Harrison of Paris

Harrison of Paris was a fine press established by Monroe Wheeler and Barbara Harrison Wescott. It produced 13 titles between 1930 and 1934.

Harrison of Paris was a fine press run by Barbara Harrison [later Wescott] and Monroe Wheeler. Established in Paris in 1930, it took as its goal the production of limited editions of belle-lettres texts, principally contemporary. (Monroe Wheeler had previously done very small editions in the 1920s, under the imprint "Manikin".) Over five years, the press produced 13 titles, including two by Glenway Wescott.

In 1934, shortly before the marriage of Barbara Harrison to Glenway Wescott's younger brother, Lloyd, the press was relocated to New York, where it brought out a final title, Katherine Anne Porter's Hacienda .

Though the production stopped in 1934, Harrison of Paris continued to influence other fine presses which followed its style. A complete listing of its output follows: 1930 Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare The Wild West by Bret Harte, with illustrations by Pierre Falké A Sketch of my Life by Thomas Mann The Babe's Bed by Glenway Wescott 1931 Fables of Aesop translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange, with illustrations by Alexander Calder Carmen and Letters from Spain by Prosper Merimée, with illustrations by Maurice Barraud The Death of Madame by the Comtesse de Lafayette, translated by Monroe Wheeler A Gentle Spirit by Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by C. Garnett, with illustrations by Christian Bérard Childe Harolde's Pilgrimage by Lord Byron, with illustrations by Sir Francis Rose A Calendar of Saints for Unbelievers by Glenway Wescott, with illustrations by Pavel Tchelitchew 1932 A Typographical Commonplace Book 1933 Katherine Anne Porter's French Song-Book 1934 Hacienda by Katherine Anne Porter, 1934