Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letters signed (6) : New York and Charlottesville, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1979-1981 and [n.d.].

BIB_ID
190445
Accession number
MA 4841 (1-6)
Creator
Chappell, Warren, 1904-1991.
Display Date
1979-1981 and [n.d.].
Credit line
Gift of Edward Wagenknecht, 1994.
Description
6 items (7 p.) + with 2 envelope.
Notes
Three letters with elaborate watercolor illustrations, one depicting the headless horseman from Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Summary
Agreeing to illustrate "The Fireside Book of Ghost Stories," and detailing his plan to "surround the text with the paraphernalia of death"; saying he and his wife Lydia have moved to Virginia after more than 50 years; and referring to several of Wagenknecht's anthology projects.