Lumiere Press : printer savant & other stories : a bookmaker's recollections of three decades of fine press publishing on the art of photography | Collections | The Huntington

Lumiere Press : printer savant & other stories : a bookmaker's recollections of three decades of fine press publishing on the art of photography | Collections | The Huntington

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Fine press printing publications, woodcuts, and ephemera
Rare Books
Contents include: Matted letterpress prints Page from Ashendene Press – "Don Quixote" Press in Tuscany Alley keepsake announcement for "The Work & Play of Adrian Wilson" at Stanford University Cubberley Auditorium. Quail Press prospectus with woodcut illustration for "The Coast of California: Point Reyes to Point Sur" by Tom Killion. Signed in pencil by the artist. Press in Tuscany Alley keepsake leaf from "The Work & Play of Adrian Wilson". Signed in pen "For Sandy / Adrian Wilson / 2/12/84". Copy of newspaper clipping Green, Blake, "Impressions of a Fine Printer" (A profile of Andrew Hoyem and the Arion Press.) San Francisco Chronicle [May 17, 1986]. Rampant Lions Press advance prospectus for "The Very Rich Hours of Le Boulvé by Anthony Gross. Calendar of Exhibitions – The Huntington Library [October and November 1971] – Laid in – two broadsides printed at the Huntington Library on Morris's Albion Press Unidentified press broadside announcement of "Fifteen Year Service Proclamation". Cal State University Los Angeles Graphic Arts Laboratory press broadside keepsake "I Am The Printing Press". Poem "Try" printed by Andrew Hoyem on the occasion of his address before the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco entitled "The Poet as Printer". 4to folded sheet, unidentified press, "Reproduction of a drawing by Maynard Dixon salvaged by Andrew Hoyem from the basement of the Grabhorn Press…" Arion Press, pp. 17-20 of a booksellers catalog. Laid paper with deckle edges. Broadside prose poem "Petit Mal" by Andrew Hoyem. Broadside commemoration "University of San Francisco: William J. Monihan, S. J.". Signed on reverse in ink – calligraphic script "Designed & Printed by Lawton & Alfred Kennedy". California State Library's Albion Press keepsake "This Albion Press Is Dedicated To The Memory Of Saul Marks…". Broadside woodcut portrait of Edwin Grabhorn "This portrait of Ed Grabhorn was reproduced … by Richard Lloyd…". Black Vine Press elephant folio sheet folded twice "A note on the Latin preface to Eric Gill's introduction for his Engravings, 1929 by Walter Shewring". Nova Press folio broadside "The Nova Press Credo". Grabhorn-Hoyem keepsake for the members of the Roxburghe Club on the occasion of a meeting at an exhibit of the Eragny Press, January 1972. Arif Press broadside poem "Two Logging Songs". Lawton and Alfred Kennedy folded folio broadside 1971 reprint of the 1928 announcement "Roxburghe Redivivus". Ms inscription by Lawton R. Kennedy in ink on reverse. Lawton and Alfred Kennedy folded sheet facsimile of the poem "Queen-Mother to New Queen" by Robert Graves and portrait sketch of the poet in red on cover. Journeyman Press folio "Cartoons for the Cause" – 1976 reprint of original 1886 edition. Pictorial wraps with silk ribbon tie. Castle Press - French fold 8vo – "Fearless Rest and Hopeful Work" from a lecture delivered by William in 1882. One of 100 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom for members of the Roxburghe and Samorana Clubs. John Henry Nash folded broadside - "A Morris Keepsake" with text by Edward O' Day. Printed by John Henry Nash in San Francisco, 1927 and sent out by the Zellerback Paper Company to their friends and patrons. (2 copies). Unidentified press – "William Morris and the Kelmscott Press: The Bookmaker's Art: An Exhibition of the Private Collection of John J. Walsdorf", March 3-27, 1981 Quercus Press –bifolium leaf with two inserted leaves – "An evening with William Morris' Albion Proof Press April 1st, 1940" (3 copies – 2 of which lack inserted leaves). Grabhorn-Hoyem – "A Typographical Divertissement for the Joint Meeting of the Zamorano Club & the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco: Los Angeles, 1966" – 13 pages Unidentified artist – woodcut of William Morris. John Robert Press – Menu for the Double Crown Club's 210th dinner July 16, 1971 (some stains). Numerous ms signatures. Announcement of the first meeting of the Book Club of California. Invitation to "An Evening with William Morris & Friends", February 1, 1981 – Melvin Gelman Library, George Washington University (2 copies, one folded and one flat). The Beckett Paper Company – "William Morris: A Monograph". Stiff wraps (2 copies). Stalwart Sloth Press – broadside – "A Thought for the Nineties from William Morris". Inscribed in pencil on verso "Bob Dickover / Stalwart Sloth Press". John Henry Nash, printer – poem - single sheet folded once – "The Lighthouse" by Longfellow, tribute to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. John Henry Nash, printer – announcement - single sheet folded once – "The Book Club of California announces that a Loan Collection of Incunabula will be exhibited…." Richard Mathews, printer at the University of Tampa– poetry broadside – "The Makers" by Howard Nemerov. John Henry Nash, printer - two (2) invitations, five (5) keepsakes, two (2) lists of exhibitors, and one (1) blank, decorated notecard commemorating "1834 -1934 The William Morris Centenary Exhibition" – Mills College Art Gallery. Business card from Alta California bookstore inserted. Keepsake for a lecture given by William Peterson at Kelmscott House Taylor & Taylor, printers, announcement - single sheet folded once – "The annual meeting of the Book Club of California will be held on…" - copy of photograph of William Morris mounted inside. John Henry Nash, printer – announcement - "Emandatio Mechanica Plagularum: An announcement of importance to advertisers, printers, authors, and poet's from John Henry Nash". (Probably) Richard Mathews, printer – blue card cover for "An Introductory Guide to the Utopian and Fantasy Writing of William Morris". Eagle Press – keepsake printed for the 509th meeting of the Sacramento Book Collectors Club. Signed on verso in pencil "Vince Lozito, Prop." Eagle Press – keepsake printed for members of the Sacramento Book Collectors Club on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the club. Letter from Vince Lozito to Sanford Berger gifting the above two keepsakes and a Morris broadside (probably the Stalwart Sloth broadside referenced above which was not grouped with the letter). Handwritten note attached to letter. Lawton and Alfred Kennedy – announcement – "William Morris and Helen & Sandy Berger now resides at Kelmscott Carmel and occasionally at San Francisco. Lawton and Alfred Kennedy - folded sheet – "A Comparison of a Trial Design and Final Version of the Frontispiece for the Kelmscott Press Edition of 'News from Nowhere' Written by William Morris . Two (2) copies. Rampant Lions Press – prospectus for "William Morris; "The Story of Cupid and Psyche…". Ms note "S. L. Berger / Sandy - / Thought you might like / to have this. / Gayle", keepsake, order form, announcement laid in Unidentified press – single sheet printed with quotation from "A Dream of John Ball" – signed "Scripsit, F. Brooks". Woodblock print of Morris by Barry Moser. Signed in pencil by artist. Woodblock print of Morris by Barry Moser. Signed in pencil by artist. The Arts and Crafts Press - greeting card (Morris quotation) from Bruce and Yoshiko at The Arts and Crafts Press. Woodcut "Bemerton" signed by Howard Phipps and dated 1988. Page with woodcut illustration – probably from Perdix Press edition of "The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales" illustrated by Howard Phipps. Stalwart Sloth Press – keepsake illustrated with Barry Moser woodcut of Morris. Printed to commemorate the February 13, 1988 meeting of the Sacramento Book Collectors Club. Leonard Baskin – woodcut of William Morris. Signed with initial "B" and pomegranate device.
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Fine press printing publications, woodcuts, and ephemera
Rare Books
Contents include: In folder signed on front in pencil "Local Artists": "West to the Water: Six Poets: A Santa Cruz Portfolio" (Lime Kiln Press, 1972). Number 48 of 200. Prospectus for "Granite & Cypress", written and printed by William Everson (Lime Kiln Press) Two (2) woodblock prints (one ms inscribed with title "black bird with red egg" and the other ms inscribed "1st proof press proof" dated in 1973 and ms signed "A. L. Kennedy" (probably Alfred Leonard Kennedy of the famed East Bay printing family). Robert Tanner. Harvest Festival etching, 1930, on laid paper with deckle edge, signed in pencil "Robin Tanner fet. et imp.", number 8/50. "These Are The Ravens" by William Everson. Printed by Robert Hawley for friends of the poet (1985). Facsimile of the author's first book. One of an unspecified number of copies printed in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the book's first publication. Clipping, Hudson, Jeff, "A poet/printer's epic task" (A profile of William Everson.) Alta Vista Magazine [July 7, 1991]. William Everson. Inscribed. Earth Poetry. (Berkeley): Oyez, 1971. Folio. Inscription reads "for Sandy Berger / with every good wish/ Bill Everson / Jan 19, 1975 / The Bancroft Library". William Everson. Broadside poem. "Weeds" [Spring 1942]. William Everson. Broadside poem. "Night Scene" [Summer 1942]. Robinson Jeffers. Broadside poem. "Shine, Perishing Republic" (Lime Kiln Press, 1974). Unnumbered from an edition of 100. Signed in ink by both Donnan Jeffers and William Everson. (2 copies). William Everson. Broadside poem on laid paper. "Sixty Five" Illuminated initials in gold and black with single decorative border. Signed in pencil on reverse "For Stanford [Sanford] Berger / a proof you can't [illegible]/ Richard Bigus". Folio broadside on laid paper. Illuminated initials in gold and colors. Same design as the above but without printed text. Signed in pencil on reverse "Richard Bigus". William Everson. Broadside poem with woodcut on laid paper. "The Preacher's coagulated rhetoric…". Signed in pencil "Poem/Woodcut / William Everson / 23". Set of designs and proofs wrapped in transparent paper. Signed in pencil on front "Proofs/ Final Calenders / 1978 'Designs of William' / Morris' Amaranth Press, / San Francisco, CA". Envelope containing various photocopies of Renaissance texts. Signed on front in pencil "Renaissance / Typefaces / (15th C. Italian)" Folder containing designs and proofs. Signed in pencil on front "Proofs for 1978 calendar "Designs of William Morris". The Art of Eric Gill. Calendar. Amaranth Press 1977. Animals of the Nile. Calendar. Amaranth Press 1979. Calendar Leaf – April 1973. Woodcut design. Lawton and Alfred Kennedy Printers. (3 copies). Envelope containing various announcement proofs for the 1978 calendar "The Designs of William Morris". Envelope containing various photocopies and transparencies. Envelope signed in pencil on front "'Troy' vs. "Subiaco" / Typefaces".
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Five Decades of Mexican Photography
Manuscripts
The Leticia Quezada papers is a collection of personal and professional correspondence, documents, ephemera, and photographs related to her career in education, politics, and Mexican culture.
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The history of photography remix
Rare Books
"In Ezawa, the mysterious power of photography and the compulsion to take photos can almost be likened to character traits in a person, whose biography he is writing with his digital drawings in 'The history of photography remix.' Here, the great deeds and dramas of photography are evaluated from an, if not historical, then at least medial distance: was it photography's purpose to protect spontaneous life, or did it insert difference and distance? Did it serve to keep the institutions of Meaning, Tradition, and History in place, or did the unique moment that it tore out of time's normal passage make for a revolutionary contingency? What historical signification is accumulated in photography? ... Ezawa's drawings inhabit the traditional paradoxes of photography, not least the one that his 'History of photography remix' is at the same time radically mediated and radically subjective. In his almost airtight digital drawings, no Ubenhagen der Kultur seeps in; of course there are nukes, Nazis and terrorists, but there are also flowers, surfers and Cindy Sherman. What is right or wrong is simply not the question, and aggression as well as desire is out of the picture. It is exactly this absence, not of criteria but of judgment, that reflects the attempt at inhabiting a culture whose main feature is uncertainty and the fear of it. In this way, Ezawa's remix of the history of photography is also a (self-)portrayal of the flux of contemporary life, and the attempt at inhabiting it"--From introduction.
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Press: University-University of Southern California Fine Arts Press
Visual Materials
The collection contains material from independent private presses and university presses from around the world, but the majority of the presses represented in the collection are from the United States. Types of materials include annoucements, correspondence, flyers, booklets, and catalogs. The collection also includes material from printing clubs including Grolier, William Morris Society, Moxon Chappel, Rounce and Coffin, Typophiles, and Zamorano.There are also catalogs and material relating to various type foundry companies such as Ludlow, Linotype, Bauer, and American Type Founders (ATF) as well as paper samples from Japan Paper Company, Linweave, and Worthy Paper Company.
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Edward Weston: Photographs and Papers (Guide Series Number Three, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona)
Rare Books
This collection contains fifty-five magazines, exhibition catalogs, brochures, and other printed material related to the career and life of Edward Weston (1886-1958), a pioneering 20th-century American photographer known for his exploration of form in landscapes, still lifes, and nudes. The collection includes published writings by and about Weston; publications containing his photographs; exhibition catalogs and brochures that feature his work and his contemporaries; as well as later tributes and articles about the photographer. The materials also include information about Group f64 ans some of the items also focus on the photography of Weston's son Brett Weston. Within the collection, there are seven periodicals with content by Weston, including three essays by Weston about photography in The Complete Photographer and American Photography. The twenty-nine periodicals with content about Weston include articles in photography journals, as well as popular magazines such as Westways, and vary from profiles of Weston to brief mentions of his work or articles accompanied by Weston's photographs.
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