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  <dc:title>P. N. Furbank Personal Papers</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Letters &amp; misc
Fifty-one dated &amp; eight undated from Patricia Beer to PN Furbank, three typed letters from Furbank to Beer, one letter from Damien Parsons (Beer's second husband) to Furbank, four typed copies of poems by Beer (all but one signed by her), cutting of an article about Beer in the Torquay Times 18 August 1967, paperwork relating to divorce and Decree Nisi Absolute. Includes prose on Beer's recollections of Exeter, the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and the origins of Exeter University (attached to letter to Furbank dated 27/5/96)

Poetry Books
Loss of the Magyar (1959), The Survivors (1963), Just like the Resurrection (1967), The Estuary (1971), Selected Poems (1979), Collected Poems (1988), Friend of Heraclitus (1993), Autumn (1997) - mostly hardback, first editions, with dustjackets, inscribed by Patricia to Nick. Quite a few have typescripts of poems inserted, mainly signed by her (nearly twenty of these).

Prose Books
Mrs Beer's House (1968), inscribed to Furbank, Introduction to the Metaphysical Poets (1972), Reader, I Married Him (1974), Moon's Ottery (1978), inscribed to Furbank


Content note: please be aware that this archive contains references to suicidal thoughts, miscarriage and mental distress.
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  <dc:date>1960-2011</dc:date>
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