[ 'John Gawsworth', poet and 'King of Redonda'. ] Corrected Autograph Drafts of ten poems from his collection 'Marlow Hill', including the title poem and the 'suppressed' poem 'Was'. With presentation inscription as 'Abdicated' monarch 'Juan R'..

On nine loose 12mo leaves torn from an album. In fair condition, on aged and browned paper. Wrapped by Gawsworth in a larger piece of paper, on the front of which he has written in pencil the presentation inscription: 'Kenilworth | love | from | His King | J R | 16 Feb. 1967', with the following in blue ink over the 'J R': 'Abdicated | Juan R'. 'Marlow Hill' was Gawsworth's fourth collection, self-published by his Richards Press in 1941. Three of the nine leaves carry layouts of the book's title-page and prelims, with pencil notes 'Pubd 15 Oct 1941' and '33 lines to page'. The other six leaves carry 12pp. of drafts of poems, with emendations throughout in ink and pencil throughout. The pages of poems are paginated in pencil by Gawsworth: V-VI, 9-10, 11-12, 15-16, 23-24, 25-26. P.V carries the poem 'In Memoriam W. H. Davies'; p.VI, 'Author's Apologia'; pp.9-12, 'Marlow Hill | Triste amore é l'autunno'; pp.15-16, 'Advice', 'Nudity', and part of 'No Escape' and another poem; pp.23-26, 'Hardy in his impasse', 'Was' (poem of two six-line stanzas, marked as 'Suppressed'), 'Self Portrait', 'To Suspicion', 'Encounter' (marked as 'My favourite poem'), and part of 'Seasons'.