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In addition to enlivening her books with illustrations (or "psyquaports" ) by her husband, Hugh Gray Lieber (who was head of the
Department of Fine Arts at Long Island University), Lillian often chose an unusual scheme of typography which is self-explained in this example from her Preface to
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Few details of
Lillian Lieber's life and career have survived, even at Long Island University. She died in Queens, New York just weeks shy of her 100th birthday. She came from a well-educated Jewish family. Details can be found in the out of print book,
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