Friday, February 24, 2012

Recent Acquisitions: State Libraries of Victoria and Queensland

We have just learned from Megan Herring, Director of Hand Held Gallery, that the State Library of Victoria has acquired these Moth Woman Press publications for their permanent collection:

The Moth Woman Vigilantes
The Moth Women Vigilantes: a Menace to Society
The Little Black Hair Book
Girls in High Places #1 (pictured left) & #2
Secret Hair Stories
Hairlooms
Mimi bookplates (pictured directly below)
Oscar Wilde bookplates
Dorothy Parker bookplates (pictured second below)



The SLV now holds a copy of every Moth Woman Press publication to date.

Further, the State Library of Queensland is acquiring the following zines:

Girls in High Places #1: Rope Trick
Material Girls
The Moth Woman Vigilantes



For those who would like to see them in the flesh, they are all on display at Hand Held Gallery.