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Warren Chappell book layouts for a proposed Christmas book on commission for Alfred E. Hamill

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Wing-MS-37

Abstract

Four layouts accompanied by a 4 p. ALS from Hamill to Chappell dated 10 April 1949 concerning these layouts and the book of fables for which they were intended, and by a set of notes on the letter and layouts written out by Chappell in April of 1967, signed and dated.

Dates

  • Creation: 1949-1967
  • Creation: Majority of material found in 1949 - 1949

Creator

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

General Note

Originally intended for an edition of selected fables of Ivan Andreevich Krylov in translation; some of the art work was eventually used for one of the original collections of fables by Hamill illustrated by Philip Reed: Five or more fables. Lake Forest, Illinois : Centaurs, 1951.

Status
Catalog Record Only
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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