Letter from Philip Larkin to Kingsley Amis warning him about Faber and Faber's plans to publish a revised edition of Jill with an introduction

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Papers of Philip Arthur LarkinU DPL

Poetry workbooksU DPL/1

Poetry typescriptsU DPL/2

Poetry publicationsU DPL/3

Prose and other manuscriptsU DPL/4

CorrespondenceU DPL/5

InterviewsU DPL/6

SpeechesU DPL/7

All Souls College, OxfordU DPL/8

PhotographsU DPL/9

MiscellaneousU DPL/10

Second DepositU DPL2

Manuscripts and related materialU DPL2/1

Correspondence filesU DPL2/2

Subject filesU DPL2/3

File. 'All What Jazz 1984'U DPL2/3/1

Artificial bundle. All What JazzU DPL2/3/2

File. 'Arts Council Literature Advisory Panel, 1980 - 1982'U DPL2/3/3

File. Arts Council Literature Advisory PanelU DPL2/3/4

File. 'Arts Council Poetry Panel' [National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Poets Committee]U DPL2/3/5

File. Arts CouncilU DPL2/3/6

File. Arts Council writers' bursariesU DPL2/3/7

Artificial file. Arvon Foundation Poetry CompetitionU DPL2/3/8

Artificial file. Authors' Lending and Copyright SocietyU DPL2/3/9

Artificial bundle. Martin BellU DPL2/3/10

File. Barry BloomfieldU DPL2/3/11

File. The Booker Prize for Literature 1977U DPL2/3/12

Files. British Library BoardU DPL2/3/13

File. British Library BoardU DPL2/3/14

File. Bain Dawes & Partners Ltd.U DPL2/3/15

File. 'Car'U DPL2/3/16

File. 'Comments on poems'U DPL2/3/17

File. CBEU DPL2/3/18

File. 'Compton Poetry Fund'U DPL2/3/19

Artificial bundle. ContributionsU DPL2/3/20

File. Companion of Literature AwardU DPL2/3/21

File. Coventry Award of MeritU DPL2/3/22

Artificial bundle. CricketU DPL2/3/23

File. Faber and FaberU DPL2/3/24

File. Faber and FaberU DPL2/3/25

File. FSSU vs. USS pension contributionsU DPL2/3/26

File. 'Jill: film and television rights'U DPL2/3/27

File. 'Hamburg' Shakespeare PrizeU DPL2/3/28

File. 'George Hartley (complaints against)'U DPL2/3/29

File. Thomas Hardy SocietyU DPL2/3/30

File. 'Thomas Hardy's death'U DPL2/3/31

File. 'High Windows'U DPL2/3/32

Artificial bundle. 'High Windows': reviewsU DPL2/3/33

File. Honorary Doctorate from Queen's University, BelfastU DPL2/3/34

File. 'Leicester, 1970'U DPL2/3/35

File. 'Sussex, 16.7.1974'U DPL2/3/36

Artificial bundle. 'Hull Daily Mail'U DPL2/3/37

File. Hull Daily Mail poetry competitionU DPL2/3/38

File. Humber BridgeU DPL2/3/39

Artificial bundle. InvitationsU DPL2/3/40

Artificial bundle. Jazz reviews and obituariesU DPL2/3/41

File. 'Larkinland'U DPL2/3/42

Bundle. Library Association Fellowship candidateU DPL2/3/43

File. Literary businessU DPL2/3/44

File. Literary businessU DPL2/3/45

File. Literary businessU DPL2/3/46

File. Other literary businessU DPL2/3/47

File. 'Philip Larkin's blues and other colours'U DPL2/3/48

File. Migration of English literary manuscripts to AmericaU DPL2/3/49

File. National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers CommitteeU DPL2/3/50

File. National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers CommitteeU DPL2/3/51

File. National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Poets Sub-CommitteeU DPL2/3/52

File. National Manuscripts Collection of ContemporaryPoets Sub Committee catalogue and exhibition 1967U DPL2/3/53

File. National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Poets Sub CommitteeU DPL2/3/54

Bundle. National Portrait GalleryU DPL2/3/55

File. Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56

Artificial bundle. Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/57

File. Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/58

File. Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59

File. Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/60

File. Oxford book of modern verseU DPL2/3/61

File. New Oxford English DictionaryU DPL2/3/62

Artificial bundle. School and OxfordU DPL2/3/63

Bundle. Annual PEN anthology: New Poems 1958U DPL2/3/64

Artificial file. Performances, readings etc.U DPL2/3/65

File. Performing Rights SocietyU DPL2/3/66

File. Permissions fees or 'Why should it be the author who loses out?'U DPL2/3/67

File. Poetry Book SocietyU DPL2/3/68

File. Poetry SocietyU DPL2/3/69

File. Board of Management of Poetry Book SocietyU DPL2/3/70

File. Poetry Book Society PresidentU DPL2/3/71

File. Poetry Book Society. Choice and recommendationU DPL2/3/72

File. 'Poetry panel [of the Arts Council] - manuscripts'U DPL2/3/73

File. 'Barbara Pym'U DPL2/3/74

File. Queen's Gold Medal AwardU DPL2/3/75

Artificial file. QuotationsU DPL2/3/76

Artificial bundle. Required WritingU DPL2/3/77

File. Required WritingU DPL2/3/78

File. Royal Society of LiteratureU DPL2/3/79

Artificial bundle. Helen SpaldingU DPL2/3/80

File. 'SCONUL literature seminar, March 1979'U DPL2/3/81

File. 'Society of Authors: Committee of Management'U DPL2/3/82

File. South Bank ShowU DPL2/3/83

File. 'The Jenny Stratford catalogue'U DPL2/3/84

Bundle. TaxU DPL2/3/85

Bundle. TaxU DPL2/3/86

Bundle. TaxU DPL2/3/87

File. Tenancy: 32 Pearson Park, HullU DPL2/3/88

File. Tennyson manuscripts: sale by Lincoln County LibraryU DPL2/3/89

File. VATU DPL2/3/90

File. Watershed FoundationU DPL2/3/91

File. Vernon Watkins bibliographyU DPL2/3/92

File. Wellington Public LibraryU DPL2/3/93

Bundle. WH Smith Literature AwardU DPL2/3/94

File. The Whitsun Weddings and JillU DPL2/3/95

Correspondence between George MacBeth (Producer, Talks Department, BBC) and Philip Larkin asking him to participate in a second Living Poet broadcastU DPL2/3/95/1

Letter to Philip Larkin from Philippa MacLiesh (Society of Authors) about the Fortune PressU DPL2/3/95/2

Correspondence between John Donovan (St. Martin s Press) and Philip Larkin trying to persuade him to visit the United States of America to promote 'A Girl in Winter' and 'The Less Deceived'U DPL2/3/95/3

Correspondence between Peter du Sautoy (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin trying to persuade him to visit the United States of America to promote 'A Girl in Winter' and 'The Less Deceived'U DPL2/3/95/4

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin expressing his keenness to publish Jill and A Girl in WinterU DPL2/3/95/5

Correspondence between Peter Watt (Literary Agent) and Philip Larkin agreeing to end their agreementU DPL2/3/95/6

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin sending him details of his publishing agreement with the Fortune PressU DPL2/3/95/7

Correspondence between Philippa MacLiesh and M. E. Barber (both of the Society of Authors) and Philip Larkin about the terms offered by Faber and Faber for The Whitsun WeddingsU DPL2/3/95/8

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin thanking him for sending him The Whitsun WeddingsU DPL2/3/95/9

Correspondence between Peter du Sautoy (Faber)U DPL2/3/95/10

Correspondence between Philippa MacLiesh (Society of Authors) and Philip Larkin about the form of agreement offered by Faber and Faber for The Whitsun WeddingsU DPL2/3/95/11

Correspondence between Charles Monteith and Philip Larkin keeping him informed about the transfer of publishing rights for Jill from the Fortune Press to Faber and FaberU DPL2/3/95/12

Correspondence between Peter du Sautoy (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin suggesting the form of contract for a Faber and Faber JillU DPL2/3/95/13

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Philippa MacLiesh (Society of Authors) seeking her comments on the Faber and Faber contract for JillU DPL2/3/95/14

Correspondence between E A Gusterson (Secretary, to Charles Monteith, Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin about the ts. of The Whitsun WeddingsU DPL2/3/95/15

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Anthony Thwaite asking him to read the ts. of The Whitsun Weddings and comment criticallyU DPL2/3/95/16

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin assuring him that the introduction to Jill is not libellousU DPL2/3/95/17

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin about the publication of poems to be included in The Whitsun Weddings and the introduction to the new edition of JillU DPL2/3/95/18

Correspondence between Eileen Brooksbank (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin sending him proofs of Jill and The Whitsun Weddings for correctionU DPL2/3/95/19

Correspondence between Rosemary Goad (Faber and Faber) and Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/95/20

Correspondence between Peter du Sautoy (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin concerning anthology feesU DPL2/3/95/21

Letter from Philip Larkin to Kingsley Amis warning him about Faber and Faber's plans to publish a revised edition of Jill with an introductionU DPL2/3/95/22

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin informing him that The Whitsun Weddings is the Poetry Book Society spring choiceU DPL2/3/95/23

Correspondence between Eric White (Secretary, Poetry Society) and Philip Larkin asking him to write a piece for the spring edition of the Poetry Society Bulletin about The Whitsun WeddingsU DPL2/3/95/24

Correspondence between Peter du Sautoy (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin about St. Martins Press terms of publication and the division of anthology rightsU DPL2/3/95/25

Correspondence between Peter Crawley (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin informing regarding publication date for The Whitsun Weddings and JillU DPL2/3/95/26

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin thanking him for the photograph of him sitting at the border between Scotland and England and congratulating him on the deal with the American publishers Random HouseU DPL2/3/95/27

Letter from Philip Larkin to D J McKay (Manager, Hull University Bookshop) suggesting that he order some copies of The Whitsun WeddingsU DPL2/3/95/28

Press cutting. Books and Bookmen announcing the re - issue of Jill and The Whitsun WeddingsU DPL2/3/95/29

Letter from Eric White (Secretary, Poetry Book Society) to Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/95/30

Correspondence between Rosemary Goad (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin informing him of Vogue s interest in printing a photographU DPL2/3/95/31

Correspondence between Eric White and Philip Larkin praising The Whitsun WeddingsU DPL2/3/95/32

Correspondence between Philippa MacLiesh (Society of Authors) and Philip Larkin about the division of anthology rightsU DPL2/3/95/33

Correspondence between Peter Crawley (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin informing him of the publication of Jill on 26 March 1964U DPL2/3/95/34

Correspondence between Jason Epstein (Random House, New York) and Philip Larkin suggesting the publication of poems from The Whitsun Weddings in American journals before the launchU DPL2/3/95/35

Correspondence between Stephanie Wood (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin regarding permission for Donald Hall to include three poems from The Whitsun Weddings in the Faber book of Modern verseU DPL2/3/95/36

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) asking that litany be changed to liturgy on page 20 of The Whitsun WeddingsU DPL2/3/95/37

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin inviting him to a guest night at All Souls, Oxford UniversityU DPL2/3/95/38

Correspondence between Rosemary Goad (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin about publicity for The Whitsun Weddings and complimentary copies of JillU DPL2/3/95/39

Correspondence between the Director General (National Library for the Blind) and Philip Larkin requesting permission to transcribe The Whitsun Weddings into brailleU DPL2/3/95/40

Correspondence between Rosemary Goad (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin about publicity for The Whitsun WeddingsU DPL2/3/95/41

Correspondence between Jean Ennis (Random House, New York) and Philip Larkin asking him to complete a questionnaire for publicity purposesU DPL2/3/95/42

Correspondence between Jason Epstein (Random House, New York) and Philip Larkin about the publication of poems from The Whitsun WeddingsU DPL2/3/95/43

Correspondence between Stephanie Wood (Secretary to Peter du Sautoy, Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin sending him a photocopy of the agreement between Random House and Faber and Faber for the American edition of Whitsun WeddingsU DPL2/3/95/44

Correspondence between Starry Krueger (Random House, New York) and Philip Larkin asking for the copyright certificate of AmbulancesU DPL2/3/95/45

Correspondence between Charles Monteith and Philip concerning The Whitsun WeddingsU DPL2/3/95/46

Ms. note by Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/95/47

Ts. and printer s photocopy of The Whitsun Weddings, Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/95/48

Cheques from Faber and Faber for royalties on Jill and The Whitsun Weddings, and for photographs ; and a tax notice.U DPL2/3/95/49

File. Who's Who entriesU DPL2/3/96

File. York Minster FundU DPL2/3/97

Artificial file. MiscellaneousU DPL2/3/98

Bundle. Miscellaneous reviewsU DPL2/3/99

Artificial bundle. Miscellaneous reviews and postcardsU DPL2/3/100

Bundle. MiscellaneousU DPL2/3/101

Bundle. MiscellaneousU DPL2/3/102

Artificial bundle. MiscellaneousU DPL2/3/103

Artificial file. Photographs and negativesU DPL2/3/104

Artificial file. CorrespondenceU DPL2/3/105

Artificial file. MiscellaneousU DPL2/3/106

Third DepositU DPL3

Fourth DepositU DPL4