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Charles M. Adams American Trade Binding Collection
The chronological arrangement of the Charles M. Adams American Trade Binding Collection offers an opportunity to see distinct styles emerge throughout the more than one hundred years spanned by the collection. In 1987 the Friends of the Library Board of Directors gave unanimous approval to name the collection in honor of Charles M. Adams, Librarian Emeritus, in recognition of his many valuable contributions to the Library and the University.
You may search the collection through Jackson Library's online catalog.
The binding shown to the left is The isle of palms, and other poems. Published in 1812, this is an early example of paper over boards.
The Development of Publishers' Bindings
Text for this article is from the 1987-1988 Report of the Secretary for the Friends of the Library Report published by Walter Clinton Jackson Library, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Requests for information about the collections should be directed to:
- Dr. William K. Finley, Special Collections & Rare Books Division
Head (336) 334-5246. Email: wkfinley@uncg.edu
This material may not be reproduced/republished in any format without the expressed permission of Walter Clinton Jackson Library of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
This page maintained by Carolyn Shankle.
Last updated October 1, 2002.