Postcard collection of American and foreign libraries and bookstores, ca. 1900-1996.

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Postcard collection of American and foreign libraries and bookstores, ca. 1900-1996.

Collection compiled by Jerome Mevin Edelstein; donated to the Grolier Club in Nov. 2005 by member Elmar W. Seibel, who was executor of the Edelstein estate.

ca. 2,890 postcards ; 16 x 11 cm. and smaller

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SNAC Resource ID: 6814679

Grolier Club

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Edelstein, J. M. (Jerome Melvin), 1924-1996

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Jerome Mevin "J. M." Edelstein, was a bibliographer and librarian. Born in Baltimore, he was a son of Russian and Polish immigrants. Edelstein graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University and received a master's degree in library science from the University of Michigan. He studied at the University of Florence in Italy under a Fulbright Fellowship and sponsorship of the Italian government. He was the librarian for UCLA, chief librarian for the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C...