For the importance of the Little leather library in the history of American bookselling, see A history of book publishing in the United States / J.W. Tebbel (v. 2-3). See also Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 62 (1968), p. 604-607. Not complete selection of books. See holding in XCOL for all books in this series. IaU Library's copy is a gift from Donna Cooper, who donated her great-grandmother's books to Special Collections after the NBC Nightly News story about the Charlotte M. Smith miniature books collection. Books came with large card explaining provenance. IaU
Contents:
Will o'the mill and Markheim / Robert Louis Stevenson. The "Bab" ballads / by W.S. Gilbert -- The courtship of Miles Standish / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / by R.L. Stevenson -- Dreams / Olive Schreiner -- Enoch Arden and other poems / Alfred Lord Tennyson -- Essays / by Ralph Waldo Emerson-- The gold-bug / Edgar Allen Poe -- The greatest thing in the world / Henry Drummond -- The happy prince and other tales / Oscar Wilde -- The man without a country / Edward Everett Hale -- A midsummer night's dream / William Shakespeare -- Poems and plays / Robert Browning -- Tales of Sherlock Holmes / Sir A. Conan Doyle -- Speeches and addressees of Abraham Lincoln -- Speeches & letters of George Washington -- Holy grail / Alfred Tennyson -- Will o'the mill and Markheim / Robert Louis Stevenson.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1027707520
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.