The Puffin Book of Nursery Rhymes (1963)
MS. Opie 190
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
The Puffin Book of Nursery Rhymes (1963)
Shelfmark
MS. Opie 190
Summary
Comprises:
Folder 1: Correspondence relating to The Puffin Book of Nursery Rhymes, mainly with Puffin Books editor Kaye Webb at Penguin Books Ltd., 1960-1981. Includes correspondence relating to 'The Puffin Club', to reprints and foreign language editions of The Puffin Book of Nursery Rhymes, to requests for permission to use excerpts; correspondence with illustrator Pauline Baynes; correspondence relating to the Premio Europeo 'Citta di Carole' (European Prize of the City of Carole) 1964.
Folder 2: Publicity and reviews, including drafts of blurb and publicity texts, c.1963-1964. Also includes newspaper cuttings, mainly relating to Penguin Books, and to paperback books in general, c.1961-1970.
Date
c.1960-1981
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (2 folders)
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Collection contents
Archive of Iona and Peter Opie
Publications
Opie books
The Puffin Book of Nursery Rhymes (1963)
