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Five printed volumes and a proof copy, 1935-1956, of poetry by Clifford Dyment, all containing annotations, emendations or inscriptions in his hand; together with a small bundle of miscellaneous personal items, 1929-1978.

A copy of Clifford Dyment, Experiences and Places: New Poems (London, 1955) containing pencil annotations by the author.
These include notes headed 'Capricorn / middleclass / heart in middle' (front endpaper); notes relating to the poems 'Derbyshire born, Monmouth is my home' (p. 7) and 'The Corner Shop' (p. 19); and an early version of 'Bahnhofstrasse' (p. 36).

A copy of Clifford Dyment, First Day (London, 1935), inscribed by the author 'To Mummy wishing you a very happy birthday. March 1956' (front endpaper). This was the author's first book.

Envelope containing routine correspondence and papers of Clifford Dyment relating to pensions, National Insurance and Social Security, 1948-1971; together with his school report at Loughborough, Spring Term, 1929; and papers, 1978, of Dyment's mother, concerning a 'British Poetry Today' reading including one of his poems.

A copy of Poems of Twenty Years: An Anthology, ed. by Maurice Wollman (London, 1938), containing three poems by Dyment (pp. 41, 49-50, 215). The volume also contains corrected pencil drafts of poems entitled '[?Verses] Jazz Song' (front endpaper) and 'Escape' (p. 258), both in the hand of Clifford Dyment.

A proof copy of Clifford Dyment, The Axe in the Wood (London, 1944) containing numerous autograph emendations in ink in the hand of the author, all of which are incorporated in the published version (see iv).
Among the most substantial alterations are the following: line 8 of the title poem (p. 12), 'For glory seems to crowd upon the axe', is replaced with 'A swaying axe has always drawn a crowd'; lines 12-13 of 'Absolute Power absolutely Corrupts' (p. 32) are replaced by the version as published, as are the final three lines of the poem 'Carrion' (p. 34); and the poem 'The Marriage in Cana' (p. 27) is directed to be omitted altogether and replaced by 'Green Love' (from p. 38). The title page has the title as published, however the front cover gives the title as 'A Song to Saint Francis'.

A copy of Clifford Dyment, Selected Poems (London, [1945]), containing the dedication 'To mother From Clifford' (f. i).

A copy of Clifford Dyment, The Axe in the Wood (London, 1944). Many of the poems contain pencil emendations in the hand of the author; most are also accompanied by autograph printing histories.