Loose inserts from Edwin Muir,Collected poems

This material is held atUniversity of Manchester Library

  • Reference
    • GB 133 NBK/168
  • Alternative Id.
      (Book Accession Number) GB 133 R163848
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1951]-1960
  • Physical Description
    • 2 pieces; 2 sheets, photograph and envelope

Scope and Content

Loose material from Edwin Muir, Collected poems: 1921-1951 (London: Faber and Faber, 1952), comprising:

  • /1 Letter to Nicholson from Willa Muir [Muir's widow]: a letter of thanks for Nicholson's contribution to Edwin Muir's headstone; she notes that she obtained the list of poets who contributed from Kathleen Raine. She encloses a photograph of the headstone, the lettering on which was carved by David Kindersley (4 May 1960). Dated at Swaffham Prior, Cambridge; holograph; with envelope.
  • /2 Cutting: 'Spiritual transformations', an unattributed review of Muir's Collected poems; from an unidentified publication.

Both pieces inserted inside front cover.