Small Press Ephemera and Artwork Archive
Description: An archive of small and private press ephemera and artwork, including an Immovable Objects Exhibition booklet, a Dard Hunter title page for Salome by Oscar Wilde printed by Mountain House Press in 1981, a woodcut by Ernest Watson, a New Oxford Lectern Bible advertisement/pamphlet, a reproduction Latin bible leaf, a Bruce Rogers bible prospectus, a leaf from the Ashendene Press version of Don Quixote, an Allen Lewis woodcut published by the Marchbanks Press in 1923, a Press of the Whoolly Whale Christmas Carol pamphlet, a 1994 Book Club of Texas broadside, an Introduction to the Elements of Calligraphy by David Lance Goines published by the Saint Hieronymus Press, Printing Types by Karl Mahr, a Wilder Bentley printing announcement, pages from Gli Adornatori del Libro in Italia, a linocut of an angel initialed BEW, and a 1977 "The Art of Eric Gill" calendar.published by the Amaranth Press.
Markings & Inscriptions: Most marked
Date: Mid to late 20th century
Maker: Various
Dimensions: Largest (WIlder Bentley announcement) 19.5: x 13". Calendar): 17" x 11".
Provenance: From the collection of Roger S. Wieck and Jean-Francois Vilain.
Condition: Good condition.
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Description: An archive of small and private press ephemera and artwork, including an Immovable Objects Exhibition booklet, a Dard Hunter title page for Salome by Oscar Wilde printed by Mountain House Press in 1981, a woodcut by Ernest Watson, a New Oxford Lectern Bible advertisement/pamphlet, a reproduction Latin bible leaf, a Bruce Rogers bible prospectus, a leaf from the Ashendene Press version of Don Quixote, an Allen Lewis woodcut published by the Marchbanks Press in 1923, a Press of the Whoolly Whale Christmas Carol pamphlet, a 1994 Book Club of Texas broadside, an Introduction to the Elements of Calligraphy by David Lance Goines published by the Saint Hieronymus Press, Printing Types by Karl Mahr, a Wilder Bentley printing announcement, pages from Gli Adornatori del Libro in Italia, a linocut of an angel initialed BEW, and a 1977 "The Art of Eric Gill" calendar.published by the Amaranth Press.
Markings & Inscriptions: Most marked
Date: Mid to late 20th century
Maker: Various
Dimensions: Largest (WIlder Bentley announcement) 19.5: x 13". Calendar): 17" x 11".
Provenance: From the collection of Roger S. Wieck and Jean-Francois Vilain.
Condition: Good condition.