Typographic years, [ca. 1980]-1982.

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Typographic years, [ca. 1980]-1982.

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Typed manuscript, first and second runs of galley proofs, page proofs, and revisions of galley proofs of Blumenthal's book Typographic Years: A Printer's Journey Through a Half Century, 1925-1975 (New York: Frederic C. Beil, 1982; limited ed. New York: Grolier Club [printed by Stinehour Press, Lunenberg, Vt.], 1982), with holograph corrections by Blumenthal. Also included is a letter from Blumenthal to Donald D. Eddy, dated Nov. 12, 1982, describing other parts of the process by which the book was written and published.

6 items (460 leaves).

Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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Stinehour Press

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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...

Eddy, Donald D. (Donald Davis), 1929-

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Donald D. Eddy, Cornell librarian and collector of Denise Levertov, sold his collection to Peter Howard of Serendipity Books in 2008, from whom the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill rare book collection purchased them. The collection contains approximately 290 broadsides, books and periodicals from Mr. Eddy. This incidental group of material includes some of Mr. Eddy's correspondence with Denise Levertov; Eddy's correspondence with publisher, William B. Ewert and published material fro...

Beil, Frederic C.

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Blumenthal, Joseph, 1897-1990

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American printer. From the description of Typographic years, [ca. 1980]-1982. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936707 Joseph Blumenthal, American printer, printing historian, and type designer. From the description of Joseph Blumenthal papers, 1922-1991. (RIT Library). WorldCat record id: 745451641 Joseph Blumenthal, American printer, printing historian, and type designer. Blumenthal designed Spiral type in 1931 in Germany so that it c...