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Our grandmothers

Title
  1. Our grandmothers / Maya Angelou ; lithographs by John Biggers.
Published by
  1. [New York] : Limited Editions Club, c1994.
Author
  1. Angelou, Maya

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FormatBook/TextAccessBy appointment onlyCall numberSpencer Coll. Amer. 1994 11-148Item locationSchwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308
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Additional authors
  1. Biggers, John Thomas, 1924-2001
  2. Keleher, Daniel
  3. Carr, Dan, 1951-
  4. Ferrari, Julia
  5. Limited Editions Club. pbl
  6. Wild Carrot Letterpress. prt
  7. Golgonooza Letter Foundry. cmt
  8. Trestle Editions. pop
  9. HMP Paper Mill. ppm
  10. Jovonis Bindery. bnd
Description
  1. [27] p. : 5 ill.; 56 cm.
Subject
  1. Grandmothers -- Poetry
  2. African Americans -- Poetry
  3. Motherhood -- Poetry
  4. African American women -- Poetry
  5. African Americans -- Pictorial works
  6. Motherhood -- Pictorial works
  7. African American women -- Pictorial works
  8. Black author
Genre/Form
  1. African American artists.
  2. Livres d'artistes – United States – 20th century.
  3. Typefaces (Type evidence) – Spectrum.
Call number
  1. Sc Art Biggers
Note
  1. "Four hundred copies were printed by Daniel Keleher at Wild Carrot Letterpress"--Colophon.
  2. Poem, reprinted from the author's: I shall not be moved. New York : Random House, 1990.
  3. "Printed on paper made by hand for this book at HMP Paper Mill ... The design is by Dan Carr. The Spectrum types were hand set by Julia Ferrari & Dan Carr at Golgonooza Letter Foundry. The lithographs were printed at Trestle Editions"--Colophon.
  4. The ill. are full-page lithographs.
Binding (note)
  1. Publisher's dark red cloth, by the Jovonis Bindery. Issued in dark red cloth-covered clamshell box.
Local note
  1. Spencer Coll. copy is no. 341; signed in pencil by Angelou and Biggers.
  2. Copy in Rare Books+++ 21-795 is no. 224 of 400 copies; signed in pencil by Angelou and Biggers.
Author
  1. Angelou, Maya.
Title
  1. Our grandmothers / Maya Angelou ; lithographs by John Biggers.
Imprint
  1. [New York] : Limited Editions Club, c1994.
Binding
  1. Publisher's dark red cloth, by the Jovonis Bindery. Issued in dark red cloth-covered clamshell box.
Local subject
  1. Black author.
Place of publication
  1. United States New York (State) New York.
  2. United States Massachusetts Hadley.
Added author
  1. Biggers, John Thomas, 1924-2001. Illustrator
  2. Keleher, Daniel. Printer
  3. Carr, Dan, 1951- Book designer
  4. Ferrari, Julia. Compositor
  5. Limited Editions Club. Publisher
  6. Wild Carrot Letterpress. Printer
  7. Golgonooza Letter Foundry. Compositor
  8. Trestle Editions. Printer of plates
  9. HMP Paper Mill. Papermaker
  10. Jovonis Bindery. Binder
LCCN
  1. 2010668336
Research call number
  1. Sc Art Biggers
  2. Spencer Coll. Amer. 1994 11-148
  3. Rare Books+++ 21-795
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