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Geoffrey Wakeman Plough Press collection

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Call Number:
MSS 0554
Repository:
University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Extent:
  • 10 linear foot (10 boxes)
  • 5 oversize box
  • 2 oversize removal
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
MSS 0554, Geoffrey Wakeman Plough Press collection, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Date:
1655-1996 (inclusive) and 1970-1993 (bulk)
Creator:
Wakeman, Geoffrey
Form:
correspondence, Manuscripts for publication, Galley proofs, Proofs (printed matter), Photographs, Dummies (printed matter), Sample books, Rollers (printing tools), Type specimens, Mechanicals (camera-ready copy), and Wood blocks (printing blocks)
Abstract:
The Geoffrey Wakeman Plough Press collection consists of the records of the Plough Press and the works and research materials of the Plough Press's founder, English printer and author Geoffrey Wakeman. The Plough Press's publications, reprints, and original works by Wakeman and others pertain to print culture, particularly printers and printing, illustration processes, binding, and paper.

English printer and author Geoffrey Wakeman (d. 1987) founded the Plough Press in 1967 in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. Wakeman was a noted professor of printing history, author, and printer, and his work on papermaking, color illustration and printing processes, and binding techniques remains a lasting contribution to the study of print culture.

He is the author of several books, including

A Guide to Nineteenth-Century Color Printers (1975); English Marbled Papers: A History (1980); Victorian Book Illustration: The Technical Revolution (1973) and Nineteenth-Century Trade Binding (1983). A student of Phillip Gaskell at the College Press in Glasgow, Wakeman established the Plough Press based on a desire to learn by doing. The first book printed by the press was Share of Ploughs (1968), consisting of a series of color prints of plows with accompanying verses about plows and plowing. The first major Plough Press publication was XIX Century Illustration (1970). It describes sixteen printing processes with accompanying contemporary specimens. Such leaf books became a regular feature of Plough Press publications, as Wakeman believed the only way to properly study the history of paper and printing was by examining actual specimens. The Plough Press publications, reprints, and original works by Wakeman and others pertain to print culture, particularly printers and printing, illustration processes, binding, and paper. The majority of Plough Press works are letterpress-printed, hand-bound limited editions, but some publications were also manufactured commercially.

The Plough Press was a family business; Geoffrey Wakeman and his wife Frances Wakeman (née Docker) ran the press together and later with their son Paul Wakeman. After the death of Geoffrey Wakeman in 1987, Paul and Frances Wakeman took over the Plough Press, with offices in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, and Nottingham. Paul Wakeman joined Oak Knoll Press in Newcastle, Delaware, as its first publishing director in 1988, establishing collaborative ties between Oak Knoll and Plough Press. In 1991, Paul Wakeman established Plough Press USA in New Castle. Plough Press continued with offices in Kidlington and New Castle, until the press ceased production in the mid-2000s.

Fleck, Robert. "Books about books, parts 5, 6, 7," in the Oak Knoll Biblio-Blog. http://oakknollbooks.wordpress.com/tag/paul-wakeman/ (accessed September 27, 2010).Additional information derived from collection.

The Geoffrey Wakeman Plough Press collection consists of approximately 10 linear feet plus oversized material of the records of the Plough Press and the works and research materials of the Plough Press's founder English printer and author Geoffrey Wakeman and spans the dates 1796 to 1993, with the bulk of the material dating from 1970 to 1993.

The collection is arranged into three series: I. Plough Press UK records; II. Geoffrey Wakeman lecture notes, research files, and publications; and III. Oak Knoll, Paul Wakeman and Plough Press USA. Series I. consists of the records of Plough Press UK, divided into three subseries. The first subseries contains material contributing to publications of Plough Press UK, arranged chronologically by publication date of the work. Project files include the materials tracing the development of each project, such as correspondence, research material, proofs, galley proofs, illustrations, research, camera-ready copy (paste-ups), dummies, and printed matter. The second subseries contains material relating to Plough Press publications by Geoffrey Wakeman, arranged chronologically by date of publication, also including material that contributed to the production of each work. The third subseries consists of ephemera relating to Plough Press as well as catalogs from Frances Wakeman Books, the rare book business operated by Frances Wakeman, which specialized in publications pertaining to the book arts.

Series II. consists of Geoffrey Wakeman's research files, lecture notes, and material pertaining to publications not published by the Plough Press, divided into three subseries. The first subseries consists of Wakeman's lecture notes used for teaching classes on a variety of topics related to printing and printing history, such as bookbinding, illustration, and papermaking. Wakeman's research files, which comprise the second subseries, include files on similar print culture topics. Wakeman's original file structure, including file names, has been maintained. The additional ephemera not associated with a particular file was collected into a small grouping at the end, which includes books, prints, catalogs, letters, and articles. The third subseries includes material contributing to Wakeman's publications not produced by Plough Press, including research materials, correspondence, manuscripts, layouts, dummies, page proofs, financial records, specimens, and illustrations.

Series III. comprises material relating to Paul Wakeman, his association with the New Castle, Delaware, press Oak Knoll, and the establishment of and publications printed by Plough Press USA. The first subseries consists of material contributing to the publication of two Oak Knoll titles for which Paul Wakeman designed and printed various components during his tenure as Oak Knoll's publishing director. The second subseries includes items relating to the design and printing of Paul Wakeman's wedding invitation, as well as a wedding gift from Bird & Bull Press owner Henry Morris. The third subseries contains records of Plough Press USA, including material contributing to the production of

Notes Towards an Account of Paper Mills in Oxfordshire (1991) and the posthumous publication of Geoffrey Wakeman's Developments in Functional Bookbinding (1993).

Plough Press's publications--original works by Wakeman and others and reprints of classic and obscure texts--pertain to print culture, particularly printers and printing, illustration processes, binding, and papermaking. The majority of Plough Press works are letterpress-printed, hand-bound limited editions. The collection represents a valuable resource in the field of print culture, containing material relating to the production of many of the press's publications, such as correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, galley proofs, dummies, as well as paper, leather, and type specimens, and binder's tools (see Item Appendix); Geoffrey Wakeman's own research files, which include bibliographies and lecture notes on a variety of printing topics; and the business and financial records of the two branches of Plough Press.

The collection also offers a wealth of specimens and tools from Wakeman's business dealings and research: leather and cloth samples, paper samples, type specimens, woodblocks, engraved plates, and binder's rollers and engraving tools can be found throughout the collection. Please see the Item Appendix for an index to the locations of the physical objects in the collection.

  1. Boxes 1-10: Shelved in SPEC MSS record center cartons
  2. Boxes 11-15: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (17 inches)
  3. Removals: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
  4. Removals: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (28 inches)

Purchase, 1985-1997. Gift Frances Wakeman, 1988. Gift Alice Schreyer, 1991.

Processed by Maureen Cech, March 2007; encoded by Maureen Cech, September 2010.

Oak Knoll records (various accessions)

Bird & Bull Press records (various accessions)

In addition to the records of the Plough Press and the personal research files of Geoffrey Wakeman, approximately 150 books from Wakeman's personal library were included with the collection, which have been cataloged separately in DELCAT. These include a number of classic monographs and periodicals on printing and illustration processes as well as catalogs.

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Publisher
University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
Finding Aid Date
2010 September 24
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce isrequired from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library, https://library.udel.edu/static/purl.php?askspec

Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Series I. consists of the records of the English branch of Plough Press, Plough Press UK, divided into three subseries. The first subseries contains material contributing to publications of Plough Press UK, arranged chronologically by publication date of the work. Project files include the materials contributing toward the development of each project, such as correspondence, research material, proofs, galley proofs, illustrations, research, paste-ups, dummies, and printed matter. The second subseries contains material relating to Plough Press publications by Geoffrey Wakeman, arranged chronologically by date of publication, also including material that contributed to the production of each work. The third subseries consists of ephemera relating to Plough Press as well as catalogues from Frances Wakeman Books, the rare book business operated by Frances Wakeman, which specialized in publications pertaining to the book arts.

Anaglyptography: Medallion Engraving for Book Illustrationby William John Stannard, 1967.
Box 1 Folder F1
Scope and Contents

Material about Thomas Rae and Signet Press; correspondence; typed manuscript; notes; layouts; dummy; prospectus (plate, proofs); proofs; book review/print.

Share of Ploughs, 1968.
Box 1 Folder F2
Scope and Contents

Text notes; notes; proofs.

Law Ordure: A Squib, 1969.
Box 1 Folder F3
Scope and Contents

Printed book/pamphlet in folder (copy #1); various page proofs.

Notes, dummy, orders, prospectus and proofs, 1971.
Box 1 Folder F4
Proofs and dummy.
Box 1 Folder F5
Loughborough Marble, 1971.
Box 1 Folder F6
Scope and Contents

Page of handwritten notes; 1 page of proofs with notes concerning prospectus on verso.

Speed the Plough: Impressions of Binder's Tools, 1973.
Box 1 Folder F7
Scope and Contents

Copies of covers and proof pages.

Artes Typographicae1-5 correspondence, 1974-1979.
Box 1 Folder F8
Scope and Contents

Correspondence related to entire

Artes Typographicae series, particularly orders and invoices, relating to the five issues.
On Printingby Loys Le Roy [1594] (Artes Typographicaeno. 1), 1974.
Box 1 Folder F9
Scope and Contents

Notes; paste-up; galley proofs (cut and marked for pagination); page proofs; illustrations; prospectus.

"The Copper Plate Printer," reprinted fromThe Book of Trades[1835] (Artes Typographicaeno. 2), 1975.
Box 1 Folder F10
Scope and Contents

Galley proof; notes; page proofs; illustrations; prospectus manuscript and proofs.

History of F.J. Head Co.by Frederick A. Brett (Artes Typographicaeno. 3), 1975.
Box 1 Folder F11
Scope and Contents

Correspondence; notes; manuscript; galley proofs; page proofs.

Indian Hand Made Paper(Artes Typographicaeno. 4), 1977.
Box 1 Folder F12
Scope and Contents

Handwritten manuscript; notes; prospectus (manuscript and proof); page proofs; covers.

Printing Trade Cards From the Emily Isabel Abbott Bequest to the University of Nottingham(Artes Typographicaeno. 5), 1979.
Box 1 Folder F13
Scope and Contents

Correspondence; handwritten manuscript and notes; various page proofs; binding labels; card specimen; covers.

Scope and Contents

by Frances Docker [Wakeman].

Correspondence and finances, 1975-1980.
Box 1 Folder F14
Illustrations, photographs and samples, undated.
Box 1 Folder F15
Dummy, undated.
Box 1 Folder F16
Proofs, undated.
Box 1 Folder F17
Proofs and paste-up, undated.
Box 13 Folder F18
Physical Location

Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (17 inches)

Binder's tools, undated.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

Contains a set of binder's tools featured in the book: nine engraved brass ornaments, 2 handles with 4 engraved wheels--2 wooden, 2 metal-- and 3 engraved metal ornaments with attached wooden handles.

Physical Location

Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (17 inches)

Correspondence, orders and finances, 1974-1980.
Box 1 Folder F19
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from private press owners featured in the book, including Rigby Graham, Toni Savage, John Mason, Douglas Martin, Duine Campbell, Bryan Foster, Trevor Hickman, and Gordon Atkins.

Manuscript, undated.
Box 1 Folder F20
Scope and Contents

Material taken from Ann Morris's binder in which it was originally housed in the collection; typed manuscript of text and bibliography; significant amount of handwritten notes and corrections; typed additions stapled/taped in.

Manuscript (2), undated.
Box 1 Folder F21
Scope and Contents

Typed manuscript; some of the extensive handwritten notes appear to have been provided by Rigby Graham; also includes handwritten notes of Geoffrey Wakeman.

Prospectus, illustrations, proofs, undated.
Box 1 Folder F22
Scope and Contents

Notes toward prospectus; proofs of prospectus; illustration samples; page proofs; issue of

Printing World featuring review of Private Press (pages 26-27).
Easter Wingsby George Herbert, 1977.
Box 1 Folder F23
Scope and Contents

Proofs with handwritten corrections (2 p.)

The Tragical Death of A Apple=Pye who was cut into Pieces and Eat by 25 Gentlemen, 1978.
Box 1 Folder F24
Scope and Contents

Contributed to the Society of Private Printers for "An Infant's Library" in 1978; rejected proofs; 2 copies of the book.

Correspondence, finances, and prospectus, 1977-1979.
Box 1 Folder F25
Scope and Contents

Correspondence; business correspondence; correspondence with Colin Cohen; financial notes; prospectus (manuscript and proofs); photocopies of publication announcements.

Research, manuscripts, and proofs, undated.
Box 1 Folder F26
Correspondence, manuscript, finances, prospectus, 1982.
Box 1 Folder F27
Dummy, paper Samples, and proofs, undated.
Box 1 Folder F28
Page proofs, undated.
Box 1 Folder F29
Samples, undated.
Box 1 Folder F30
Scope and Contents

Metal plate, marbled paper samples, leather samples, binding paper.

Correspondence, prospectus, manuscripts, 1982.
Box 2 Folder F31
Photocopies ofPenny Magazine, proofs, undated.
Box 2 Folder F32
General correspondence, 1983-1984.
Box 2 Folder F33
Correspondence with Gavin Bridson, 1973-1979.
Box 2 Folder F34
Correspondence with Gavin Bridson, 1980-1984 and undated.
Box 2 Folder F35
Finances, prospectus, proofs, covers, undated.
Box 2 Folder F36
Scope and Contents

Financial notes; prospectus; reviews; proofs; cover samples.

Typescript (Table of contents, Section A), undated.
Box 2 Folder F37
Typescript (Sections B-E, Periodicals), undated.
Box 2 Folder F38
Typescripts of 1981 additions and 1973 Bridson manuscript, 1973, 1981.
Box 2 Folder F39
Scope and Contents

Typescript of 1981 additions to sections A-D; Bridson's 1973 typescript of "Printed Pictures: An Idea for a Bibliography of Graphic Reproduction Processes."

Binder's plate and typescripts, 1983.
Box 2 Folder F40
Scope and Contents

Binder's plate; Bridson's 1983 typescript of "Graphic Arts Societies in the British Isles, 1750-1900, working notes for a historical directory (forming a companion to Printmaking & Picture Printing)"; 1983 typed manuscript of

Printmaking index.
Short History of the Plough Press, 1984.
Box 2 Folder F41
Scope and Contents

Letter from David Chambers of the Private Libraries Association to Geoffrey Wakeman; handwritten manuscript, proof, printed copies.

Correspondence, finances, prospectus, samples, 1984-1985.
Box 2 Folder F42
Scope and Contents

Notes and proofs of prospectus; marbled paper samples.

Typescript, samples, proofs, undated.
Box 2 Folder F43
The Art of Anastatic Printing, 1986.
Box 2 Folder F44
Scope and Contents

Cloth binding samples; manuscript; proofs.

The Printer: reprint of material from the Printer's Carnival by Kelly, 1986.
Box 13 Folder F45
Scope and Contents

Correspondence; notes; text manuscript; negatives; proofs; prospectus.

Physical Location

Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (17 inches)

Scope and Contents

Correspondence; notes; text manuscript; negatives; proofs; prospectus.

Sales, 1988-1990.
Box 2 Folder F46
Manuscript, prospectus, and page proofs, undated.
Box 13 Folder F47
Physical Location

Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (17 inches)

Manuscript, undated.
Box 2 Folder F48
The Progress of the Marbling Artby Josef Halfer, 1989.
Box 2 Folder F49
Scope and Contents

Manuscript of prospectus; orders received; copy of letter sent to Plough Press customers announcing cancellation of the project.

Correspondence, finances, samples, 1989-1991.
Box 2 Folder F50
Proofs, correspondence, and manuscripts (1 of 2), 1990.
Box 2 Folder F51
Scope and Contents

Folders 51 and 52 contain various sets of proofs; faxes and correspondence between Paul Wakeman at Oak Knoll, Barry McKay and Frances Wakeman; two typed manuscripts with corrections by Frances Wakeman.

Proofs, correspondence, and manuscripts (2 of 2), 1990.
Box 2 Folder F52
Proofs, undated.
Box 2 Folder F53
Bromide proofs, undated.
Box 2 Folder F54
Prospectus, undated.
Box 2 Folder F55
Correspondence and finances, 1971-1973.
Box 3 Folder F56
Manuscripts and proofs, undated.
Box 3 Folder F57
Paste-up, undated.
Box 3 Folder F58
Proofs, rejects, and layouts (1 of 3), undated.
Box 3 Folder F59
Scope and Contents

Folders 59-61 contain various stages of proofs, including rejects; layout notes; paste-ups.

Proofs, rejects, and layouts (2 of 3), undated.
Box 13 Folder F60
Physical Location

Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (17 inches)

Proofs, rejects, and layouts (3 of 3), undated.
Box 14 Folder F61
Physical Location

Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (17 inches)

Correspondence and finances, 1972-1975.
Box 3 Folder F62
Manuscripts, layouts, and illustration materials, undated.
Box 3 Folder F63
Scope and Contents

Text manuscript; layouts; carbon copy letters to Rod Pattinson concerning illustrations; photographs and a drawing.

Page and illustration proofs, undated.
Box 3 Folder F64
Correspondence, finances, 1974.
Box 3 Folder F65
Notes and proofs, undated.
Box 3 Folder F66
Scope and Contents

Notes; prospectus proofs; metal binding plate; page proofs.

Correspondence, finances, 1975-1976.
Box 3 Folder F67
Scope and Contents

For correspondence with Bridson, see F33 and F34 of

Printmaking & Picture Printing in Britain .
Typescript, undated.
Box 3 Folder F68
Scope and Contents

Typed manuscript with corrections.

Dummy, undated.
Box 3 Folder F69
Proofs and covers, undated.
Box 3 Folder F70
Scope and Contents

Page proofs; prospectus proofs; covers.

Binder 1: A--Brand, undated.
Box 3 Folder F71
Scope and Contents

Six binders of Geoffrey Wakeman's research, arranged alphabetically by printer's name. These binders contain much information not used in the book.

Binder 2: Braun--De la Motte, undated.
Box 3 Folder F72
Binder 3: De la Rue--Griffiths, undated.
Box 3 Folder F73
Binder 4: Griggs--McLagan, undated.
Box 4 Folder F74
Binder 5: McLean--Rigo, undated.
Box 4 Folder F75
Binder 6: Robinson--Z, undated.
Box 4 Folder F76
Correspondence and finances, 1976-1977.
Box 4 Folder F77
Notes and layouts, undated.
Box 14 Folder F78
Scope and Contents

Notes and layouts.

Physical Location

Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (17 inches)

Proofs, covers, undated.
Box 14 Folder F79
Scope and Contents

Page proofs; prospectus proofs; covers.

Physical Location

Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (17 inches)

Corrected proofs, undated.
Box 15 Folder F80
Scope and Contents

Page proofs with corrections to layout and text; additions to text.

Physical Location

Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (17 inches)

Correspondence, finances, notes, manuscripts, 1978.
Box 4 Folder F81
Manuscripts, negatives, and paste-ups, undated.
Box 4 Folder F82
Baryta paper pulls, undated.
Box 4 Folder F83
Proofs, undated.
Box 4 Folder F84
Proofs with inserts, undated.
Box 4 Folder F85
Binding samples, dummy binding, undated.
Box 4 Folder F86
Correspondence and orders, 1976-1978.
Box 4 Folder F87
Correspondence: Cockerell., 1971, 1977.
Box 4 Folder F88
Correspondence : Mitchell and Malik., 1977-1978, 1980.
Box 4 Folder F89
Correspondence: Stone, 1977.
Box 4 Folder F90
Correspondence: Wolfe, 1977-1978.
Box 4 Folder F91
Prospectus, notes, manuscripts, undated.
Box 4 Folder F92
Dummy and Negatives, undated.
Box 4 Folder F93
Proofs and rejects, undated.
Box 4 Folder F94
Proofs with inserts, undated.
Box 4 Folder F95
Carshalton, undated.
Box 4 Folder F96
Chafford, undated.
Box 4 Folder F97
Darenth, undated.
Box 4 Folder F98
Downton, undated.
Box 5 Folder F99
Eynsford, undated.
Box 5 Folder F100
Ford, undated.
Box 5 Folder F101
Hayle, undated.
Box 5 Folder F102
Hurcott, undated.
Box 5 Folder F103
King's Alton, undated.
Box 5 Folder F104
Laverstoke, undated.
Box 5 Folder F105
Shoreham, undated.
Box 5 Folder F106
Springfield, undated.
Box 5 Folder F107
Tuckenhay, undated.
Box 5 Folder F108
Wookey Hole, undated.
Box 5 Folder F109
Correspondence, notes and finances, 1978-1980.
Box 5 Folder F110
Illustrations and correspondence, 1979.
Box 5 Folder F111
Scope and Contents

Maps, drawings; correspondence relating to the maps.

Manuscripts, undated.
Box 5 Folder F112
Proofs, layouts, rejects, undated.
Box 5 Folder F113
Corrected proofs, undated.
Box 5 Folder F114
Correspondence, finances, 1980-1981.
Box 5 Folder F115
Manuscripts and illustrations, undated.
Box 5 Folder F116
Proofs and rejects, undated.
Box 5 Folder F117
Proofs, undated.
Box 5 Folder F118
Correspondence and finances, 1981-1982.
Box 5 Folder F119
Scope and Contents

Includes a leather sample.

Manuscripts, undated.
Box 5 Folder F120
Plates, undated.
Box 5 Folder F121
Scope and Contents

Material relating to plates (notes, text manuscript).

Layout, paste-up, galley proofs, undated.
Box 5 Folder F122
Proofs, undated.
Box 5 Folder F123
Drawings, photographs, negatives, undated.
Box 5 Folder F124
Wood-block prints, undated.
Box 5 Folder F125
Dummy, undated.
Box 5 Folder F126
Scope and Contents

Complete dummy; inlaid letter from Geoffrey Wakeman regarding the dummy; inlay of prospectus.

Woodblocks andThe Life and Death of John Mytton, Esq., circa 1870, circa 1981.
Box 12
Scope and Contents

Contains five wood blocks used to produce the print "Well done, Neck or Nothing" in Apperley's

The Life and Death of John Mytton, Esq. (circa 1870), along with a copy of the book. The book includes a note from Geoffrey Wakeman to Bob Fleck of Oak Knoll. This set of blocks, labeled for each color, is described and used in Victorian Colour Printing .
Correspondence, finances, research, 1982-1983.
Box 5 Folder F127
Typescript and manuscript, undated.
Box 5 Folder F128
Illustrations, undated.
Box 5 Folder F129
Proofs, binding samples, undated.
Box 5 Folder F130
Samples, undated.
Box 5 Folder F131
Scope and Contents

Binding samples; brass type; spine labels.

Dummy, layout, prospectus, undated.
Box 5 Folder F132
Correspondence, notes and finances, 1982, 1984.
Box 6 Folder F133
Manuscripts and prospectus, undated.
Box 6 Folder F134
Layout, illustrations, binding materials, undated.
Box 6 Folder F135
Scope and Contents

Layout; illustrations; original Bradbury prints; binding samples; binder's plate.

Proofs and rejects, undated.
Box 6 Folder F136
Correspondence, 1985, 1986.
Box 6 Folder F137
Manuscripts, undated.
Box 6 Folder F138
Illustrations and prospectus, undated.
Box 6 Folder F139
Dummy, undated.
Box 6 Folder F140
Binding material, undated.
Box 6 Folder F141
Scope and Contents

Binding material (binder's plate, samples, bound dummy) .

Proofs, undated.
Box 15 Folder F142
Physical Location

Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (17 inches)

Designer's proofs, undated.
Box 15 Folder F143
Physical Location

Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (17 inches)

Bills for binding and miscellaneous correspondence for Plough Press UK, 1975-1988.
Box 6 Folder F144
Plough Press UK proofs and notes, undated.
Box 6 Folder F145
Plough Press UK cards and stationery, undated.
Box 6 Folder F146
Plough Press UK press diaries and book commentaries, 1969, 1970-1977, 1978-1985, 1980.
Box 6 Folder F147
Scope and Contents

Includes 1985 letter from Geoffrey Wakeman to Bob Fleck of Oak Knoll regarding sending items from Plough Press, including press diaries, to Oak Knoll. This folder also contains Geoffrey Wakeman's own comments on Plough Press publications contained in this collection.

Plough Press UK press diary, 1985-1986.
Box 6 Folder F148
Scope and Contents

Geoffrey Wakeman's comments on Plough Press publications contained in this collection.

Plough Press UK press diary, 1986-1993.
Box 6 Folder F149
Photographs of Geoffrey Wakeman, 1986.
Box 6 Folder F150
Scope and Contents

Includes four photographs of Geoffrey Wakeman and 1986 letter to Nathaniel H. Puffer of the University of Delaware regarding sending items to Morris Library's Special Collections department.

Frances Wakeman Books catalogues, undated.
Box 6 Folder F151
Scope and Contents

Catalogues 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36.

Frances Wakeman Books catalogues, undated.
Box 6 Folder F152
Scope and Contents

Catalogues 64; 66; 67; 68.

Frances Wakeman Books catalogues, undated.
Box 6 Folder F153
Scope and Contents

Catalogues 69; 70; 71;73;74; 75.

Scope and Contents

Series II. consists of Geoffrey Wakeman's research files, lecture notes, and material pertaining to publications not published by the Plough Press, divided into three subseries. The first subseries contains Wakeman's lecture notes used for teaching classes on a variety of topics related to printing and printing history, such as bookbinding, illustration, and papermaking; Wakeman's research files, which comprise Subseries 2, include files on similar print culture topics. Wakeman's original file structure has been maintained, including original folder titles. The additional ephemera not associated with a particular file was collected into a small grouping at the end, which includes books , prints, catalogues, letters, and articles. Subseries 3 includes material contributing to Wakeman's publications not produced by Plough Press, including research materials, correspondence, manuscripts, layouts, dummies, page proofs, financial records, specimens, and illustrations.

Advanced bibliography course, 1967.
Box 7 Folder F1
Analytical bibliography course, 1985.
Box 7 Folder F2
Bookbinding, undated.
Box 7 Folder F3
C15 illustration, undated.
Box 7 Folder F4
Scope and Contents

Fifteenth-century illustration

C16 and C17, undated.
Box 7 Folder F5
Scope and Contents

Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century printing materials

C19 illustration: black and white, photographic, undated.
Box 7 Folder F6
C19 woodblock illustration, undated.
Box 7 Folder F7
Text for slides on C19 illustration, undated.
Box 7 Folder F8
Colour printing lecture, undated.
Box 7 Folder F9
Slides for colour printing lecture, undated.
Box 7 Folder F10
Colour separation transparencies, undated.
Box 7 Folder F11
"The Evolution of Colour Illustration" lecture, 1984.
Box 7 Folder F12
Illustration--1st year, undated.
Box 7 Folder F13
Illustration modern--1st year, undated.
Box 7 Folder F14
Leather bookbinding, undated.
Box 7 Folder F15
Loughborough Parish Library lecture notes, undated.
Box 7 Folder F16
Loughborough Parish Library text for slides, undated.
Box 7 Folder F17
Loughborough Parish Library slides, undated.
Box 7 Folder F18
Loughborough Parish Library typesetting, undated.
Box 7 Folder F19
Marbled paper--basic text to accompany slides, undated.
Box 7 Folder F20
Papermaking, undated.
Box 7 Folder F21
Power press, undated.
Box 7 Folder F22
Printing by hand, undated.
Box 7 Folder F23
Trade binding--history, undated.
Box 7 Folder F24
Typefounding, undated.
Box 7 Folder F25
Typesetting, undated.
Box 7 Folder F26
Anastatic printing, undated.
Box 7 Folder F27
The Annuals, undated.
Box 7 Folder F28
Autotype, undated.
Box 7 Folder F29
Balston, undated.
Box 7 Folder F30
Baxter colour prints, undated.
Box 7 Folder F31
Beardsley, undated.
Box 7 Folder F32
Becker, undated.
Box 7 Folder F33
Bemrose, undated.
Box 7 Folder F34
Blackburn, undated.
Box 7 Folder F35
Bloy, undated.
Box 7 Folder F36
Boase, undated.
Box 7 Folder F37
Bolas, undated.
Box 7 Folder F38
Bookworld Advertiser, 1981.
Box 7 Folder F39
F. Vincent Brooks, 1921, 1923.
Box 7 Folder F40
Scope and Contents

Two articles from the Quarterly Journal of the Baxter Society about F. Vincent Brooks.

Carr Cantor lecture, undated.
Box 7 Folder F41
Chemitype, undated.
Box 7 Folder F42
Collins, undated.
Box 7 Folder F43
Collotype, undated.
Box 7 Folder F44
Daguerreotype, undated.
Box 7 Folder F45
Davenport, undated.
Box 7 Folder F46
Electrotyping, undated.
Box 7 Folder F47
Engraving, undated.
Box 7 Folder F48
Etching, undated.
Box 7 Folder F49
Facsimiles, undated.
Box 7 Folder F50
Fortier photolitho, undated.
Box 7 Folder F51
Graphotype, undated.
Box 7 Folder F52
Great Exhibition, undated.
Box 7 Folder F53
Hand colouring, undated.
Box 7 Folder F54
Hentschel, undated.
Box 7 Folder F55
"History of Printing in Colours," R.M. Burch, 1903-1906, 1903-1906.
Box 8 Folder F56
Illustrators, undated.
Box 8 Folder F57
Ingram, undated.
Box 8 Folder F58
Ink Photo, undated.
Box 8 Folder F59
Kainen, undated.
Box 8 Folder F60
Kerography, undated.
Box 8 Folder F61
Knight, undated.
Box 8 Folder F62
Landes, undated.
Box 8 Folder F63
Lithography, undated.
Box 8 Folder F64
Mertle, undated.
Box 8 Folder F65
Moxon and Tennyson, undated.
Box 8 Folder F66
Ordinance Survey, undated.
Box 8 Folder F67
Orme, undated.
Box 8 Folder F68
Osborne, undated.
Box 8 Folder F69
Pennell, undated.
Box 8 Folder F70
Photography, undated.
Box 8 Folder F71
Photogravure, undated.
Box 8 Folder F72
Photolitho, undated.
Box 8 Folder F73
Process, undated.
Box 8 Folder F74
Quarterly Review, undated.
Box 8 Folder F75
Salmon and Garnier, undated.
Box 8 Folder F76
Silver, undated.
Box 8 Folder F77
Smee, undated.
Box 8 Folder F78
Spencer, undated.
Box 8 Folder F79
Stereotype, undated.
Box 8 Folder F80
Talbot, undated.
Box 8 Folder F81
"Three-Colour Photo-Engraving" by A.J. Bull, 1932.
Box 8 Folder F82
Tissandier, undated.
Box 8 Folder F83
Vial, undated.
Box 8 Folder F84
Wallis, undated.
Box 8 Folder F85
Woodbury type, undated.
Box 8 Folder F86
Wood engraving, undated.
Box 8 Folder F87
Joseph Woods patents, undated.
Box 8 Folder F88
Wright, undated.
Box 8 Folder F89
Scope and Contents

A variety of items related to Wakeman's research, including books, prints, catalogues, letters, and articles. The collection includes corresponding folders related to the items in this series.

Prints and excerpts, 1796,1839, 1843, 1917.
Box 8 Folder F90
Scope and Contents

The four items in this folder include a print of Paul Sandby, Esq. (from European Magazine): "From a miniature by P. Jean. Engraved by Joseph Thomson." Published by J. Sewell; Sept. 1, 1796; the second item is "The Printer's Devil," an excerpt from The Quarterly Review Vol. 65, No. 129 (1839); the third piece is "The New Art of Lithotint" in Miss Leslie's Magazine (April 1843) with accompanying colored lithotint of John H. Richards's "Grandpapa's Pet"; fourth, a pamphlet titled "On Making a Magazine More Readable by Thomas Dreier "as published in The Printing Art," d.1917.

Electrotype, undated.
Box 8 Folder F91
Scope and Contents

The Sample Book of the New York Photo Electrotype Co. by New York Photo Electrotype Co., undated.

Daniell--Tate, 1977.
Box 8 Folder F92
Scope and Contents

William Daniell R.A. A Voyage Round Great Britain 1814-1825 by The Tate Gallery (1977).

Daniell--Bain, 1966, 1968, 1970.
Box 8 Folder F93
Scope and Contents

William Daniell's A Voyage Round Great Britain 1814-1825. Ian Bain (1966); 4 inlaid letters between Geoffrey Wakeman and Ian Bain, dated. 1968, 1970.

Baxter prints, undated.
Box 8 Folder F94
Collotype--various, 1908, 1970, 1977.
Box 8 Folder F95
Scope and Contents

This folder contains three items: The Modern Collotype Process by Cotswold Collotype Co. Limited with inlaid letter from Cotswold Collotype, dated. 1 Aug. 1977; Cotswold Collotype Co. Limited brochure, with inlaid letter dated. July 1970; and Specimens of Hand Press Collotype Book Illustrations by The Autotype Company (1908). See also F 44 Collotype in Series 2 of this Collection.

Lithographic and half-tone, 1893.
Box 8 Folder F96
Scope and Contents

The People's Handbook Series A Collection of Gems in Lithographic and Half-Tone Work (1893)

Anastatic printing/Phillipps, 1969.
Box 8 Folder F97
Scope and Contents

Reprint of Anastatic Printing for Sir Thomas Phillipps by Geoffrey Wakeman from the Journal of the Printing Historical Society No. 5 (1969). Two inlaid letters asking for reprints of this article.

Trade catalogues and letters, 1973, 1978.
Box 8 Folder F98
Scope and Contents

Bertram Rota Winter 1973 Trade Catalogue; Deval and Muir Trade Catalogue #48, with inlaid letter to Geoffrey Wakeman, dated. 1978.

Ilam Anastatic Drawing Society, 1865, 1867.
Box 8 Folder F99
Scope and Contents

Items of the Ilam Anastatic Drawing Society. This material was originally laid in a copy of "A Brief Description of the Art of Anastatic Printing by Cowel" (Special Collections | NE 2550 .C68 1881). Includes: printed copy of "The Ilam Anastatic Society; printed copy of "Instructions for Using Anastatic Ink, and Instructions for Making Chalk Drawings for Transfer"; printed copy of "Members of the Ilam Anastatic Drawing Society"; autographed letter (9 November 1867) to Lady Llanover from Rev. G.R. Mackarness.

English colour plate books, 1980.
Box 8 Folder F100
Scope and Contents

Exhibition Catalogue of English Colour Plate Books, National Library of Wales, d.1980. Inlaid letters addressed to Geoffrey Wakeman, dated. 1980.

Rolf S. Schultze, 1969.
Box 8 Folder F101
Scope and Contents

Reprint of "Victorian Books with Original Photographs" by Rolf S. Schultze; notes; two letters from Dorothy Schultze (July 30 and August 13, 1969).

Geoffrey Wakeman articles and reviews, 1966-1984.
Box 8 Folder F102
Scope and Contents

Reprints; tear sheets of reviews and articles; programs/pamphlets by Geoffrey Wakeman.

Typographia Naturaliswith Roderick Cave, 1967.
Box 8 Folder F103
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Gavin Bridson and David Robert Alexander Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford; order slips; prospectus, tear sheets; clipping of Crawford's obituary; tear sheets of Wakeman's "Henry Bradbury's Nature Printed Books," source unclear.

"The Design of Day's Saxon", 1967.
Box 8 Folder F104
Scope and Contents

Correspondence; research notes; photocopies; 2 typed mss; reprint of article from London Bibliographical Society.

Correspondence and research, 1967-1969.
Box 8 Folder F105
Manuscript, research, layout, undated.
Box 8 Folder F106
Typescript with corrections, undated.
Box 9 Folder F107
Proofs, undated.
Box 9 Folder F108
Scope and Contents

Proofs with letter from Brewhouse Press.

Review and illustration, 1969-1970.
Box 9 Folder F109
Scope and Contents

Review and illustration with letter from Brewhouse Press.

Domesdaypage, undated.
Box 9 Folder F110
Scope and Contents

Page from Domesday Book referenced in introduction.

Correspondence, research, reviews, 1972-1979.
Box 9 Folder F111
Notes, undated.
Box 9 Folder F112
Scope and Contents

Includes photographs

Bromides of illustrations, undated.
Box 9 Folder F113
Bromides of illustrations, undated.
Box 9 Folder F114
Further Thoughts on the Literature of Letter Press Printing, 1986.
Box 9 Folder F115
Scope and Contents

Correspondence; 3 manuscripts (handwritten, typescript w/corrections); galley proofs; offprint of article that appeared in Matrix 6 by The Whittington Press, 1986.

Scope and Contents

Series III. contains material relating to Paul Wakeman, his association with New Castle, Delaware, press Oak Knoll, and the establishment of and publications printed by Plough Press USA. The first subseries consists of material contributing to the publication of two Oak Knoll titles for which Paul Wakeman designed and printed various components during his tenure as Oak Knoll's publishing director. The second subseries includes items relating the design and printing of Paul Wakeman's wedding invitation, as well as a wedding gift from Bird & Bull Press owner Henry Morris. Subseries 3 contains records of Plough Press USA, including material contributing to the production of Notes Towards an Account of Paper Mills in Oxfordshire and the posthumous publication of Geoffrey Wakeman's Developments in Functional Bookbinding.

Headbands, How Work Themby Jane Greenfield and Jenny Hille, 1990.
Box 9 Folder F1
Scope and Contents

Proofs of a variety of title pages and versos for the Oak Knoll edition and final repro pulls of title pages, verso and spine type. Paul Wakeman designed title page and title page verso, front cover/spine blocking type for book. Book also sold as sets of sheets. Paul Wakeman printed the envelopes for these sheets.

A Day in Old New Castle, 1990.
Box 9 Folder F2
Scope and Contents

Original copy written by Tom Doherty of Oak Knoll Books; proofs; final repro pull of ad; "A Day in Old New Castle" program in which the ad appears on page 34. Paul Wakeman designed, handset and printed repro pulls for this Oak Knoll ad.

Oak Knoll menu and wine bottle, 1991.
Box 9 Folder F3
Scope and Contents

Oak Knoll menu designed by Paul Wakeman; variety of proofs and a finished numbered copy; this menu contains references to books published and distributed by Oak Knoll. Calligraphic numbering of the cards done by Andrea Kruzel Wakeman; folder also includes picture by Robbie Fleck and message by Bob Fleck, Jr., and a card entitled "Just Desserts" by Tom Doherty. Also includes empty Oak Knoll Wine bottle with a label designed by Bob Fleck.

Oak Knoll and Plough Press letterheads designed by Paul Wakeman, undated.
Box 9 Folder F4
Correspondence, faxes, invoices, 1993.
Box 9 Folder F5
Scope and Contents

Paper samples from Henry Morris.

Notes, illustrations, layout, proofs, undated.
Box 9 Folder F6
Scope and Contents

Includes final copy of invitation

Wood blocks, undated.
Box 9 Folder F7
Wood blocks, undated.
Box 9 Folder F8
Henry Morris wedding gift, 1993.
Box 9 Folder F9
Scope and Contents

Roller-Printed Paste Papers for Bookbinding (Bird & Bull Press, 1975; copy no. 4), inscribed to Paul and Andrea Wakeman from Henry and Pearl Morris; card to Paul and Andrea Wakeman inlaid in front of book.

Henry Morris wedding gift, 1993.
Box 9 Folder F10
Scope and Contents

To accompany copy of Roller-Printed Paste Papers for Bookbinding; the shirt Henry Morris wore when pictures were taken of him for illustrations for the book with Bird & Bull badge on his lapel. Morris wrote on the back of this shirt: "This historic shirt is shown on p. 26 of Roller Printed Papers...1974. It was also worn when printing other later Big Hits. Copy No. 1 of an edition of 1. Signed H. Morris 10-16-93 For Paul & Andrea". In smaller writing at the top of the shirt, Morris also wrote: "The shirt was published in 1969. No 19,031 of an edition of 300,000. Signed Dan Ratby."

Plough Press USA announcement, 1991.
Box 9 Folder F11
Scope and Contents

1991 announcement stating move to the United States, with offices in both United States and England.

Foundries and suppliers, 1990-1994.
Box 9 Folder F12
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence; catalogues; samples; price lists.

Foundries and suppliers, 1989-1993.
Box 9 Folder F13
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence; catalogues; samples; price lists.

Receipts, requests, catalogues, 1989-1992.
Box 9 Folder F14
Other presses, undated.
Box 9 Folder F15
Scope and Contents

Correspondence; catalogues; pamphlets.

Paul Wakeman correspondence, 1989-1996.
Box 9 Folder F16
Plough Press USA diary, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994.
Box 9 Folder F17
Correspondence, 1990-1991.
Box 10 Folder F18
Scope and Contents

Henry Morris; Roy Ferber; Frances Wakeman

Notes and manuscript, undated.
Box 10 Folder F19
Corrected proofs and layouts, undated.
Box 15 Folder F20
Scope and Contents

Piece of type taped into a proof.

Physical Location

Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (17 inches)

Final proofs and copies, undated.
Box 14 Folder F21
Physical Location

Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (17 inches)

Scope and Contents

Edited by Paul and Frances Wakeman. Begun by Geoffrey Wakeman as Illustrations of English Trade Bindings. See also Wakeman's lecture files on Loughborough Parish Library for the issue mentioned in Paul Wakeman's introduction. Illustrations of English Trade Bindings was incorporated into Functional Developments in Bookbinding as the first essay; the second essay is a reprint of Graham Pollard's article mentioned in the introduction and in Geoffrey Wakeman's Loughborough Parish Library lecture files. The plates in this book refer to the slides on binding: used in Loughborough Parish Library lecture (noted in intro). The third essay in the book taken also from the same lecture.

Manuscript and notes, undated.
Box 10 Folder F22
Scope and Contents

Manuscript and notes from Illustrated Trade Bindings, which was incorporated into Functional Bookbinding as the first essay. See also Loughborough Parish Library Lecture, F16-19, Series 2 of this Collection.

First paste-up, undated.
Box 10 Folder F23
Scope and Contents

First paste-up with inserted samples; proofs from Illustrated Trade Bindings.

Illustrations, undated.
Box 10 Folder F24
Scope and Contents

Illustrations; spec sheet showing plates were originally to be printed in color; paper samples for illustrations; layout for plates; set of finished plates; correspondence; captions to slides/plates.

Manuscripts, correspondence, proofs, 1990-1993.
Box 10 Folder F25
Scope and Contents

Photocopied pages of articles on bookbinding; several typed mss of Paul Wakeman's intro showing various stages of correction; various correspondence between Paul Wakeman, Tom Doherty, Frances Wakeman, Mirjam Foot, Bernard Middleton and Henry Morris. Correspondence between Paul and Frances Wakeman regarding various aspects of production; various stages of corrected proofs; typescript of version of Geoffrey Wakeman's notes on Loughborough Parish slides. See also F17, Series 2, of this Collection

Galleys, notes, manuscripts, undated.
Box 10 Folder F26
Scope and Contents

Corrected galley proofs; notes regarding illustrations for Illustrated Trade Bindings; proofs; photocopy of Geoffrey Wakeman's manuscript with Frances Wakeman's notes; typed manuscript of Paul Wakeman; photocopy of Graham Pollard's article; photocopy of Geoffrey Wakeman's text for the slides used to make the plates in book with some of Frances Wakeman's additions.

Samples, correspondence, layouts, circa 1993.
Box 10 Folder F27
Scope and Contents

Note from Henry Morris regarding type; marbled paper samples; binding samples for inserts; layouts; letters from Frances Wakeman; templates for binding inserts.

Second paste-up, undated.
Box 10 Folder F28
Proofs, undated.
Box 10 Folder F29
Scope and Contents

Proofs of Functional Developments in Bookbinding

Prospectus, undated.
Box 10 Folder F30
Finances, binding samples, correspondence, 1991-1994.
Box 10 Folder F31
Sales and press, 1991-1994.
Box 10 Folder F32
Wood blocks, undated.
Box 10 Folder F33
Binding models, 1655, 1758, 1782.
Box 10 Folder F34
Scope and Contents

Models for the accompanying binding samples that form the basis of three of the text entries in Illustrations of English Trade Bindings: Ovid's Metamorphoses (1655) (as seen on p. 18 in Functional Developments in Bookbinding); Volume IV of A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes by Several Hands (2nd ed.) (1758) (p. 22); Volume II of A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes by Several Hands, a new edition corrected with notes (1782) (p. 24).

Print, Suggest