Tactile Printing : First Books and Early Presses
Object ID:
1993.34
Title:
Laura Bridgman [Braille]
Subtitle:
The Story of an Opened Door
Author:
Richards, Laura E.
Summary:
Embossed in grade 1 1/2 braille on green paper.
Flexible brown boards with green cloth tape on spine; saddle-stitched. Burgundy cloth label on front cover with embossed short title "Laura Bridgman" in raised letters. Impressed in handwriting, with shellac over top, at top left of front cover: "B.B.B. #11-c.1, Bridgman."
On front cover at top left,
"Michigan School for the Blind, Lansing Michigan" ink-stamped on inside of front cover, which also has cataloging card information glued over a "Lending Library for the Blind, Saginaw, Mich." book label; same ink-stamp and a checkout card and pocket pasted on inside of back cover.
Museum has part 1 only.
Publication Date:
c1928
Publication Place:
New York
Publisher:
D. Appleton & Company
Printer:
Howe Memorial Press
Printed Place:
Watertown, MA
Print Date:
1929
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