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Author/Creator:

Curran, Joseph L.

Contributors:

Sherman, E. Helene , illustrator

Massmann, Robert E. , designer

Moynihan, Fred G., Jr. , illustrator

Blau, Bela, 1914- , binder

Kurbel Books , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Shea Bros. (Firm) , printer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prt

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Miniature Book Collection

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Beau Beau's 1 2 3 [by Curran, J.L.]

Related Works:

Miniature Book Collection

Subjects:

Miniature books — 20th century — United States — Specimens

1900-1999

Miniature books

United States

Genres:

Printed books — United States — Massachusetts — Sudbury — 20th century

Specimens

General Notes:

Limited to 200 copies.
According-fold pages, with 4 U.S. postal stamps commemorating several breeds of dogs mounted on p. [15-18].
Book is in memory of Beau Pierre, a black toy poodle who occasionally visited the artist, and consists primarily of 10 artfully drawn and numbered pictures of Beau Pierre.
"Art: E Helene Sherman. Layout: Robert E. Massmann. Frontispiece portrait: Fred G. Moynihan, Jr."--Colophon.
"Binding: Bela Blau. Endpapers: Il Papiro - Florence, Italy. Printer: Shea Bros Inc. Cambridge Mass."--Delux ed. colophon.
Also issued in a paperback ed. and in a smaller version (35 x 35 mm), neither of which contains the 4 postal stamps.
Bradbury, R.C. Twentieth century United States miniature books, Kurbel #4; Bradbury #2731.
Gift: October 2004.
Bound in publisher's white leather with blue spine titles. In red card slipcase/band with applied hand-colored pictorial label.
Libraries' copy is #49.

Physical Description:

[iii], 18 unnumbered pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 62 x 62 mm

Call Numbers:

Z232.K883 B43 1985

ISBNs:

0917911067

OCLC Numbers:

1053100637
55629531 [Invalid]