Call Number:

GC186

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Graphic Art Collection

Extent:

• 12 boxes
• 14.4 linear feet

Language:

German and Japanese

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Fine Press Printing Ephemera Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1898-2010 (inclusive) and 1924-1948 (bulk)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections, Bahr, Leonard F., Hammer, Carolyn Reading, Hammer, Victor, 1882-1967, Kellogg, Spencer, Hoyem, Andrew, Heckscher, August, 1913-1997, Berliner, Harold, Morris, Henry, 1925-, Stoddard, Carol C., Conwell, Clarke, Baskin, Leonard, McGrath, Harold, Grabhorn, Edwin E., Grabhorn, Jane Bissell, Grabhorn, Robert, Graves, Joseph, Wood, Roland Armstrong, 1897-1967, Thompson, Edmund, 1897-1974, Koch, Peter Rutledge, Cummins, Maureen, Licher, Bruce, Van Viet, Claire, Kanner, Catherine, Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 1860-1941, Ishall, Joseph, Altschul, Frank, 1887-1981, Moser, Barry., Hamady, Walter, Beilenson, Edna, 1909-1981, Beilenson, Peter, 1905-1962, Marks, Lillian, Marks, Saul, 1905-1974, Trissel, James, Carey, Melbert Brinckerhoff, 1892-1941, Brewer, F. (Fredric), Rather, Clif, Rather, Lois, 1905-1996, Ritchie, Ward, 1905-1996, Blumenthal, Joseph, 1897-1990, Godine, David R., Stinehour, Roderick, Trovillion, Hal W., 1879-1967, Trovillion, Violet, 1890-1979, Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William), 1865-1947, King, Ron, 1932-, Pippet, Gabriel, Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James), 1840-1922, Ashbee, C.R. (Charles Robert), 1863-1942, Ashbee, Janet E. (Janet Elizabeth), Lawrence, Simon, 1958-, Gibbings, Robert, 1889-1958, Prüssen, Eduard, and Tiessen, Wolfgang

Form:

Printed ephemera, Christmas cards., Proofs., and Book prospectuses.

Abstract:

Consists of book prospectuses, invitations, greeting cards, and other items printed by private and small presses in the United States, and various countries throughout the world.

The collection consists of printed ephemera from fine presses in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Japan, Latin America, and South Asia. The Grabhorn Press is represented by the largest number of items. Other United States' presses include: William Edwin Rudge, Marchbanks Press, Hawthorn House, Village Press, and Bird & Bull Press. Presses from Great Britain include: Essex House Press, and Doves Press, with a smaller number of items from presses in Germany, France, and other countries. The collection will be added to as new items are acquired.

Arranged first by country, then alphabetically by name of press or printer.