S.T. Prideaux correspondence : and other material, 1894-1909.

Walker, Emery, 1851-1933

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English typographer and antiquarian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Rome, to Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, 1903 Oct. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270586295 Walker was born on Apr. 2, 1851 in Paddington, London, England; attended St. Mark's College, Chelsea, and at age 14 began a succession of laborious occupations; met Alfred Dawson who had perfected a form of etching known as glyptography; joined him in 1873 at the Typographic Etching Co.; in 1886, Walk...

Daniel, C. Henry (Charles Henry)

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Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904

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American artist, connoisseur, and art dealer, born Mar. 17, 1822 in New York City; died there on Aug. 11, 1904. Avery began his career as an engraver on copper and wood, then established himself as an art dealer in 1865, making annual purchasing trips to Europe each year between 1871 and 1882. He personally knew many American and European artists, whose works he bought, sold and publicized. Avery's connoisseurship was responsible for the formation of numerous private art collections in New York,...

Hornby, Charles Harry St. John, 1867-1946

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Ashendene Press, London. From the description of Correspondence, 1909-1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270721515 From the description of Correspondence, 1910-1911. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270721518 Charles Harry St. John Hornby founded the Ashendene Press in 1894. Harold Peirce was a noted private press collector from Philadelphia. From the description of C.H. St. John Hornby letters : London, England, to Harold Peirce...

Prideaux, S. T. (Sarah Treverbian)

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English bookbinder. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : London, to Thomas B. Mosher, 1900 Nov. 30 and Dec. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270905696 Sarah Treverbian Prideaux (1853-1933) is regarded as the first British woman bookbinder. She was also a teacher, writer, and collector of fine bindings. One of her pupils was bookbinder Katharine Adams. From the description of S.T. Prideaux correspondence : and other material, 1894-1909. (Univer...

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...

Scribner, Charles, 1854-1930

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Charles Scribner's Sons.

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Charles Scribner, 1821-1871, was a partner in the publishing firm of Baker & Scribner, 1846-1871, and carried on alone after Baker's death in 1850. He formed Scribner & Welford in 1857. Charles Scribner's Sons was established in 1870, the same year SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY began. His son Charles, 1854-1930, became president in 1875. He began SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE in 1887. It ceased publication in 1930. His son Charles, 1890-1952, became president in 1932. From the description of Char...

Image, Selwyn, 1849-1930

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English designer and Professor of Fine Arts at Oxford. From the description of Letter and sonnet for Glen Walton Blodgett, 1921 December 13. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 62331186 English artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bloomsbury Square, to an unidentified recipient, 1897 Feb. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269522079 From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : [London], to Mr. Grove, 1914 Apr. 8-1...

Duff, E. Gordon (Edward Gordon), 1863-1924

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Epithet: bibliographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x000096 Edward Gordon Duff (1863-1924) was born in Liverpool on 16 February 1863, the son of Robert Duff. He was educated at Cheltenham College and Wadham College, Oxford (B.A., 1887), before becoming the librarian of the John Rylands Library, Manchester, 1893-1900. He resigned in 1900 in order to devote his time to bibliographical work, and produce...