[Dwiggins notecard + envelope with note from Dorothy Abbe]

Zip codes were introduced in 1963. They were made mandatory in 1967. W.A. Dwiggins died in 1956. So, these were designed by WAD for personal correspondence when he lived in Hingham, Massachusetts, but the envelope was adapted by Dorothy Abbe to include the zip code for Hingham. This was mailed by Dorothy Abbe to the designer Howard Gralla at Stinehour Press on June 9, 1980. Howard had given a talk about Dwiggins at Stinehour on June 7. He didn’t actually work at Stinehour, so they had to forward it to him in New Haven. Included is a photocopy of a letter from Arthur Williams of Little, Brown to Horace L. Arnold of Cambridge. Both were members of the Society of Printers and Williams was describing a book he was donating to the SP’s auction. If we were less lazy we’d look up that book.

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We just looked up the book. Looks interesting—but not interesting enough for us to buy a copy and include with this letter. You can find one for cheap. Knock yourself out.