Giles Dixey Archive

DIXEY, Giles (1893-1974).

Giles Dixey Archive. Consisting of: Fūrin; Exigua Musa; A Passage in Square Rig; Rejoinders; Clipt Yews; Small Events; More Haikaics; Flashers from the Files; Minims Retrieved; Deinde; and an autograph letter signed.

Oxford: B. H. Blackwell, Ltd, 1948; Oxford: H. G. Dixey, 1956-1971.

GILES DIXEY ARCHIVE. Ten volumes and an autograph letter signed.

[1]. Fūrin, Collected Verses. Oxford: B. H. Blackwell, Ltd., 1948. Publisher's green cloth, gilt tiles to spine. Warmly inscribed by the author in 1965. Textblock toned, two small tears to head of spine. Very good.

[2]. Exigua Musa. Oxford: H. G. Dixey, 1956. Publisher's card wraps lettered in dark blue, sewn. Number 19 of just 102 copies. Paper stock toned some marks to covers, ghost of a removed label to upper, some creasing to covers. Very good.

[3]. A Passage in Square Rig. Oxford: H. G. Dixey, 1958. Publisher's card wraps lettered in black, stapled. Some marks to title page and covers, staples rusted, trace of a removed label to upper. Very good.

[4]. Rejoinders (Mainly about poetry). Oxford: H. G. Dixey, 1959. Publisher's card wraps lettered in dark brown, sewn. Number 102 of just 108 copies. Paper stock toned, some spotting to covers. Very good.

[5]. Clipt Yews. Oxford: H. G. Dixey, 1960. Second revised edition. Publisher's card wraps lettered in dark green with hand coloured yew berries, sewn. Number 5 of just 52 copies. Covers a touch toned, trace of a label removed from upper. Near fine.

[6]. Small Events and Other Verses. Oxford: H. G. Dixey, 1961. Second edition. Publisher's card wraps lettered in red, sewn. Number 7 of just 54 copies. Some spotting and toning to covers, trace of a removed label to upper. Very good.

[7]. More Haikaics. Oxford: H. G. Dixey, 1964. Publisher's card wraps lettered in dark blue, sewn. Number 35 of just 72 copies. Light spotting to covers. Near fine.

[8]. Autograph letter signed. Single sheet folded once. Letter from Giles Dixey to Annette Barrow dated 12 July 1965. A warm letter concerning his books and inviting Annette to stay and have her copies inscribed in person. Some spotting to edges, one corner folded over. Very good.

[9]. Flashes from the Files of a Section Morse Class in the R N Auxiliary (formerly Minewatching) Service. Oxford: H. G. Dixey, 1965. Publisher's card wraps lettered in dark blue, sewn. Number 59 of just 104 copies. Inscribed by the author to half title. Some toning to covers, trace of a label to upper. Very good.

[10]. Minims Retrieved. Oxford: H. G. Dixey, 1966. Publisher's card wraps lettered in dark brown, sewn. Number 30 of just 107 copies. Warmly inscribed by the author to the half title. Trace of a removed label to upper. Near fine.

[11]. Deinde. More Collected Verses. Oxford: H. G. Dixey, 1971. Publisher's green cloth, titles in gilt to spine. Warmly inscribed by the author to flyleaf. Edges toned, some light wear to cloth. Very good.

Giles Dixey taught at the Dragon School, Oxford and for over forty years produced his own poetry books at home, the collection here was amassed by Annette Barrow who corresponded with Dixey for at least six years.