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Fine Press prospectuses and ephemera

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Held at: Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department [Contact Us]Philadelphia, PA, 19103

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
RBD.HBP1
Repository:
Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department
Extent:
1.33 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Description of item], [Box and folder], Fine Press prospectuses and ephemera, 1955-1982, Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department.
Date:
1955-1982 (inclusive)
Form:
Ephemera, Greeting cards, Keepsakes (books), and Prospectuses
Abstract:
The collection contains material from fine presses and individual printers received by the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia. The bulk of the items are prospectuses, but the collection also includes greeting cards, keepsakes, printed advertisements, and samples.

This is an artificial collection of materials received and arranged by the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia.

This collection includes fine press materials received by the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia. The bulk of the collection consists of prospectuses for upcoming publications, but there are also advertisements, greeting cards, keepsakes, order blanks, and samples. Over forty fine presses and printers from the United States, Canada, and England are represented, with the largest contributors being the Stanbrook Abbey Press and the Tudor Press.

The collection is arranged alphabetically by press or printer name.

Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. History of Books and Printing Collection.

Subject

Publisher
Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid prepared by Caitlin Goodman
Finding Aid Date
2013.09.26
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

The right of access to material does not imply the right of publication. Permission for reprinting, reproduction, or extensive quotation from the rare books, manuscripts, prints, or drawings must be obtained through written application, stating the use to be made of the material. The reader bears the responsibility for any possible infringement of copyright laws in the publication of such material. A reproduction fee will be charged if the material is to be reproduced in a commercial publication.

Collection Inventory

Angelica Press, 1976.
Box 1 Folder 1
Arion Press, 1977-1980.
Box 1 Folder 2
Bird & Bull Press, 1977-1978, undated.
Box 1 Folder 3 Box 2 Folder 1
Black Rock Press, 1968.
Box 1 Folder 4
Chamberlain Press, 1978-1981.
Box 1 Folder 5
Charles Lee, 1968-1972.
Box 1 Folder 6
Chilmark Press, 1967-1970.
Box 1 Folder 7
David Magee, 1964.
Box 1 Folder 8
Deighton, Bell & Company, 1973.
Box 2 Folder 2
Dreadnaught Broadside, undated.
Box 1 Folder 9
Gehenna Press, 1966-1975.
Box 2 Folder 3 Box 1 Folder 10
Gleeson Library Associates, University of San Francisco, 1962-1980.
Box 1 Folder 11
Grabhorn-Hoyem, 1967-1972.
Box 1 Folder 12 Box 2 Folder 4
H.P. Kraus, 1961.
Box 2 Folder 5
Hebron Press, 1971.
Box 1 Folder 13
Henry Evans, 1969.
Box 2 Folder 6
Imprint Society, 1969-1970.
Box 1 Folder 14
Janus Press, 1967.
Box 1 Folder 15
Lawton Kennedy, 1961-1965, undated.
Box 1 Folder 16 Box 2 Folder 7
Lazarus Powell and Clinton Sisson, 1972-1973.
Box 1 Folder 17
Lime Rock Press, 1971.
Box 1 Folder 18
Meles Vulgaris Press, University of Wisconsin, 1972.
Box 1 Folder 19
Offhand Press, 1959.
Box 1 Folder 20
Oliphant Press, 1969.
Box 1 Folder 21
Paradine, 1978.
Box 1 Folder 22
Penmaen Press, 1978.
Box 1 Folder 23
Pennyroyal Press, 1976-1982.
Box 1 Folder 24-25
Perishable Press, 1968-1973.
Box 1 Folder 26
Pickering Press, 1967-1985 and undated.
Box 1 Folder 27
Plain Wrapper Press, 1980.
Box 1 Folder 28
Plantin Press, 1955-1967.
Box 1 Folder 29
Pomegranate Press, 1972-1974.
Box 1 Folder 30
Press of Appletree Alley, 1981.
Box 1 Folder 31
Press of the Nightowl, 1974.
Box 1 Folder 32
Rampant Lions Press, 1974.
Box 2 Folder 8
Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1959-1973, undated.
Box 1 Folder 33-37 Box 2 Folder 9
Sumac Press, 1973.
Box 1 Folder 38
Tudor Press, 1963-1977, undated.
Box 1 Folder 39-41 Box 2 Folder 10
Wil Hudson, 1965-1967.
Box 1 Folder 42 Box 2 Folder 11
Zeitlin and Ver Brugge, 1969.
Box 2 Folder 12

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