[Letters to Edward Larocque Tinker], 1939-1940.

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[Letters to Edward Larocque Tinker], 1939-1940.

Letter dated November 6, 1939, comments on a recent conversation with Tinker at the Grolier Club, and "your article on Mr. Haberly" in the New York Times Book Review. Also refers to enclosed "contribution to a New England Keepsake issued by the Boston Club of Printing House Craftsmen in 1938." -- Letter dated April 4, 1940, regrets not having been able to find a copy of "the New Year's card with the engraving of Orpheus about which we spoke in New York." -- Letter dated April 5, 1940, acknowledges "letter of April 4 and also the article from the Times Book Review." Updike thanked Tinker for "such an excellent notice of our show," and again "in behalf of Mr. Bianchi as well as myself."

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