Full proof (paste-up) of Penelope Fitzgerald's The Means of Escape. Whilst the actual publication of this collection of short stories was posthumous, this proof was printed before Fitzgerald’s death and so has been included in her sub-fonds rather than that of her Literary Estate.
Published Fiction (Ephemera): Innocence publicity poster
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A printed promotional poster for Fitzgerald's novel Innocence. The item is undated - the date estimate is from the copac website (https://copac.jisc.ac.uk/search?&author=Fitzgerald%2C+Penelope&title=Innocence).
Non-Publishing: Invitations, Requests, Engagements, and Other (General, Chronological)
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Invitations to various events and activities, as well as requests for interviews (including one from Hermione Lee, 2 Feb 1997) and for information about Penelope Fitzgerald's works, organised chronologically. Undated communications appear at the back of the folder.
The book contains notes on various subjects and in more than one hand; contents include pages of plant names, recollections [E V Knox's], family trees, commentary touching on topics such as politics and society, often fragmentary in nature. The envelope which originally housed the notebook bears ...
Notebooks '21' and 'Fleet St.: in 1920s, 30s, 40s; inc: Maurice Baring'
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Fleet St. etc: includes notes on Fleet Street newspapers (1920s-1940s); W L Knox and religion; and R A Knox's Let Dons Delight. Also mentions Punch briefly. Book 21: subjects include Dilly [A D Knox]; English Humour (a talk); Punch; Oxford in the Great War; and Folk Tales (includes a small ill...