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

Scope and Contents

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.

Scope and Contents

"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...