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Death by water : typescript
Creator
Title
Death by water : typescript.
Production
New Haven, Connecticut, 1931.
Physical Description
1 volume
Language
English
Notes
Binding: Decorative paper wrappers.
Title from title page.
Inscribed on colophon: "Number 2, Frederic Prokosch".
In English.
Provenance
Purchased from Bertram Rota on the Danford N. Barney, Jr. Fund, 1987.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Frederic Prokosch (1908-1989) (Yale 1932 PhD) was an American novelist and translator.
Summary
Autograph typescript on carbon paper, signed, containing poems and four pen and wash illustrations by Frederic Prokosch. Includes an autograph note on front flyleaf quoting a passage from The Late Lancashire Witches by Thomas Heywood. Typescript is inscribed to Sylvia Townsend Warner.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
December 10, 2021
References
Frederic Prokosch, Death by Water. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Frederic Prokosch, Death by Water. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Pen and wash drawings.
Occupation
Authors United States 20th century.
Poets United States 20th century.
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