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Publishing dummy volumes

Description

Various publishing dummies, most for books printed by the Press.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1901-1940
Call number
mssMerrymount
Creator
Merrymount Press(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from John Bianchi, 1949.
Gift of Daniel B. Bianchi, 1958.
Associated people
Bianchi, John, (1874-)
Brent, Charles Henry, (1862-1929.)
Bullen, Henry Lewis, (1857-1938,)
Carrington, Fitz Roy, (1869-1954,)
Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (1840-1922.)
Cortissoz, Royal, (1869-1948,)
De Vinne, Theodore Low, (1828-1914.)
Dwiggins, W. A. (1880-1956.)
Einstein, Lewis, (1877-1967,)
Farrand, Beatrix, (1872-1959,)
Gardner, Isabella Stewart, (1840-1924.)
Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, (1869-1924.)
Goodspeed, Charles E. (1867-1950,)
Greene, Belle da Costa. (1852-1942,)
Kellen, William Vail, (1866-1948.)
Kent, Henry Watson, (1867-1943.)
Morgan, J. P. (1889-1967.)
Morison, Stanley, (1870-1957.)
Rogers, Bruce, (1883-1978.)
Ruzicka, Rudolph, (1860-1941.)
Updike, Daniel Berkeley, (1897-1986.)
Orton, Vrest, (1894-1939.)
Warde, Frederic, (1860-1928,)
Warren, Edward Perry, (1862-1937.)
Wharton, Edith, (1871-1952.)
Wheelwright, Mary C.,
Winship, George Parker,
Associated organizations
American Institute of Graphic Arts,
American Numismatic Society (1907- ),
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching,
Club of Odd Volumes,
G. Schirmer, Inc.,
Harvard College Library,
Harvard University,
Hispanic Society of America,
Japan Paper Company,
John Carter Brown Library,
Oliver Ditson Company,
Oxford University Press,
Thomas Y. Crowell Company,
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