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The file comprises a complete manuscript draft of 'The Book of Balaam's Ass' numbered by David Jones 1-15, 15a-54, 54-56; a carbon typescript of the above with corrections by David Jones, pages 1-35; a typescript with corrections by David Jones of the part of 'Balaam's Ass' which was printed in The Sleeping Lord, numbered 1-16; alternative manuscript opening and note, and alternative typescript sheets of 'Balaam's Ass'; and a typed copy of a letter from David Jones to Jim and Helen [Ede], 1939. The file also contains notes by René Hague and Harman Grisewood.

The file comprises original letters and postcards from Jim Ede and his wife, Helen Ede to David Jones, from Kettle's Yard, Cambridge; Les Charlottières, Chailles, France; Cardiff; Tangier, Morocco, and other addresses.

The file comprises typescript and carbon copies of letters from David Jones mainly to Harman Grisewood and Jim Ede, with also letters to Helen Ede and René Hague, with one letter each to Prudence Pelham, Philip Hagreen, and T. S. Eliot.

The file comprises typescript copies of material for The Roman Quarry, 1979-1981, with a manuscript page by David Jones. There is also René Hague's notebook, and numerous letters to René Hague (ff. 1-60), many relating to Dai Greatcoat, 1976-1980, from Walter Shewring, William Blissett, Harman Grisewood, Helen [Ede], Anne [Seymor] (Anthony d'Offay Ltd), Nicolete [Gray], Jim Ede, Robert Buhler, Nicholas Jacobs, Rosemary Goad (Faber), Malcolm Yorke, Jeremy [Hooker], Laurence Bevenot, Mike W. Richey, and others.