Cheney, William Murray, 1907-

Cheney was born in 1907; shipping clerk, Dawson's Book Shop; learned to print under the instruction of Thomas Perry Stricker; his first printed book was A voyage to Trolland (1933); worked at Grant Dahlstrom's Castle Press and Saul and Lillian Marks's Plantin Press before buying his own press in 1950; printed materials for the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library and for Lawrence Clark Powell while working in the coach house at the Clark Library, 1962-74; devoted the remainder of his printing years to creating miniature books.

From the description of Papers, 1872-1983, bulk 1949-1983. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 39528467

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