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Works Presented to Edinburgh University Library by Duncan Glen

Duncan Glen kindly donated many of his own works and many works published under his Akros imprint to Edinburgh University Library. We own presentation copies of most of his collections of poetry and essays, and of works that Glen published by Hugh MacDiarmid. We also hold signed limited editions of works by Glen and of other writers published under the Akros imprint.

1. Presentation Copies of Works by Duncan Glen

Edinburgh University Library holds presentation copies, signed by Duncan Glen, of the following works. Unless otherwise indicated, they were published by Glen's own Akros imprint.

  • Buits and Wellies (1976) (SC 9246)
  • A Cled Score: Poems (1974) (SC 9381)
  • Clydesdale: A Sequence of Poems (1971) (SC 9243)
  • A Duncan Glen Bibliography ([The Author?], 1980) (SC 9403)
  • Eden?: A Two-Part Poem ([The Author?], 1985) (SC 9400)
  • Five Literati (Preston: Harris Press, 1972) (SC 9250)
  • Follow! Follow! Follow!: And Other Poems (1976) (SC 9244)
  • Forward from Hugh MacDiarmid (1977) (SC 9251)
  • Four Scottish Poets: An Anthology of Poetry, ed. Duncan Glen ([Nottingham]: Garron, 1983) (SC 9394)
  • Frae a Suburban Gairden: A Sequence in Twelve Pairts (1985) (SC 9404)
  • Gaitherings: Poems in Scots (1977) (SC 9248)
  • Geeze!: A Sequence of Poems (Leeds: John Henderson, 1985) (SC 9396)
  • Hugh MacDiarmid : An Essay for 11th August 1977 (1977) (SC 9252)
  • In Place of Wark (1977) (SC 9255)
  • In the Small Hours, or, To Be about to Be: A Poem in Thirty Parts (1984) (SC 9395)
  • The Individual and the Twentieth-Century Scottish Literary Tradition (1971) (SC 9380)
  • The Inextinguishable: Part 14 of 'Realities: Poems' (Preston: Harris Press, 1977) (SC 9253)
  • The MacDiarmids: A Conversation (1970) (SC 9336)
  • Mr & Mrs J. L. Stoddart at Home (1975) (SC 9249)
  • Of Philosophers and Tinks (1977) (SC 9254)
  • On Midsummer Evenin Merriest of Nichts? (Akros, 1981) (SC 9391)
  • Poet at Wark: A Poem (Nottingham: Bonington Press, 1979) (SC 9390)
  • Portraits: Staff Teaching on BA (Hons) Information Graphics Course in the Department of Visual Communication, Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham, ed. Duncan Glen (Nottingham: Trent Polytechnic, 1983) (SC 9393)
  • Preston Polytechnic Poets: Duncan Glen, Ian Harrow, Philip Pacey, Hugh Probyn, ed. Duncan Glen (Preston: Harris Press, 1977) (SC 9406)
  • Realities: Poems (1980) (SC 9386)
  • Situations: A Sequence of Poems (Nottingham: Trent Polytechnic, 1984) (SC 9397 and SC 9399)
  • A Small Press and Hugh MacDiarmid (1970) (SC 9242)
  • Spoiled for Choice: Poems (1976) (SC 9247)
  • Stanes: A Twalsome of Poems (Kinglassie, Fife: The author, 1966) (writing as 'Ronald Eadie Munro') (SC 9408)
  • The State of Scotland: A Poem (1983) (SC 9392)
  • The Stones of Time: A Sequence of Poems (The Author, 1984) (SC 9398)
  • Tales to Be Told: Poems (1987) (SC 9401)
  • Traivellin Man: A Sequence o Poems (Preston: Harris Press, 1977) (SC 9407)
  • The Turn of the Earth: A Sequence of Poems (1985) (SC 9402 and P. 82191 Gle.)
  • Whither Scotland?: A Prejudiced Look at the Future of a Nation, ed. Duncan Glen (London: Gollancz, 1971) (SC 9379)

There is also a presentation copy, signed by Glen, of Our Duncan, Who Art in Trent: A Festschrift for Duncan Glen, ed. Philip Pacey ([Preston]: Harris Press, 1978) (SC 9405)

2. Presentation Copies of Works by Hugh MacDiarmid

Duncan Glen also presented copies of the following works that he published by Hugh MacDiarmid:

  • An Apprentice Angel (London: New Poetry, c1963) (Dh.6.92/1)
  • On a Raised Beach (Preston: Harris Press, 1967) (Dh.6.92/3)
  • Proof of Poems in English (Hemel Hempstead: Duncan Glen, 1963) (Dh.6/92/24)
  • Proof of Poems in Scots ([Watford]: Watford College of Technology, 1963) (Dh.6/92/23)

3. Signed Limited Editions of Works by Duncan Glen

Besides the presentation copies above, Edinburgh University Library also holds the following signed and numbered limited editions of works by Duncan Glen. Unless otherwise indicated, they were published by Glen's own Akros imprint.

  • The Akros Anthology of Scottish Poetry, 1965-70, ed. Duncan Glen (1970) (S.B. .82899(41) Gle.)
  • Clydesdale: A Sequence of Poems (1971) (S.B. P .82191 Gle. and Pamph PR6057.L4 Gle.)
  • Feres: Poems (1971) (S.B. P .82191 Gle. and Folio PR6057.L4 Gle.)
  • Follow! Follow! Follow!: And Other Poems (1976) (P .82191 Gle.)
  • Forward from Hugh MacDiarmid (1977) (S.B. P .82899(41) Sco.)
  • Hugh MacDiarmid : An Essay for 11th August 1977 (1977) (S.B. P .82191 Gri. Gle. and P .82191 Gri. Gle.))
  • The Inextinguishable: Part 14 of Realities: Poems (Preston: Harris Press, 1977) (S.B. P .82191 Gle.)
  • The Literary Masks of Hugh MacDiarmid (Glasgow: Drumalban Press, 1964) (S.B. P .82191 Gri. Gle.)
  • The MacDiarmids: A Conversation (1970) (also signed by Hugh MacDiarmid) (Dh.6.92/10)
  • Spoiled for Choice: Poems (1976) (P .82191 Gle. and Pamph PR6057.L4 Gle.)

4. Signed Limited Editions of Works by Other Writers Published by Duncan Glen

Edinburgh University Library also holds numbered limited editions of the following works published by Duncan Glen, signed by their respective authors. Unless otherwise indicated, they were published under the Akros imprint.

George Bruce

  • Landscapes and Figures: A Selection of Poems (1967) (S.B. P .82191 Bru. and PR6003.R815 Bru.)

Thomas A. Clark

  • Down and out in Tighnabruaich: A Sequence of Poems (1970) (S.B. P .82191 Cla. and Folio PR6053.L322 Cla.)

Robin Fulton

  • A. A. Blok, Blok's 'Twelve', trans. Robin Fulton (1968) (S.B. P .8917141 and Pamph. PG3453.B6 Blo.)

Hugh MacDiarmid

  • Early Lyrics by Hugh MacDiarmid (1968) (JA 4116)
  • The Ministry of Water (Glasgow: Duncan Glen, 1964) (Dh.6.92/11)

Iain Crichton Smith

  • The Golden Lyric: An Essay on the Poetry of Hugh MacDiarmid (1967) (Dh.6.92/9)

Valda Trevlyn (Grieve)

  • A Sea-Girl's Cry: A Poem (1971) (PR6039.R49 Tre.)

Further Details

Most of the items above, along with many other Duncan Glen and Akros publications, are catalogued online as part of Edinburgh University Library's Main Catalogue.

There also Duncan Glen and Akros publications, including presentation copies and signed limited editions, among books from the libraries of Norman MacCaig and Hugh MacDiarmid held by Edinburgh University Library.

Books from Norman MacCaig's Library