Letters, 1918-1929, London, to [Philip D.] Sherman.

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Letters, 1918-1929, London, to [Philip D.] Sherman.

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[1] 1918, July 5 [2 p.].--Thanks him for the money order. [2] 1919, January 25 [3 p.].--States that Bruce Rogers came to work with his press but then decided the business was too many-sided for him to manage. Comments on the newspaper accounts of T.J. Cobden-Sanderson's non-fulfilment of contract with him. [3] 1920, September 20 [3 p.].--Referring to photographs engraved by his firm. [4] 1923, October 5 [3 p.].--Discusses the engraving of bookplates. [5] 1926, October 13 [2 p.].--Encloses prints for Sherman's collection for Brown University. [6] 1929, February 27 [2 p.].--He discusses the portraits engraved by his firm. Gives information about Charles Lamb and Arthur Henry Bullen.

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Brown University Archives, John Hay Library

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