The World Book Encyclopedia [Braille]

Book

Accession Number: 1992.39.1-145

Summary/Description: "Published in braille through the generosity of Field Enterprises Educational Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, and the Field Foundation, New York" --t.p. English braille grade 2. Green clothbound boards with gilt-stamped lettering on spine. The American Printing House for the Blind undertook its single largest braille project with the 1964 printing of World Book Encyclopedia, under a $115,000 grant from the Field Foundation and the publisher, Field Enterprises Education Corporation.

History/Provenance: Donated to the Museum of the American Printing House of the Blind by the Stocklmeir Ortega School Vision Impaired Program.

Credit Line: Gift of Stocklmeir Ortega School VI Program, Sunnyvale, CA, 1992.39

Publisher: [reproduced from] Field Enterprises Education Corporation

Publisher Place: Chicago

Publish Date: c1959

Subjects: Encyclopedias Reference books

Physical Description: 145 v. of braille ; 11.6 x 11.8 x 4 in.