William Bentinck-Smith papers, 1941-1975.

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Houghton Library

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In 1938 Keyes D. Metcalf, Librarian of Harvard College and Director of the Harvard University Library (1937-1955), proposed a separate library building for rare books and manuscripts. Through the generosity of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Harvard Class of 1929, Harvard became the first American university to construct a separate research facility for the housing and study of rare books and manuscripts. The Houghton Library, dedicated and opened in 1942, won major architectural awards and became a mo...

Merrymount Press

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The Merrymount Press was established in Boston in 1893 by Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941). The Merrymount Press was known for its excellence in typography and design, especially in the field of decorative printing and bookmaking. From the description of Records of the Merrymount Press, 1893-1948. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122510241 The Merrymount Press in Boston was the printing-office of D.B. (Daniel Berkeley) Updi...

James Walsh

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Helmuth Domizlaff Antiquariat.

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John Baskerville.

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E. Mathews (Firm)

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Bookselling firm founded in 1885 by Charles Elkin Mathews; the business began in the Cathedral Close at Exeter but moved to London in 1887 when Elkin Mathews and John Lane went into partnership. Within a very few years publishing became the principle interest of the firm, now Elkin Mathews and John Lane Ltd., with retail sales of books, old and new, taking a secondary place. The two men parted company in 1894 and Mathews, although continuing to publish, returned to a greater concentration on boo...

Isaacs, Alexander J.

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H.P. Kraus (Firm)

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Taylor & Taylor.

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Pierre Berès (Firm).

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Jackson, William A. (William Alexander), 1905-1964

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Jackson was a bibliographer and librarian. He was the first librarian of the Houghton Library at Harvard University.. From the description of William A. Jackson diplomas and certificates, 1927-1962. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 663976597 Jackson was a bibliographer and librarian. He was the first librarian of the Houghton Library at Harvard. From the description of William A. Jackson letters to Keyes DeWitt Metcalf, 1945. (Harvard University). WorldC...

A. Rosenthal Ltd.

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Schatzki, Walter.

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Leona Rostenberg (Firm)

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Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine Stern have been partners in their New York antiquarian book business for almost 60 years, with Rostenberg starting the firm in 1944 and Stern joining as a partner in 1945. They specialize in early printed material, having written over 25 books and editing another 20. Several are devoted to the works of Louisa May Alcott, many of which were written pseudonymously. The two were early members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, with Rostenberg servi...

Dreyfus, John

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Silver, Rollo G. (Rollo Gabriel), 1909-1989

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Rollo Gabriel Silver, historian of American printing; author of Typefounding in America, 1787-1825 (1965), The American printer, 1787-1825 (1967), and (with Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt and Lawrence C. Wroth), The book in America (2nd ed., 1951), as well as numerous articles published in Studies in bibliography, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, and elsewhere. Graduate of Brown University, Class of 1931; professor of library science, Simmons College, 1950-1965. From the desc...

William Bentinck-Smith.

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Martin Breslauer, Inc.

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Chiswick Book Shop

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Scaife, Roger Livingston, 1875-

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Bianchi, Daniel Berkeley

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Howgate, James C.

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Stone & Downer Co.

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Zeitlin & Ver Brugge (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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The firm Zeitlin & Ver Brugge are booksellers and importers, fine art dealers, and specialists in technical and scientific books. From the guide to the Zeitlin and Ver Brugge Autograph Collection 32797049., 1568-1891, (Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin) Zeitlin & Ver Brugge were booksellers; Jake Zeitlin was one of the partners in the firm. From the description of Correspondence : with Alma Mahler, 1947...

Dawson's Book Shop

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Ernest Dawson founded Dawson's Book Shop in Los Angeles, CA, in 1905 at 713 South Broadway; Dawson began the store with a purchase of 2,250 books from the Salvation Army at 1 cent apiece, and immediately resold one of them, a book on Indian basketry, for $2.50; issued first rare book catalog in 1907, and with its success, Dawson began to specialize in rare books; the shop moved to 518 South Hill St. in 1908; Dawson made his first business trip to London in 1911, beginning a long series of buying...

Bryant, Douglas W. (Douglas Wallace), 1913-

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Bryant served as librarian and director of the Harvard Library. From the description of Papers of Douglas Wallace Bryant, 1935-1979 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973321 ...

Wm. Dawson & Sons.

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Internationaal Antiquariaat en Moderne Boekhandel.

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Benjamin J. Tighe (Firm).

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Green, Ralph, 1893-1960

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Feisenberger, H.A.

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Epithet: bookseller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x000020 ...

Davis & Orioli (Firm).

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Wormser, Richard S.

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Richard S. Wormser was an antiquarian bookseller in Bethel, Connecticut who specialized in early science books, non-European incunabula, type specimens and Americana. He died in 1975. From the description of Printed ephemera and miscellaneous typescripts on literary frauds and forgeries, [ca. 1915-1973]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122516175 ...

A. L. van Gendt.

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Bentinck-Smith, William, 1914-1993

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Bentinck-Smith was a Harvard administrator, historian of Widener Library, and book collector. From the description of William Bentinck-Smith papers, 1941-1975 (inclusive), 1945-1955 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612196262 William Bentinck-Smith was a Harvard administrator, historian of Widener Library, and book collector. From the guide to the William Bentinck-Smith papers, 1941-1975., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard Univer...

Weidemann, Harry.

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Mathews, Alister.

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Fletcher, Ifan Kyrle, 1905-1969

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Ifan Kyrle Fletcher and Constance A. Kyrle Fletcher were bookdealers in London. From the description of Ifan Kyrle Fletcherl letters, 1926-1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 495526578 ...

F. & G. Staack.

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William, A. Jackson

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