Miniature Broadsides, [a portfolio]

Creator

Black Cat Press

Files

Creator Role

designer printer

Description

Portfolio folder containing nine miniature broadsides containing quotations by famous authors. Its accompanying catalog card states the following: "Of the 400 sets only 275 contained all 10 inserts. The balance was short one insert, for a total of 9." --Forge, Norman W., comp. Bibl. of miniature books, v. 1, p. [46]. This is one of the 125 copies lacking the tenth insert. This copy lacks insert by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

1962

Measurement

3 1/8 X4 inches (folded)

Materials and Techniques Display

paper

Inscription

recto: Miniature Broadsides / DESIGNED & PRINTED BY / THE BLACK CAT PRESS / CHICAGO • 1962

Subjects

Black Cat Press

Work Type

folder

Class

prints

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Related Source

Has original catalog card.

ID

8138.1

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.