52497: Edward Thomas: Drafts of Poems

Typescript working copies of twenty-three poems (poems 1-5,7-10,14,26,30, 56,76-7,79,81-5,87-8 in R. George Thomas (ed.) The Collected Poems of Edward Thomas), with collation of texts by R. George Thomas (ff. i-vi). Two copies are included of poem 77 (ff. 34-7), one marked 'unamended', and poem 56 (ff. 38-45), one marked 'unrevised'. Poem 'The Combe' (f. 2) is signed 'Edward Eastaway'. The typescripts were used by Thomas for revision during his final gathering of poems for Poems published in 1917 under the pseudonym 'Edward Eastaway' and nine of the poems (ff. 2,8,13,16-19,26-7, 33-45) are included in the volume. These are the typescripts designated JT by R. George Thomas, The Collected Poems, p. xxvii.
vi, 45 ff. c.270 x 205 mm. Guarded and filed. |

File description(s):

Collation of texts by R. George Thomas
Signed 'Edward Eastaway'.
Based closely on a prose version called "Old Man's Beard."
The manuscript does not have a title and is named here after it's first line. The poem is no. 76 in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
The manuscript does not have a title and is labeled 'Words' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems. This draft is marked 'unamended'.
This manuscript is untitled but labeled 'Words' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems. The draft is marked 'unamended'.
This manuscript is untitled but labeled 'Words' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
This manuscript is untitled but labeled 'Words' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems.
This draft has been marked 'unrevised'