Helen Darbishire, ed., Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth (London: OUP, 1963); G. K. Chesteron, ed., Charles Dickens Christmas Books (London: J. M. Dent, 1925) annotated by Penelope Fitzgerald
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Includes Fitzgerald's notes written on British Library book reservation slips, originally placed between pp. 70-1 of the Wordsworth volume.
James Joyce, Dubliners (London: Penguin, 1965); Graham Greene, The Power and the Glory (London: Penguin, 1972); Dylan Thomas, Collected Poems 1934-1952 (London: Dent, 1952) annotated by Penelope Fitzgerald
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Contains a postcard from Nicola Beauman to Fitzgerald re the L. P. Hartley papers, placed inside the front cover of the Greene volume. Also contains a short article by Robert McCrum, Observer 12 Jul 2015, on Fitzgerald's The Beginning of Spring,no. 95 in a series '100 Greatest Novels of All Time...
Official Documents and Certificates, and Desmond Fitzgerald's Memorial
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The file comprises official documentation relating to Penelope Fitzgerald and her husband, Desmond, including: • Fitzgerald’s passport (1973-1983), birth certificate (two certified copies), marriage certificate and medical documents (including appointments correspondence). • Desmond Fitzgerald...
Letters to Christina Knox (née Hicks) and Edmund George Valpy Knox
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Mostly autograph letters from Penelope Fitzgerald to her mother and father, from 1935. Some letters are addressed only to Fitzgerald's mother (when she was unwell). The letters feature Fitzgerald's own illustrations. Also includes one short note from E. V. Knox to Fitzgerald, 25 Dec 1967.
Book 12: R A Knox Bible Translations and Chaplaincy Sermons; Dillwyn’s translations of Herodas and Notes on Bishop French
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R A Knox Bible Translations and Chaplaincy Sermons; A D Knox’s translations of Herodas and notes on Bishop French. Includes a note on humour from E V Knox and a piece of correspondence addressed to Fitzgerald from the Department of Manuscripts at the National Library of Scotland, 9 Jul 1974.
Marguerite Caetani, ed., An Anthology of New Italian Writers (London: John Lehmann, 1951) annotated by Penelope Fitzgerald
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Works selected from Botteghe Oscure. With a photocopy of a letter (of Oct 1984) to Fitzgerald from Dr Ennio Troili, of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura confirming that Guglielmo Petroni, one of the anthology's featured authors, is still alive.