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- 1853-1899 (Creation)
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1 vol., quarterbound in leather over marbled paper, c 220 x 180 x 45 mm: 122 letters, bills, postcards etc tipped in onto paper stubs; a couple of photographs and some printed sheets also tipped in. 1 loose printed card.
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Gift of Charlotte N. Quaritch Wrentmore, May 1938, 'in memory of her late father Bernard Quaritch'.
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Most letters in the run Nos. 1-96 are letters from FitzGerald to Quaritch, 21. Apr. 1953-23 Feb. 1883. Letters from others have been described in dependent entries. Several letters annotated by Quaritch. Notes by Charlotte Quaritch Wrentmore at several places indicating that a letter from FitzGerald to Quaritch belonging to this point in the chronological sequence is to be found in the book bound up by her father, now O.10a.41.
A loose card with a typewritten record of provenance was found loose within the covers; this has been cut down from a printed ticket to provide admittance to Trinity College Library 'before 11 A. M.', with space for 'Name' 'Recommended by' 'during the... Quarter, 189...' to be filled in.
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FitzGerald, E., & Wrentmore, C. Q. (1926). Letters from Edward FitzGerald to Bernard Quaritch, 1853 to 1883. Bernard Quaritch.