Abstract
The Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" collection provides a broad overview of printed material from the 1780s through 1949. Gathered by book collector Mavis Eggle, the collection serves as a social history of books, newspapers, and ephemera. Physical characteristics of the books include a variety of printer's marks, publishers' bindings, bookplates, and early subscription libraries. The collection's titles are a diverse and creative gathering of poetry, children' literature, religious texts, broadsides, newspapers, and popular fiction. Together, the items in the Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" collection illustrate changes in literature, printing and publishing, advertising, and book history over a time period of more than 170 years.
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Scope and Contents Note
The Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" collection provides a broad overview of printed material from the 1780s through 1949. Gathered by book collector Mavis Eggle, the collection serves as a social history of books, newspapers, and ephemera. Physical characteristics of the books include a variety of printer's marks, publishers' bindings, bookplates, and early subscription libraries. The collection's titles are a diverse and creative gathering of poetry, children' literature, religious texts, broadsides, newspapers, and popular fiction. Together, the items in the Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" collection illustrate changes in literature, printing and publishing, advertising, and book history over a time period of more than 170 years.
Access Note
Collection is open for research. Cataloging of these titles is ongoing. See Libraries' catalog for titles described individually in more detail, which are also part of this collection.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Arrangement
Materials are grouped by material type.
Preferred Citation
Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection, approximately 1780-1949. MS-01144. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f12n3d
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated in 2023 by Beverly Rogers as part of the Beverly Rogers Rare Book Collection; accession number 2023-016.
Processing Note
In 2023, the manuscript materials were inventoried, organized, and rehoused by Sarah Jones. The finding aid and front matter was written by Sarah Jones and updated on an ongoing basis as materials are cataloged.