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Page Proofs
2006
3 sets of page proofs for Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus the Corduroy Kid, accompanied by 1 ms and 2 ts letters from the proof reader to Armitage (19 January - 8 February 2006). The first set of proofs incl...
Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus the Corduroy Kid
2005-2006
Papers relating to Simon Armitage’s poetry collection Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus the Corduroy Kid, published by Faber and Faber in 2006.
Cover Proofs and Copy
2006
2 colour proofs of the front cover for Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus the Corduroy Kid, showing different colour options; and a print-out of an email from Paul K. at Faber and Faber with draft cover copy, c...
Macaws
c.2005
Word-processed information on Macaws (2 ff) provided by Peter Bennett (ornithologist) of London Zoo, used as reference material for the poem ‘The Last Straw.’ The poem was written following the pa...
The Distance Between Stars
c.1986-1987
1 ts poem, ‘Poem’, published in Simon Armitage’s first collection The Distance Between Stars (Sheffield: Wide Skirt Press, 1987). This poem was later reworked as ‘Dear Robinson’ (Kid, 1992)....
1. Poems Ms and ts drafts of poems published in Zoom!
c.1987-1988
Ms and ts drafts of poems published in Zoom! (74 ff.).
1. Early Drafts
c.1990-1991
File containing ms poem drafts towards Xanadu (3 ff.), and a photocopy of ‘D821 Remembers Strangeways’ as published in Armitage’s short collection Around Robinson (Nottingham: Slow Dancer Press,...
1. Poems
1990-1991
Ms and ts drafts and copies of poems published in the collection Kid (26 ff). In addition to the poems, there are ms lists headed "Kid - A Study Guide” and "Edits for Kid.” Some drafts of the poem...
1. Poem Drafts
c.1991-1992
Ms drafts of poems published in Book of Matches. Includes 56 ff. ms drafts, filed in the order in which they appear in the published work. On the verso of a draft of "I feel I am at the end of my teth...
1. Poem Drafts
c.1993-1994
Ms and some annotated ts drafts of poems published in The Dead Sea Poems (22 ff.) The poems are arranged in the order in which they appear in the published work. The file also contains a contents list...
1. Drafts.
1994
Annotated and clean typescript drafts of Simon Armitage’s contributions to Moon Country, including poetry and prose (173 ff). A contents list is also held in the file.
1. Poem Drafts
1995-1996
Typescript (many annotated) and ms drafts of poems collected in Cloudcuckooland (19 ff). The file also contains a contents list for the collection, and a computer print-out of the contents of ‘The W...