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Ref NoDM2725/4/10
Title'Allen Lane: King Penguin', by Jack Morpugo
DescriptionPlastic wallet labelled 'from Allen Lane, King Penguin, Morpurgo'
Presumably materials were housed in this book belonging to the Schmollers

This consists of materials relating to 'Allen Lane: King Penguin', by Jack Morpurgo, published in 1979.
Includes annotated proofs of parts of the book, with comments by Hans Schmoller, on whether the book was correct. Also correspondence with Charles Clark and Chris Chippindale of Hutchinson Publishing
Book reviews of the publication

In the same folder are:
Eunice Frost, Christmas Card to the Schmoller, [December 1979]
Copy of a letter from the Schmollers to Eunice Frost.
Copy letter from Noel Carrington to Mr Blass, 23 November 1979, with mention of his time at Penguin Books
Correspondence between Richard Hoggart and Hans Schmoller concerning the case.

There are also some materials relating to Michael Morpurgo and Horatio Morpurgo, including correspondence and press cuttings; and obituaries of Jack Morpurgo (1918-2000).
Including an article by Horatio Morpurgo, 'Lady Chatterley's Defendant', in the London Magazine October/November 1999. c.1999-2005
Date1979-2005
FormatPrinted document
Manuscript volume
Extent1 folder
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