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Ref NoDM1294/17/13
TitlePenguin Atlas project
DescriptionIn 1944 Penguin proposed a project to produce a small atlas (edited by Professor G.H. Kimble) and a large or International atlas (edited by Dr Edward Lynam). The project was abandoned in 1946.

Correspondence between Penguin Books Ltd. (Eunice Frost, A.S.B. Glover, Allen Lane, Richard Lane) and Professor G.H. Kimble concerning his editorship of a proposed small atlas and his proposed Puffin Picture Book with S.R. Badmin 'Finding Your Way About', both of which were abandoned by Penguin in 1946, 1944-1947.

Other correspondents include R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, H.J. Fleure (The Geographical Association), Lady Constance Kingsmill, Walter Kubilius (New Editor, Bookbinding and Book Production), Lassell Philip (George Philip & Son Ltd.), Laurence Pollinger, L.S. Suggate, Professor E.G.R. Taylor.

Includes references to a proposed Penguin big or International Atlas (edited by Dr. Edward Lynam); Kimble's provisional plan for a Penguin atlas, 18 August 1947; costings; notes of a conversation between Richard Lane and Lynam concerning the proposed atlas and maps, 6 December 1945; Peter Hood's notes on 'Finding Your Way About'; a reprint from the Library Journal of Walter W. Ristow's 'A Survey of World Atlases', 1945; and a draft typescript of Prof. G.H. Kimble's 'Finding Your Way About'.
Date1944-1947
FormatManuscript
Extent1 file
Access ConditionsPrior permission must be obtained from Penguin Books Ltd. Please ask Special Collections for further information.
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