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The Book-of-the-Month Club. An outline of a unique plan for those who wish to keep abreast of the best books of the day, 1926

1 box
Item Number:
44711
Collection Creator:
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Dates:
1926
Located In:
Box B-000871
Extent:
1 box
Scope and Contents

8vo, pp. 15, [1]; black and white photographic portraits of the committee members; original green staple-bound printed wrappers, about fine. Includes an invitation accomplished in typescript "To become a 'Charter' Subscriber of the Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc. With Perpetual Free Selecting Service" (order blank inside); a small bifolium titled, "Some Inside Facts About Books, Publishers, and Authors"; a typed letter on Club letterhead; and a pre-addressed envelope. The original proposal of the Book-of-the-Month Club.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Associate University Librarian for Special Collections. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Credit this material:

The Book-of-the-Month Club. An outline of a unique plan for those who wish to keep abreast of the best books of the day; Collection of Ephemera Relating to the Marketing of Books, RBD2, Rare Book Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Storage Note:
  • Firestone Library (ex): Box B-000871
Processing Information

Finding aid created via automated processes by Regine Heberlein, 2017.

Collection Overview

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

8vo, pp. 15, [1]; black and white photographic portraits of the committee members; original green staple-bound printed wrappers, about fine. Includes an invitation accomplished in typescript "To become a 'Charter' Subscriber of the Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc. With Perpetual Free Selecting Service" (order blank inside); a small bifolium titled, "Some Inside Facts About Books, Publishers, and Authors"; a typed letter on Club letterhead; and a pre-addressed envelope. The original proposal of the Book-of-the-Month Club.

Arrangement

Arrangement follows the order of the original Excel inventory.

General

New York: Book-of-the-Month Club

Collection History

Processing Information

Finding aid created via automated processes by Regine Heberlein, 2017.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Associate University Librarian for Special Collections. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Credit this material:

The Book-of-the-Month Club. An outline of a unique plan for those who wish to keep abreast of the best books of the day; Collection of Ephemera Relating to the Marketing of Books, RBD2, Rare Book Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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Storage Note:
  • Firestone Library (ex): Box B-000871

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