prospectuses
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents designed to inform prospective investors or patrons, consisting of a formal summary of a proposed commercial, literary, or other venture, or a description of the features or services of an institution or business. [Use also for printer's prospectuses for upcoming publications.]
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Denise Brady Ephemera Collection
Collection — Box 2019-070
Identifier: MSS-0152
Content Description
The Denise Brady Ephemera Collection includes prospectus for books to be published by Brady Press, invitations and announcements for life events such as weddings and births, holiday cards, broadsides, announcements of exhibits and books, and other ephemera.
Dates:
1990-2019
The Hovering Fly -- Prospectus and Specimen, 1949
File — Box 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
"A Prospectus and Specimen from the Cummington Press," an unbound booklet comprising eight pages printed on two folded sheets, wrapped in a gray cover, 16.5 x 24 cm in size. The printing specimen consists of pages 9-10 and 15-16 from the book The Hovering Fly, by Allen Tate (1949), including one uncolored illustration by Wightman Williams. The first printed page of the prospectus describes The Hovering Fly, then in production, detailing the table of contents, anticipated number of woodcut...
Dates:
1949
