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Louis Herman Kinder and fine bookbinding in America : a chapter in the history of the Roycroft Shop : galley proofs
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Richard J. Wolfe was the curator of rare books and manuscripts in The Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine at Harvard University and the Joseph Garland Librarian of the Boston Medical Library. He has written on the subjects of early American music publishing, nineteenth-century color printing, the book arts, and marbled paper. He is the author of
Marbled paper, its history, techniques and patterns (1990).Paul McKenna is the author of
A History and bibliography of the Roycroft Printing Shop .Wolfe, Richard J. Marbled paper, its history, techniques and patterns. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1990. McKenna, Paul.A History and bibliography of the Roycroft Printing Shop. North Tonawanda, N.Y. : Tona Graphics, c1986.
This collection comprises the original galley proofs for Richard J. Wolfe’s and Paul McKenna’s book,
Louis Herman Kinder and fine bookbinding in America : a chapter in the history of the Roycroft Shop, as published by Bird & Bull Press in 1985. The proofs bear numerous handwritten corrections and editorial notes by publisher Henry Morris.Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 oversize galleys.
Purchase, January 2009.
Processed and encoded by Anita Wellner, March 2009. Further encoded by George Apodaca, October 2015.
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- 2009 March 18
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Original galley proofs for Richard J. Wolfe’s and Paul McKenna’s book,
Louis Herman Kinder and fine bookbinding in America : a chapter in the history of the Roycroft Shop , as published by Bird & Bull Press in 1985. The proofs bear numerous handwritten corrections and editorial notes by publisher Henry Morris. Physical Description1 item (40 p.)
Physical LocationRemoved to: SPEC MSS 099 oversize galleys