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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: Foil over boards.
Inscribed on colophon: "Number 2, Frederic Prokosch".
Title from title page.
In English.
Provenance
Bequest of Thornton Wilder.
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 carbon copy, signed, containing poems and three pen and wash illustrations by Frederic Prokosch. Includes autograph corrections in pencil; an autograph note on front flyleaf quoting Andrew Marvell; and a laid in autograph letter, signed, from Prokosch to Thornton Wilder. Typescript is inscribed to Wilder.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
December 13, 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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