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26 Letters: The Alphabet in Children's Books and Type Specimens: Exhibit
Fleet Library at RISD, 2nd Floor - June 7 - July 31, 2016
Poster
Poster by Sarah Long, Special Collections Volunteer
Curator, Special Collections Librarian
Claudia Covert
she/her
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Contact:
2nd floor, 203
401-709-5927
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Subjects:
Artists' Books
,
Special Collections
Co-Curator, Special Collections Volunteer
Claudia Covert
she/her
Email Me
Contact:
2nd floor, 203
401-709-5927
Social:
LinkedIn Page
Subjects:
Artists' Books
,
Special Collections
Co-Curator, Senior Library Assistant, Special Collections
Claudia Covert
she/her
Email Me
Contact:
2nd floor, 203
401-709-5927
Social:
LinkedIn Page
Subjects:
Artists' Books
,
Special Collections
Books
Foot-high letters : First series, The Roman capital letter
by
planned and edited by Matlack Price, with commentary text, and nine forms for comparative study ; All letters specially drawn by Otto Munzinger
Call Number: RISD SPECIAL LARGE FOLIO NK3600 .P68 1940
A
The Stearns, Beede, Jencks Collection of Miniature Books
Call Number: RISD Special
My Tiny Alphabet Book
A
ABC book
by
designed and cut on wood by C.B. Falls
Call Number: RISD SPECIAL OVERSIZE NC975.5.F23 A2 1925
B
C
One thousand and one initial letters
by
designed and illuminated by Owen Jones
Call Number: RISD Special Flat Folio NK3620 .J7 1864
D
Grammar of lettering: a handbook of alphabets, systematically arranged for the use of art students, architects, decorators, sign-writers, and all classes of craftsmen
by
Andrew W. Lyons
Call Number: RISD SPECIAL NK3600 .L8 1908
E
ABC
by
Hilary Knight
Call Number: RISD SPECIAL OVERSIZE NC975.5.K66 A22 1961
F is for flowers and frogs
ABC
by
text, Britt G. Hallqvist ; bild, Stig Lindberg
Call Number: RISD SPECIAL NC986.5.L562 A2 1951
G
The New England primer alphabet : humorously but reverently elaborated
by
Joseph Alger and Russell C. Germond
Call Number: RISD STORAGE PS3501.L462 N4
H
I
Child's A B C
Call Number: RISD SPECIAL Z1033.H8 C45
J
K
L
M
The alphabet : fifteen interpretative designs drawn and arranged with explanatory text and illustrations
by
Frederic W. Goudy
Call Number: RISD SPECIAL OVERSIZE NK3600 .G65 1918
N
P
Lyrics pathetic & humorous from A to Z
by
Edmund Dulac
Call Number: RISD SPECIAL NC978.5.D8 L9 1908
O
Festons und decorative Gruppen nebst einem zieralphabete aus Pflanzen und Thieren : Jagd-, Touristen- und anderen Geräthen photographische Naturaufnahmen
by
zusammengestellt und herausgegeben von Martin Gerlach...
Call Number: RISD Special Flat Folio NK1450.A1 G4 1897
ABC D'art
Call Number: RISD Special Flat Folio NK3630 .M2
S
The ABC bunny / by Wanda Gág ; hand lettered by Howard Gág
Call Number: RISD SPECIAL OVERSIZE NC975.5.G33 A2 1933
T
U
A Comic alphabet
by
designed etched & published by George Cruikshank
Call Number: RISD SPECIAL NC1479.C83 C6 1988
V
W
Alfabeto di lettere iniziali
by
inventate e delineate da Mauro Poggi, scrittor Fiorentino, et incise dall' Abate Lorenzo Lorenzi.
Call Number: RISD Special Flat Folio NK3600 .P63 1750z
X
A book of alphabets for Douglas Cleverdon
by
drawn by Eric Gill ; with a foreword by Douglas Cleverdon and an introduction by John Dreyfus
Call Number: RISD SPECIAL NK3631.G54 A4 1987
Y
The Stearns, Beede, Jencks Collection of Miniature Books
Call Number: RISD Special
Kate Greenaway's Alphabet
Z