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C

Caliban Press

Announcement, In Edward's Garden by Dermot Bolger; When Miles Split! by Amiri Baraka; and Houses of Mercy by Frank C. Eckmair

Announcement, Caliban Press: Letterpress Books and Pamphlets, 1985-1997, an exhibition of books designed, printed and published by Mark McMurray. November 7 - December 12, 1997.

Carriage House Press

Prospectus, The Goldbeaters of Mandalay: An Account of Hand Papermaking in Burma Today by Elaine Koretsky and Donna Koretsky.

Center for Book Arts

Prospectus, Aureole to Zingaresca: An Exotic Alphabet Book, designed, printed and illustrated by Maureen Cummins in conjunction with the Cneter for the Book Arts, 1994.

Chama Press

Prospectus, Artistry in Single Action by Halton Henderson with photographs by Charles DeBus.

"Artistry in Single Action is Also Art of the Book," two-page description.

Prospectus, Self-Portrait with Birds by John Graves with wood engravings by John DePol.

Prospectus, Cynthia Ann Parker by James T. DeShields.

Cheloniidae Press

Prospectus, Leda: In Praise of the Blessings of Darkness by Pierre Louÿs with illustrations by Alan James Robinson

Prospectus, Cheloniidae - Sea Turtles, 1987

List of publications.

Prospectus, A Fowl Alphabet: Twenty-Six Wood Engravings by Alan James Robinson, 1986.

Prospectus, The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

Bookmark, The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde

Chimaera Press

Prospectus, Two Tales by Edgar Allan Poe with lithographs by Charles Keeping.

Close-Grip Press

Prospectus, Wrestlers.

Coffee House Press

Three envelopes.

List of publications, Spring 1993.

List of letterpress imprints

Catalogue, spring 1991.

Catalogue, fall/winter 1992.

Catalogue, fall 1984.

Brochure, list of publications, spring 1985.

Brochure, Morning Coffee Chapbooks.

Catalog, fall/winter 1991-1992.

Colorado College, The Press at

Catalogue of books in print.

Prospectus, Fire in the Wax Museum by John Drury, 1980.

Contre Coup Press

Keepsake, On the Profession of Type Designing, 1981.

Business card, Hawley, Timothy (a.k.a. Theophile Homard).

Keepsake, "I'd like to thank the guy who wrote the song that made my baby fall in love with me."

Keepsake, "The Haunted Platen Press."

Keepsake, "For my Daddy," 1982.

Keepsake, "Printing Periodicals," 1982.

Prospectus, Mrs. Ira Gale Tompkins' Journal and Record of Events, Dec. 1874 - April 1877, 1984.

Coracle Press

Brochure, The books of Jonathan Williams, checklist 1952-1979

Crabgrass Press

Keepsake, “Words on Paper,” 1978

Cranium Press

Checklist of books printed in fine limited editions at Cranium Press San Francisco including current and forthcoming publications available directly from the publisher, 1975.

Crippled Turtle, Press of the

Box 4.

Press of the Crippled Turtle

FF 1. Ephemera related the Tabard Inn, an informal group of University of Missouri students and faculty interested in writing

Summons to initiation (2 forms)

Source book of information on Tabard Inn

Membership card

Notices and menus, etc. related to the semi-annual Tabard banquets (6 pieces)

Keepsakes (usually distributed at banquets)

R.M.N. (tribute to Robert M. Neal) – 1947

Ambergris

Oyez Habeus Crapus – 1948

On Peering through the Mirror

Blame Not My Lute – 1951

Strings Variously Plucked On – 1950

Christmas Tales for Children – 1948

Redhot

Tabard Driblets – 1949

From One Who Could Not Attend – 1948

A Fyresyde Chat in ye Tyme of ye Tudors – 1951.

Announcement of meeting with John G. Neihardt

Return Notice of rejection slips

Reservation card for Wayzgoose Dinner

Membership cards in Pi, typographer’s fraternity (3)

Ye Olde Tabard Inne (broadside)

Membership card in the Society of Tabard Inn

FF 2. Ephemera related the Tabard Inn, an informal group of University of Missouri students and faculty interested in writing

Verses by F.L. Mott on his 75th birthday (broadside) – 1961

Program of portrait ceremony for F.L. Mott – 1961

Christmas scroll for Mr. And Mrs. F.L. Mott – 1961

De Erratis (small broadside) – 1947

Christmas Folder for Mr. And Mrs. William Peden

Ex Libris – 5 bookplates

Theater program for workshop production of Twelfth Night – 1948

Song of the Printer by David Deutsch (small broadside)

Prayer for Thanksgiving (folder) – 1948

Christmas Diatribe (folder) for Mr. And Mrs. Paul Fisher – 1950

Thomas Carlyle to Jane Welsh (broadside)

The Blessedness of Rationalism by James Beattie (broadside)

The Practice of Typography by Daniel D. Updike (broadside)

Card for beggars, “Friend, your tale has touched my heart…”

Paterfamilias by Paul Fisher – 1951

Cacoethes Scribendi by Paul Fisher – 1951

The Printing Press by Robert H. Davis (6 examples designed and printed by as many students of the Linotype School)

Letter from Frank L. Mott to Lewis Atherton, 14 August 1956

Letter to subscribers of Oldtime Comments on Journalism from Frank Luther Mott, 18 December 1954

Letter to subscribers of Oldtime Comments on Journalism from Frank Luther Mott, 15 August 1956

Letter to subscribers of Oldtime Comments on Journalism from Frank Luther Mott and Paul Fisher, 20 February 1960

Other Publications

American Essays by Paul L. Fisher – 1950

Consider the Lowly ‘Prentice by Paul Fisher – 1951

At the Rainbow’s End – A Slug by Paul Fisher – 1951

The Typographical Howitzer by Sam Davis – 1949

Wordsmanship by Erskine Caldwell – 1961

Four Kappa Tau Alpha Addresses, 1955-1958 by Frank Luther Mott – 1960. 3 copies.

Four Kappa Tau Alpha Addresses by Frank Luther Mott – 1955. 3 copies.

Four Addresses to the Missouri Chapter of Kappa Tau Alpha by Frank Luther Mott –1950. one of 250 copies, unnumbered.

Oldtime Comments on Journalism

Volume One:

  • Ben Jonson’s 1625 Satire on News – January 1953 (3 copies)
  • An Essay on Sensationalism in the Press by Fisher Ames – February 1953 (5 copies)
  • The Porcupine and the Pole-Cat by H.H. Brackenridge – April 1953 (3 copies)
  • Liang Chi-Chao’s Comments on Journalism – July 1953 (2 copies)
  • Mark Twain’s Journalism in Tennessee – September 1955 (2 copies)
  • A Whip for the News-Writers – July 1956 (4 copies)
  • Benjamin Franklin on Newspapers (misnumbered 6) – December 1956 (2 copies)
  • Alex Sweet on Texas Journalism – April 1958 (2 copies)

Volume Two:

  • The Case and Tryal on John Peter Zenger – December 1954 (3 copies)

Volume Three:

  • Thomas Nast Pictures of Civil War Reporters – November 1959
  • Jenkins – August 1960

Curtis, Winterton C. "Them Was the Days…" Reprinted from Missouri Alumnus, April 1952. Inscribed by the author

Mott, Frank Luther. "Missouri Reprints Old Journalism Comments." Reprinted from Editor and Publisher, 23 April 1955.

Cummington Press

List of publications, 1949.

Brochure, Book Arts Celebration: 50 Years of the Cummington Press, 1989.

Cummins, Maureen

Prospectus, Checkbook.

Prospectus, Crazy Quilt, 1999.

D

Dahlstrom, Grant

Booklet, "Picture of a period, or memories of the Gay Nineties." 1950.

Detroit Institute of Arts Founders Society

Prospectus, The Legend of John Brown, 1979.

Die Ananase Press

Card, “Season’s Greetings…”, 1983

Broadside, “Written upon seeing a picture card of the Kirkstone pass…”, 1985

Dov Press

Prospectus, The Clouds by Harry Rand with lithographs by Elaine Kurtz.

Prospectus, Color Color by Harry Rand with illustrations by Julian Stanczak.

Duensing, Paul Hayden

Keepsake, "Apologia Typographicum."

Proposed Draft for a Syllabus of Typographic Taxonomy, 1980.

Brochure, Bibliotheca Typographica

Duschnes, Philip C.

Prospectus, Selective check lists of press books by Will Ransom.

Advance notice, October House Classics.

Prospectus, B.R. Marks & Remarks.

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Ecco Press

Prospectus, Dante's Inferno: Translations by twenty contemporary poets with frontispiece by Francesco Clemente.

Edizioni Ampersand

Prospectus, Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hazard by Stéphane Mallarmé, 1987.

Leaflet, “Edizioni Ampersand: Hand-printed limited edition books,” 1987.

Elephant's Foot Press

Prospectus, Marmalade: Drifts, Gists, Versions, Drafts and Takes from the poems of Stéphane Mallarmé by William Benton with prints by James McGarrell.

Elm Press

Prospectus, An Afternoon at Les Collettes by Enid Mark, 1988.

Elysium Press

Books in print, 1999.

Erespin Press

Keepsake, “A Compliment,” 1986

Enschedé en Zonen, Joh.

Booklet, New Year's Eve/Oudejaarsavond by Charles Lamb, 1957.

Booklet, Les fêtes de Hollande by Gérard de Nerval, 1955. 2 copies bound in different marbled papers.

Ettan Press

Prospectus, The Tempations of a Saint by Edouard Roditi, 1980.

Ex Ophidia

Ex-Ophidia standing order plan (letters and order form).

Catalogue of books in print, 1987. 2 copies.

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Five Trees Press

Announcement, Crocus/Sprouting by Jane Rosenthal; Eva Awakening by Jaime Robles; and The Poet & the Dancer by H.D.

Flying Fish Press

Prospectus, Correspondence Course by Nance O'Banion, 1993.

Flying Sugar Press

Prospectus, Song of Songs with illustrations by Yaron Livay.

Fonthill Press

Keepsake, “A few words on the type of William Morris,” 1981

Keepsake, “Two Poems” by Reginald Bunthorpe / “Two Decalets” by Archibald Grosvenor, 1978

Keepsake, “Textus de ecclesia Roffensi,”1986

Foolscap Press

Prospectus, Desert Dreams by Lawrence G. Van Velzer with illustrations by Peggy Gotthold (small orange copy).

Prospectus, Desert Dreams by Lawrence G. Van Velzer with illustrations by Peggy Gotthold (large copy).

Prospectus, The Man in Asbestos: An Allegory of the Future by Stephen B. Leacock with illustrations by Peggy Gotthold.

Prospectus, The Tower of the Winds, 2002.

Franklin, B.

Booklet, hardcover, B. Franklin, 1706-1790.Being a collection of ageless quotations marking important events in the life and times of Benjamin Franklin, and in the history of the United States of America. New York: Privately Printed, 1956. Colophon: "This keepsake is the cooperative work of these friends of Printing Week in New York, 1956: The designer is Lewis F, White, The Privy Council Press, New York; the illustrator is John DePol, The Privy Council Press, New York; The Typographer is Chas. D. O'Brien, Inc., New York; The printer is Ajay Printing Service, New York; electrotypes from Reilly Electrotype Company, New York; the binder is Publisher's Book Bindery, Inc., New York; text paper is White Linweave Text, plate finish and cover is Ivory Linweave Text plate finish and Dark Blue wove from Linweave, Springfield, Massachusetts."

Booklet, hardcover, The Way to Wealth: Preface to Poor Richard Improved, 1758 by Benjamin Franklin. New York: Privately Printed, 1953. Colophon: This keepsake is the cooperative work of these friends of the Printing Week project: The designer is Lewis F. White, L.F. White Company, New York; The illustrator is John DePol, L.F. White Company, New York; The typographer is M.J. Baumwell, M.J. Baumwell, Typography, New York; The printer is Ajay Printing Service, New York; the binder is Russell-Rutler Company, New York. White Pastelle Smooth and Imperial. Blue Cover by Strathmore."

Booklet, hardcover, B. Franklin - Inventor. New York: Privately Printed, 1960. Colophon: This keepsake is the cooperative work of these friends of the Printing Week project: The format designed by Lewis F. White, Privy Council Press, New York; the illustrations are wood engravings by John DePol, of the Privy Council Press, New York; Typesetting by M.J. Baumwell, Typography; printed by Tri-Arts Press, Inc.; binding by the Fisher Bookbinding Co., Inc.; the text paper is White Colophon and the cover in Midnight Blue Tweed-weave text from the Curtis Paper Company, Delaware."

Booklet, hardcover, B. Franklin, Wit. New York: Privately Printed, 1957. Colophon: This keepsake is the cooperative work of these friends of the Printing Week project: The format designed by Lewis F. White, Privy Council Press, New York; the illustrations are wood engravings by John DePol, of the Privy Council Press; Typesetting by The Composing Room, Inc.; Printed by Ajay Printing Service, Inc.; Electrotypes by Reilly Electrotype Co.; Engravings for front and back cover by Lafayette Photo Engraving Corporation; Binding by Russell-Rutler Company, Inc.; Text paper is White Colophon & the cover is Gray Tweed-weave text from Curtis Paper Company, Delaware."

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Gabberbocchus

Announcement, The Themersons and the Gabberbocchus Press - An Experiment in Publishing, 1948-1979, published by MJS Books & Graphic and Jan Kubasiewicz, October 1993

Gehenna Press

List of Gehenna Press Books, 1967.

Postcard, Announcement for catalogue of the Gehenna Press, postmarked 1992.

Prospectus, A Primer of Birds: 30 Poems by Ted Hughes with 6 woodcuts by Leonard Baskin.

List of publications, "The Gehenna Press is pleased to announce its reconstitution as an active press."

Catalogue, "Gehenna and Eremite Press MCMLXXXIX Two New Books of Literary Interest."

The Gehenna Press & The Eremite Press Addendum to 1988 catalogue.

Catalogue, "The Gehenna Press is pleased to announce its continuation as an active press, and to announce the establishment of its subsidiary the Eremite Press."

Prospectus, The Presumptions of Death by Anthony Hecht with woodcuts by Leonard Baskin, 2 copies.

Prospectus, Fancies, Bizarreries & Ornamental Grotesques by Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press & Eremite Press. 2 copies.

Gehenna Press catalogue, 1992.

Prospectus, Flevronologia: Divers Etchings Formed from Flevrons by Leonard Baskin, 1996.

Prospectus, Death Masks by Stuart Denenberg with etchings by Leonard Baskin.

Prospectus, Zapf's Civilité Disclosed by Herman Zapf.

Prospectus, Lepidoptera Fantastica, 1949.

Gnomon Press

Postcard, Gnomon Press 25 th Anniversary, 1990

Announcement, Gnomon Press 25 th Anniversary, 1990

Golden Cockerel Private Press

Catalogue, "British Hand-Made Books, 1956-1957." 2 copies.

Stock List, "A thing of beauty is a joy forever," n.d.

Catalogue, "British Private Press Books: A Special Selection for Connoisseurs," n.d.

Catalogue, "British Private Press Books: Chefs-d'oeuvres of Printing for Bibliophiles," n.d.

Grabhorn Press

Prospectus, A Tribute to Edwin Grabhorn and the Grabhorn Press by James D. Hart, Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, 196

Grabhorn-Hoyem

Keepsake booklet, The Closing of the Doves Press: A letter from Cobden- Sanderson with a preface by David Magee. Keepsake to commemorate exhibition of Cobden-Sanderson bindings at Stanford University Libraries, 1969.

Granary Books

Postcard, "Announcing Bathsheba on the Third Day by Jane Greer, Published by the Cummington Press: November, 1986"

Prospectus, Bustin's Island by Lewis Warsh, 1996

Postcard, announcement for Firebird by Paul Metcalf, collaboration of Chax Press of Tucson, Arizona, and Granary Books

Greenhouse Review Press

Prospectus, Nine Days: New York by Gary Young, 1991.

Prospectus, My Brother's in Wyoming by Gary Young, n.d.

Prospectus, A Throw of the Dice Will Never Abolish Chance by Stéphane Mallarmé, n.d.

Grenfell Press

Announcement, Culp by William H. Gass.

Catalogue, 1985. 2 copies.

Prospectus, Sacred Weather by Ann Lauterbach.

Grey Spider Press

Prospectus, The Gates of Night: Six Songs from the Noh, translated by Yassuhiko Moriguchi and David Jenkins

Prospectus, The Book of Craving by Janet Rodney, 1997

Keepsake, a winter tale by Jules Remedios Faye

Prospectus, Apocrypha: Poems by Melinda Mueller

Prospectus, Excerpts from a Family Medical Dictionary by Rebecca Brown

Keepsake, "On the far side of the world." 1999

Prospectus, Talking with Raven: Poems by Clifford Burke

Postcard, "The Only Time We Have New Poems," postmarked 2003

Gwasg Gregynog

Prospectus, Giraldus Cambrensis: Itinerary through Wales, 1989.

Grolier Club

List of publications, 2002.


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