Little Leather Library Collection
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UC Davis. Special Collections
2020
University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library
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Davis, California 95616-5292
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Title: Little Leather Library Collection
Dates: 1921
Collection Number: MC075
Creator/Collector:
Little Leather Library Corporation.
Extent: 0.2 linear feet
Repository:
UC Davis. Special Collections
Davis, California 95616-5292
Abstract: Nineteen pocket-size copies of the works of writers such as Shakespeare, Kipling, Plato, and Dickens.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission
to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to
include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Little Leather Library Collection. UC Davis. Special Collections
Biography/Administrative History
The Little Leather Library Corp. of New York was the first to mass-market inexpensive books in the United States. Founded
in 1916 by Albert Boni, Harry Scherman and Maxwell Sackheim, the Little Leather Library made available literary classics in
miniature editions.
Scope and Content of Collection
Nineteen pocket-size copies of the works of writers such as Shakespeare, Kipling, Plato, and Dickens.
Literature publishing -- History -- 20th century.