American Publishers Trade Bindings Collection

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Who's responsible?: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries (Repository)
How much has been digitized?: Only a part of this collection has been digitized.
Where can I find more information?: No finding aid available
Topics: Book Arts
Subject headings: Publishers' bindings
Book covers
Contributing Institution: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries

: Charles M. Adams American Trade Binding Collection; Named for former UNCG library director Charles M. Adams, this collection chronicles the development of book binding in the United states over a period of 100 years.

: Early Juvenile Literature Collection; A collection of early works, foreign titles, and titles of interest to both boys and girls.

: Girls Books in Series; The collection represents the serial titles available to young girls from the mid-19th to early 20th century, and depict the popular culture perspective and "appropriate lifestyles" of the times.

: Lois Lenski Collection of Early American Children's Literature (Bindings); The Lois Lenski Collection at UNCG encompases both manuscripts and published works by the author.

: Rare Books General Collection; Contains volumes of general literary significance, including early editions of works by authors such as Chaucer, Dickens, and Blake.

: Robbie Emily Dunn Collection of American Detective Fiction; The Robbie Emily Dunn Collection of American Detective Fiction was begun in 1981 with the initial intention that only women writers would be included. The collection has grown to approximately 3000 volumes representing nearly 200 authors, 85 percent of whom are women.

: Way & Williams Publishers Collection; A collection of limited editions published by the Chicago-based firm established by Washington Irving Way and Chauncey Williams.

: Woman's Collections; Housing a collection of primarily of British and American imprints, this collection compliments UNCG's history as a women's college and contains books on a variety of subjects.

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