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- 1945-1946. (Creation)
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Material relating to the engravings by John Petts published in Gwyn Jones: The Green Island (Golden Cockerel Press, 1946), including letters, 1945-1946, to Christopher Sandford, the publisher, from Gwyn Jones, John Petts, John [Northcote] Nash, artist, and others; two original drawings by John Petts; and some page-proofs and pulls of illustrations. Professor Gwyn Jones's letters also contain several references to the preparation for publication by the Golden Cockerel Press of Gwyn Jones and Thomas Jones: The Mabinogion (1948).
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Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their Readers' Tickets.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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English.
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Finding aids
The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part XIX, 243.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 10767C.
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- Golden Cockerel Press (Subject)
- Petts, John, 1914-1991 (Subject)
- Jones, Gwyn, 1907-1999 (Subject)
- Sandford, Christopher -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Jones, Thomas, 1910-1972 (Subject)
- Jones, Gwyn, 1907-1999 (Subject)
- Petts, John, 1914-1991 (Subject)
- Sandford, Christopher (Subject)
- Nash, John, 1893-1977 (Subject)
- Jones, Gwyn, 1907-1999. Green Island (Subject)
- Jones, Gwyn, 1907-1999. Mabinogion (Subject)
- Jones, Thomas, 1910-1972. Mabinogion (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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October 2008.
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- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961); Oxford Dictionary of National Biography on-line;