Dollar Classics slipcase [Top, extra piece removed]

Dollar Classics slipcase [Top, extra piece removed]

Item Information

Title:
Dollar Classics slipcase [Top, extra piece removed]
Description:
Red cloth, gold stamped at top with the four enclosed book titles and publisher's logos, from dies used for the books' spines.
Binding designer:
Whitman, Sarah
Date:
1889
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
Book covers
Location:
Boston Public Library
Collection (local):
Boston Public Library Collection
Series:
Sarah Wyman Whitman Bindings
Extent:
1 item : book cover
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43pb658
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
The set, initially issued as the "Dollar Classics," was subsequently renamed the "White and Gold Series" and the slipcase was relabeled. The expanded series, without slipcase, was issued in a new white, gold and green binding beginning in 1892. The publisher's logo was reused for the large-paper edition of The Song of Hiawatha, published in 1890.
Part of series: Dollar Classics
Notes (ownership):
Benton Fund
Notes (object):
Slipcase
Identifier:
06_04_000261
Call #:
PS2252.H6