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Loujon Press electrotype printing blocks for Insomnia or the Devil at Large by Henry Miller

 Collection
Identifier: MS83

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  • No requestable containers

Scope and Contents

Loujon Press electrotype printing blocks for Insomnia or the Devil at Large by Henry Miller consists of electrotype printing blocks for the publication Insomnia or the Devil at Large, as well as some miscellaneous graphic printing blocks. The collection is arranged into two series and spans 13 boxes dating circa 1970.

Series 1. Insomnia or the Devil at Large, circa 1970, includes all the textual, photographic, and graphic electrotype printing blocks from the publication. This series also includes some examples of the block’s image on a sheet of paper.

Series 2. Miscellaneous printing blocks for Loujon Press, undated, includes electrotype printing blocks of photographs, etchings, line drawings, cartoons, and decorative framing. These blocks most likely were used in Loujon Press’ other publications, but do not appear in Miller’s work.

Dates

  • circa 1970

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

13 Boxes (13 boxes (5.2 LF))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Loujon Press electrotype printing blocks for Insomnia or the Devil at Large by Henry Miller consists of all the textual and photographic electrotype printing blocks for the publication Insomnia or the Devil at Large, as well as some miscellaneous graphic printing blocks. The collection is arranged into two series and spans 13 boxes dating circa 1970.

Arrangement

Printing blocks are arranged numerically by page number.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Loujon Press' manuscripts and productions files are at Northwestern University because Northwestern Library offered financial support to Loujon Press for many years.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Loujon Press electrotype printing blocks for Insomnia, or the Devil at Large by Henry Miller
Status
Completed
Author
Andrea Martinez
Date
June 2023
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Library Details

Library Details

Part of the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Repository

https://www.library.northwestern.edu/libraries-collections/mccormick-library/index.html
Contact:
Deering Library, Level 3
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