Penguin Books Ltd
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Penguin Books Ltd, publishers
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A Christmas Carol, c 1978-1979, 1986
Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/1/1/3
Scope and Contents
Material relating to an illustrated version of Charles Dickens' novel, A Christmas Carol, which was originally published in the United Kingdom under the Penguin Books imprint, Allen Lane, in 1979. This edition of the book contains a number of photographic images, which feature plasticine model illustrations by Luck & Flaw. These models were made between July 1978 and January 1979, and they were photographed by John Lawrence Jones.The following are...
Dates:
Publication: c 1978-1979; Publication: 1986
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From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk . Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Cambridge University Library
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Roger Law Archive
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Luck & Flaw
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Published Material
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Books
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Penguin Books
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Banking and other Finance-Related Papers, 1987 - 1989
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/5/1
Scope and Contents
A file containing paperwork relating to Luck & Flaw's banking arrangements and other financial matters. The following items are present, but not limited to: a VAT registration form with the British Broadcasting Corporation; copies of cheques and paying-in slips; letters from and copies of responses sent to Lloyds Bank; originals and copies of bank statements for Luck & Flaw's illustrations, ceramics and deposits accounts; letters to and from the accountancy firm, Silver, Levene &...
Dates:
1987 - 1989
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk . Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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'Bitter Fame' Correspondence File 1, 1985 - 1986
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/19/1/1
Scope and Contents
A file holding letters sent to Anne Stevenson in connection to her work on the Sylvia Plath biography, Bitter Fame. Correspondents include representatives from Penguin Books, Olwyn Hughes and Ted Hughes. The following are also present in the file: a copy of Stevenson's contract with Penguin, photocopies of letters sent by Stevenson to Sylvia Kantaris and Dido Merwin, and photocopies of correspondence between Merwin and the biographer, Linda Wagner-Martin, which...
Dates:
1985 - 1986
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'Bitter Fame' Correspondence File 2, 1987
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/19/1/2
Scope and Contents
Two files holding letters sent to Anne Stevenson in connection to her work on the Sylvia Plath biography, Bitter Fame. The first file holds items dating between January and June 1987, while the contents of the second file date from July to December that year. Correspondents include representatives from Penguin Books, Olwyn Hughes, Peter Davison at the publisher, Houghton Mifflin; Lucas Myers, Richard Murphy, J. Melvin Woody, Clarissa Roche, and Trevor Thomas. The...
Dates:
1987
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'Bitter Fame' Correspondence File 3, 1988
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/19/1/3
Scope and Contents
A file holding letters sent to Anne Stevenson in connection to her work on the Sylvia Plath biography, Bitter Fame. Correspondents include Olwyn Hughes, Ted Hughes, Richard Murphy, Mark Le Fanu, Jillian Becker, Peter Davison and other representatives from the publisher, Houghton Mifflin; and Helga Huws. The following are also present in the file: a pile of notes by Olwyn Hughes and Stevenson, photocopies of letters sent by Stevenson to various individuals; and...
Dates:
1988
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'Bitter Fame' Correspondence File 4, 1989
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/19/1/4
Scope and Contents
Two files holding letters sent to Anne Stevenson in connection to her work on the Sylvia Plath biography, Bitter Fame, and promotional activities relating to its publication in 1989. The first file holds items dating between January and June of that year, while the contents of the second file date from July to December. Correspondents include Trevor Thomas, Peter Davison and other representatives from the publisher, Houghton Mifflin; Jillian Becker, Olwyn Hughes,...
Dates:
1989
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'Bitter Fame' Correspondence File 5, 1990 - 1993, 1997
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/19/1/5
Scope and Contents
A file holding letters sent to and by Anne Stevenson, connected to her biography on Sylvia Plath, Bitter Fame, which include reactions to the publication following its release. Correspondents include: Olwyn Hughes, Ted Hughes, Peter Davison at Houghton Mifflin, Robert McMullen, Jude Bourguignon at Penguin Books, Dale J. Sprague, Bob Dykeman, C.J. Hardy, Jullian Becker, Ruth Scott, Madeline Strong Diehl, Marion Bright, Paul Roche, Joe Lobenthal, Richard Murphy, Ruth...
Dates:
1990 - 1993; 1997
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Sub-Series
'Bitter Fame' Material, 1975 - 1992
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/20/7
Scope and Contents
Three books, and four files of research material and other items, relating to Anne Stevenson's biography on Sylvia Plath, Bitter Fame, published in 1989. The following books are present:1. Syvlia Plath: Letters Home - Correspondence 1950-1963, selected and edited by Aurelia Schober Plath, published 19752. A Closer Look at Ariel: A Memory of Sylvia Plath, written by Nancy Hunter Steiner, 1978...
Dates:
1975 - 1992
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Series
Correspondence of Anne Stevenson, 1951 - 2020
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/18
Scope and Contents
Letters, printouts of emails, cards, and postcards sent to Anne Stevenson from friends, family, business associates, literary peers, companies, charities, educational institutions, and people who admired her work. Some letters are accompanied by copies of poems written by the correspondents. Also present are contracts, financial statements, sales invoices and other items that Stevenson received through the post.This series is composed of 37 boxes and 783 identified correspondents,...
Dates:
1951 - 2020
Conditions Governing Access:
Please see individual files for information on restrictions.
While some files have been restricted due to containing personal sensitive information, the majority of restrictions revolve around the existence of modern contact information (e.g. email addresses and mobile phone humbers) that may still be active. In those instances, files/items have been closed for 20 years from the date of their creation.
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Cover Proofs, 1970
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/2/4/3/2
Scope and Contents
A file with cover proofs for the paperback editions of the following three books: The Selling of the President, by Joe McGinniss (RL/Pre-/739); In My Way, by George Brown (RL/Pre-/701); and Beaverbrook, by A.J.P. Taylor (RL/Pre-/700). All three covers feature images of plasticine model illustrations made by Roger Law. The McGinniss book has a model of President Richard Nixon jumping out of a box. ...
Dates:
Publication: 1970
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General Advertisements and Posters, 1975-c 1983
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/2/1
Scope and Contents
A large portfolio containing a number of advertisements/posters for a variety of companies and organisations, which feature Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations and other work by the partnership. Also found within this portfolio are large photographs with illustrations, and photographic proofs for Clouded Tiger Cards postcards.The following are present:1. An advertisement proof for the Dutch advertising company, PPGH/Moussault, which has a representation of John...
Dates:
Publication: 1975-c 1983
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk . Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from Alison Wade of Penguin Books Ltd, 22 Nov. 1968
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9987/7/1/186
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Letters are to Holbrook unless otherwise stated.
Dates:
22 Nov. 1968
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) apply to access. Users of the collection are required to complete a Researcher Undertaking Concerning Access under the Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to Archives Which Would Otherwise Be Closed. Two files are restricted on grounds of confidentiality, and a number of files are not available for research on account of the poor physical condition of the documents they contain.
Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Pelican Books, 1976 - 1979
Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/1/1/2
Scope and Contents
Six books published under the Penguin Books' imprint, Pelican, which feature photographic images of plasticine model illustrations on their covers, which were made by Luck & Flaw. Some of these books are accompanied by cover proofs. Also present are examples of a cover proof for a book published by Penguin.The following are present:1. Franco and the Politics of Spain, written by Edouard de Blaye, along with two cover proofs; photographic...
Dates:
Publication: 1976 - 1979
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk . Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Roger Law Archive
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Luck & Flaw
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Published Material
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Books
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Penguin Books
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P.G. Wodehouse Boxset, 1975
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/1/1/1
Scope and Contents
A P.G. Wodehouse boxset holding six books that contain various short stories and novels, including: The Luck of the Bodkins; Right Ho, Jeeves; and Lord Emsworth and Others. The covers of these six books are adorned with illustrations by the artist, Ionicus. The books are held together in a slipcase, which is covered on three sides by a photographic image of a plasticine model illustration, by Luck & Flaw....
Dates:
Publication: 1975
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk . Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Roger Law Archive
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Luck & Flaw
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Published Material
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Books
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Penguin Books
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Professional Correspondence, 1961 - 1975
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/7
Scope and Contents
Two boxes containing manuscript and typescript letters, memoranda and postcards addressed to Roger Law, along with a small amount of accompanying material, which mostly concern his professional activities and relationships between 1961 and 1975. There are also copies of letters and memoranda sent by Law to various individuals. Also present are a few letters addressed to Law's wife, Deirdre Amsden.The first box covers the years 1961 to 1969. Topics include, but are not limited to:...
Dates:
1961 - 1975
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Synthetic Fun, 1967
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/2/4/3/1
Scope and Contents
A file containing material relating to the Penguin Books' publication, Synthetic Fun, written by Jeremy Sandford and illustrated by Roger Law. Items present are: a paperback saleable copy of the book, a page proof version (RL/Pre/755), and a black and white photograph that has an image of one of the illustrations used (RL/Pre/-984). The paperback book has an image of a plasticine model on the front cover, and prints of pencil/ink drawings are found throughout the...
Dates:
Publication: 1967
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