cover design "Self portrait" by William Johnstone; "Poems to Paintings by William Johnstone", typescript, with corrections, 9pp; and, 1 x copy William...