Facimiles of book bindings of various periods collected by Daniel Berkeley Updike and used for reference at the Merrymount Press, ca. 1900-1930.

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Facimiles of book bindings of various periods collected by Daniel Berkeley Updike and used for reference at the Merrymount Press, ca. 1900-1930.

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Chiefly illustrations from various booksellers' catalogs. Vol. 1 is a box containing loose plates and envelopes organized as follows: texts, continental with text, English with text, French with text, residue. Vol. 2 is a scrapbook containing illustrations from booksellers' catalogs and other sources and sketches and rubbings by B.G. Goodhue.

2 v. : ill. ; 28-38 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924

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According to Oliver, this house, which Goodhue designed for himself, was never built. In 1920 Goodhue enlarged a small house in Montecito. From the description of [Proposed house for the architect at Montecito, California] [graphic] : [perspective rendering set in evening landscape with figures] / B. G. G. ; figures by Donn Barber (under protest). 1919. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 80787120 At the time of this project the address of B.G....

Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 1860-1941

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Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941) was a book designer and printer in New England. He was born an only child in an old and well-connected New England family, but his father's death in 1877 prevented Updike from pursuing higher education. Updike's Episcopalian background greatly influenced both his character and his later work as a printer, and his intellectual and cultural character was molded by his mother, an antiquary and scholar of French and English literature. Updike's first book-related j...

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...