Grolier Club bookplate collection, ca. 1700-1977.

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Grolier Club bookplate collection, ca. 1700-1977.

Bookplates and related materials; ca. 4200 bookplates, ca. 1700-1977; correspondence 1895-1977; ca. 700 signed proofs donated by notable engravers of the 20th century. Two small boxes of catalog cards (probably prepared by Ruth S. Granniss) accompany the collection. These provide cross references where both owner and designer are known Designers include G.W. Eve, W.E. Fisher, E.D. French, F.G. Hall, W.F. Hopson, L.S. Ipsen, R. Kent, S. Lipinsky, A.N. Macdonald, B. Rogers, R. Ruzicka, I. Smith, S.L. Smith, J.W. Spencely, and W.M. Stone.

11 boxes (6.1 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6710375

Grolier Club

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Fearing, Daniel B. (Daniel Butler), 1859-1918

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Daniel B. Fearing of Newport, Rhode Island, was a member of the Grolier Club from 1887 until his death in 1918. From the description of Collection of Japanese and Chinese imprints, [ca. 1800-1900]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122592404 Fearing was a book collector from Newport, Rhode Island. From the guide to the Daniel B. Fearing logbook collection, 1816-1882., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Daniel B. Fearing ...

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971

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Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Rockwell Kent interview, 1957 Sept. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80242441 Painter, illustrator, writer, lecturer; Ausable Forks, New York. From the description of Rockwell Kent letters to Robert T. Hatt, 1935-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553040 In addition to being a successful painter, printmaker, illustrator, designer, and commercial artist, Kent pursued careers as a writer, professional ...

Granniss, Ruth S. (Ruth Shepard), 1872-1954

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Librarian of the Grolier Club. From the description of Ruth S. Granniss correspondence, 1911-1914. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 470399492 ...

Smith, Sidney Lawton, 1845-1929

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Smith was a well known bookplate designer and engraver based in Boston. William Loring Andrews was a book collector, amateur publisher, writer and a founding member of the Grolier Club. He wrote or compiled over twenty books about prints, book collecting, and the book arts with emphasis on the era of George Washington and on New York City. From the description of Letters and engravings related to work commissioned by William Loring Andrews, 1901-1917 (bulk 1901-1905). (Unknown). Worl...

Lipinsky, Sigmund, 1873-1940

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Růžička, Rudolph 1883-1978

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Ruzicka was a Czech-American graphic artist and engraver. From the description of Designs for Harvard University, 1951-1973. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612374439 Graphic artist and type-designer, Ruzicka (1883-1978) was born in Bohemia, emigrated to Chicago, where he trained as a wood engraver and designer; continued his studies in New York. During the 1930s he collaborated with Philip Hofer on a number of projects, including a series of engravings for Harvard...

Chew, Beverly, 1850-1924

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Beverly Chew (B. A., Hobart College, 1869), a founding member of the Grolier Club, served as its librarian from 1887 to 1892 and as president from 1892 to 1896. From 1887 on, Chew was associated with the Metropolitan Trust Company of New York, retiring as vice-president in 1920. After his death, Chew's extensive library was dispersed at auction at the Anderson Galleries in New York City on 8-9 December 1924 and 5-7 January 1925. From the description of Papers, 1883-1926. (Unknown). W...

Smith, Ismael, 1886-1972

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French, Edwin Davis, 1851-1906,ebookplate designer.

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Stone, Wilbur Macey

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Born Winona, Minnesota Nov. 30, 1862; collector of children's books; studied at Stevens Institute; est. office in New York as patent attorney and mechanical engineer; designer of bookplates. From the description of Letter : New York, to Frank Chouteau Brown, Boston, 1901 Nov. 22. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 58534356 American collector of children's books. From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : East Orange, N.J., to Mrs. Amos L...

Macdonald, Arthur Nelson, 1866-1940

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Grolier Club

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The Grolier Club was founded in Jan. 23, 1884 by a group of seven New York City book collectors with the object, as stated in its constitution, "of literary study and promotion of the arts pertaining to the production of books." From its early days the Club has maintained a library related to collecting, bibliography and books about books. A library endowment fund (sometimes referred to as the "Library Fund) for the Grolier Club was first proposed in 1921, and the first fund-raising campaign amo...

Bird, Elisha Brown, 1867-1943,

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McKay, George L. (George Leslie), 1895-1976

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Author residing in Richmond (Henrico Co.), Va. From the description of George L. McKay Short stories, undated. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 43737877 From the description of Short stories, n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 79297132 George L. McKay was Curator (1923-1959) of the Grolier Club, a New York City bibliophile society, and also served as its librarian (1944-1959). From 1947 to 1959 he was advisor to the Edwin J. Beinecke C...

Ipsen, Ludvig Sandöe,

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Hurd, Nathaniel, 1730-1777

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Hall, Frederick Garrison, 1879-1946

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Painter, etcher; Boston and Gloucester, Mass. From the description of Frederick Garrison Hall papers, 1862-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80061667 ...

Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957

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Indiana-born American book designer for the Riverside Press. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Danbury, Conn., to Mary Herrick f the Boston University Library, 1950 Oct. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270865113 Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), American typographer and book designer. From the description of Photoengravings used in The divine comedy of Dante Alighieri, 1955. (RIT Library). WorldCat record id: 435687901 From the description of ...

Fisher, William Edgar, 1872-

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Hopson, William Fowler, 1849-1935

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William Fowler Hopson (1849-1935): artist and engraver; in 1870 moved to New York City to work as book engraver; in 1872 moved to New Haven, Ct., in partnership with Roger Sherman as professional engravers; engraver of many bookplates. From the description of William Fowler Hopson papers, 1865-1941 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702166107 From the guide to the William Fowler Hopson papers, 1865-1941, (Manuscripts and Archives) ...

Eve, G. W. 1855-1914,

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Spencely, J. W. 1865-1908,

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