Bill Hand's Copy of Brother Sebastian At Large by Chon Day

Brother Sebastian At Large (1961) is the third and final book collecting Chon Day's Brother Sebastian cartoons. The panels originally ran in Look magazine between 1954 and 1971.

Front Cover

Back Cover

A copy inscribed to one Bill Hand is embellished with a drawing of the monk holding up a model sailing ship. Hand's hobby may have been sailing—or model shipbuilding?


The bookplate indicates the library of another Hand:

Title page

Chon Day
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Chon Day

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