Guide to the William R. K. Young and Morgan A. Gunst correspondence,
1909-1940
M0008
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, California, 94305-6064
Repository email: speccollref@stanford.edu
� 1999
Title: William R. K. Young and Morgan A. Gunst correspondence,
Identifier/Call Number: M0008
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1909-1940
creator:
Gunst, Morgan A.
creator:
Young, William Randolf Keltie
Scope and Content
Correspondence of William R. K. Young and Morgan A. Gunst with bookstores and societies selling rare and fine books. Much
of the correspondence is with T. J. Cobden-Sanderson of the Doves Press.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] William R. K. Young and Morgan A. Gunst correspondence, M0008, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Provenance
Gift of the estate of Morgan A. Gunst, 1959.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Access Restrictions
None.
Folder 1
25 typescript copies of letters from W.R.K. Young to T.J. Cobden-Sanderson between
December 8, 1911 and March 5, 1920.
Arrangement note
Arranged chronologically.
Folder 2
with typescript copies from T.J. Cobden-Sanderson to Young between
June 20, 1911 and April 2, 1920.
Physical Description:
28 ALS
Arrangement note
Arranged chronologically.
Folder 3
18 bills and receipts and 21 covers and 4 compliment sheets from the Doves Press to Young.
Arrangement note
Arranged chronologically.
Folder 4
8 press clippings about T.J. Cobden-Sanderson books and his death.
Folder 5
1 LS, 2 receipts from Robert Cobden-Sanderson to Young. Letter 2 announcement lists for R. C.-S.
dated Jan. 1, 1920. 1919-1920
Folder 6
32 typescript and autograph copies of letters from Young to the Societe des Amis du Livre Moderne. Most letters are to M.
Charles Meunier and are dated from
June 4, 1909 to April 27, 1923.
Arrangement note
Arranged chronologically.
Folder 7
30 letters, mostly LS from the Amis du Livre in Paris to Young. Letters are dated from
Feb. 2, 1909 to July 30, 1923.
Arrangement note
Arranged chronologically.
Folder 8
8 receipts from the Amis du Livre to Young.
Arrangement note
Arranged chronologically.
Folder 9
26 book listings and information concerning the Amis du Livre Moderne.
Folder 10
Typescript copy of a letter from Young to Raphale Weill, written on Also a LS from Em. Terquem in Paris to John J. Newbergin,
February 29, 1916. dated March 5, 1910.
Folder 11
5 letters: 2 to Young from C-S; 1 to C-S from Young; 2 to Gunst from Millard.
Folder 12
4 typescript copies of letters from Gunst to the Societe des Amis du Livre Moderne in Paris from
March 8, 1927 to March 5, 1928.
Arrangement note
Arranged chronologically.
Folder 13
10 letters from the Amis du Livre to Gunst, Also several receipts from the Societe to Young.
dated March 7, 1917 to April 7, 1923.
Arrangement note
Arranged chronologically.
Folder 14
11 typescript letters and receipts from Young to Mrs. Alice Millard,
March 24, 1927 to Feb. 4, 1937.
Arrangement note
Arranged chronologically.
Folder 15
ca. 34 letters relating to the seizure of
The Golden Asse of Apuleius by the US Customs.
Arrangement note
Arranged chronologically.
Folder 16
14 miscellaneous letters from Gunst to WRK Young, Melbert B. Cary, Jr., Paul Bonet, Rose Adler, G.A. Davidson, Jr. and Lucien
L. Godschmidt. Letters dated from
May 7, 1918 to Aug. 6, 1940.
Folder 17
18 letters from Rose Adler, Albert M. Bender, Paul Bonet, Bierre Beres Rare Books, Melbert Cary, Jr., Robert Cobden-Sanderson,
Peter Fahey, Ernest Dawson of Dawson's Book Shop, Newbegin's Book Shop, and Nell U. O'Day.
Arrangement note
Alphabetically arranged.
Folder 18
4 letters and 1 clipping re book lists.
Folder 19
Correspondence M. Young - Cobden-Sanderson
