Ephemera from various members of the Amalgamated Printers' Association and from the Association's annual convention, the Wayzgoose.

This collection contains papers and other items related to the organization and running of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS).

This collection contains correspondence, ephemera, photographs and other materials collected by H. Richard Archer, former bibliographer at the Clark Library, from his years at UCLA until his last position at Williams College. Many items were printed by his personal press,...

This collection contains correspondence, printed ephemera, articles, book designs, announcements, and other materials written by and about and designed by Merle Armitage. Most items relate to book design and the performing arts.

The collection includes printed ephemera created primarily by the Battledore Press, run by Mary and Andrew Horn. Items are mainly paper examples of printing, with a few pieces on wood. Many of the pieces of ephemera relate to the UCLA...

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Original artwork and prints created by (or related to) caricaturist, author and artist Max Beerbohm. The items in this collection were a donation from the estate of UCLA Professor Majl Ewing.

This collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, designs, and miscellaneous printed ephemera related to the activities of Wilder Bentley and his work with the Archetype Press. Also included are materials related to his non-printing endeavors and to his friends and colleagues....

Posters from fifteen book fairs that were held in California between 1963 and 2004.

Items related to, written by or about Clyde Browne, the printer and proprietor at the Abbey Press.

Letters written to Joseph Leftwich from Oscar Browning, concerning his friendship with Simeon Solomon and his other acquaintences in the aesthetic movement. Browning calls Swinburne "a loathsome little beast" and also metions Walter Pater, A.J.A. Symonds, and A.C. Benson, among...

Letters and drawings sent to Violet Maxse (later Viscountess Milner) by Edward Burne-Jones.

Items related to the Aubrey Beardsley collection assembled by Phil Burns, which was sold at auction in 1999.

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This collection contains items collected by Edwin H. Carpenter about hand printing presses located primarily in California intended to be used to create a list or census of hand presses. Correspondence, photographs, and press information originate from many of those...

This collection consists of printed miniature books, correspondence, ephemera, broadsides, and woodblocks related to William Murray Cheney and his activities as a printer in Los Angeles. It also includes materials related to other Los Angeles area printers, presses, and bibliophiles...

This collection consists of the pre-1934 institutional archive of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library and the records of its founder, William Andrews Clark, Jr. Items include correspondence, invoices, photographs, secondary source materials and other documents related to Clark, his...

Records of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library and the Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies from 1934 to the present. Subjects treated by these materials include library acquisitions, academic events, fellowships, Clark buildings and grounds, publicity and press clippings,...

Scrapbook compiled by Pickford Waller, containing work by and about artist Claud Lovat Fraser. Most items are proofs of illustrations from Haldane MacFall's Book of Lovat, but the volume also contains prospectuses for works printed by Fraser, correspondence from Christopher...

[1] Abbott, Kerns & Bell Co., Portland, Ore. 1958.--[2] American Type Founders. 1958.--[3] Commercial Printing Corp., Hollywood. [19--]--[4] Creative Type, Los Angeles.--[5] David Gildea, & Co., New York. [19--]--[6] Hi-Speed Typesetting Company, Los Angeles. [19--]--[7] Intertype Company, Brooklyn. [19--]--[8] Jaffe...

A collection of 4 manuscripts related to the renovation and repair of the Tower of London, dating 1663-1682. They include 3 drafts of contracts (with John Downs, Robert Fitch and Mr Moore) for building work on the walls and the...

Nine broadsides either dated or with imprint information: Nature and Nancy printed by Mary Bowley; The marriage day printed by Coates; The dog and duck rig, The white cockade sold at no. 42, Long-lane in 1794 [i.e. John Evans] ;...

Undated, probable publication date based on printers' and booksellers' dates from Plomer.

Collection consists of 266 manuscript news sheets addressed to members of the Pole family at Radburne, Derby, England. They span from May 20, 1682 to Dec. 12, 1710.

Collection contains correspondence to and from William Andrews Clark, Thomas Francis Meagher, Wilbur F. Sanders, and Charles N. Kessler. The Kessler papers (series 2) make up the bulk of the collection. Manuscripts include mining claim location notices, legal documents, drawings...

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Accounts, inventories, and receipts of George II and Spencer Compton.

This collection consists of typescripts and manuscripts of many of the works of 20th century Irish author Dorothea Conyers.

Collection of eight letters from Courier to the scholar and publisher Antoine Augustin Renouard; with four letters from various correspondents to Renouard. Also included are several items relating to Courier's discovery of the missing portion of the text of Longus'...

This collection contains letters, memoranda, bills and notes retained by John Walkinshaw Craufurd, a Scottish landowner and army officer, between 1746 and his death in 1793. Also included are letters regarding the disposition of Craufurdland Estate after his death.

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"An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank by W.M. Thackeray; and additional memoirs by Hamilton, Stephens, Wilson, Bates and others" is in seven volumes dating from 1808 to 1877. The collection was purchased by William Andrews Clark from George...

A series of 44 wood engravings by William Morris and others for a proposed edition of The earthly paradise; together with 9 wood engravings for a proposed edition of Love is enough. Each of the prints has the initials of...

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Correspondence, manuscript items (such as poems), photographs, and other miscellaneous documents related to Lord Alfred Douglas taken from the larger Oscar Wilde collection.

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Eighteen books from Macmillan's English Men of Letters, new series: Crabbe / by Alfred Ainger -- Edward Fitzgerald / by A.C. Benson -- Rossetti / by A.C. Benson -- William Hazlitt / by Augustine Birrell -- Andrew Marvell / by...

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This collection contains items written by William Everson, primarily poems, correspondence, and drafts of manuscrupts (including his autobiography). Other items such as ephemera and newspaper clippings are also held in the collection.

Scrapbooks, ephemera, photographs, and correspondence related to architect Robert D. Farquhar and his work, particularly buildings commissioned by William Andrews Clark, Jr.

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The collection contains material from fine presses and individual printers in the United States and England (but primarily from California). Items include cards, advertisements, invitations, and other printed materials.

This collection contains correspondence, ephemera, photographs and other materials collected by Ted Freedman, from 1935-1966. Many items were printed under his personal imprint, the Platen Press.

The collection of Vance Gerry's Weather Bird Press jobs primarily consists of illustrations, layout sketches, galley, page, and signature proofs, dummies, correspondence, ephemera, pochoir samples, and stencils. It was given to the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library in 1988 and...

This collection contains correspondence, artwork, bound manuscripts, ephemera, photographs and other materials by Robert Gibbings and related to his work.

This collection of materials accumulated by the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library documents the personal and artistic development and activities of Eric Gill, a twentieth-century English stone-cutter, sculptor, artist, author, typographer/type designer, printer, book illustrator; and champion of social reforms....

Artwork and other visual material produced by or related to British artist, designer and sculptor Eric Gill. This collection contains a large amount of original art as well as reproductions, photographs and supporting documentation.

This collection contains printed ephemera, pamphlets, pictures and other materials related to the work of Frederic W. Goudy, a prolific typeface creator.

Collection consists of prospectuses for books, type specimens, broadsides, keepsakes, and catalog of published books, dating from 1991-2006. Some items undated but are contemporary with dated items.

This collection contains materials for members of the Grolier Club. It includes event announcements, yearly event lists, publications for sale, keepsake booklets, correspondence, and exhibition catalogs.

This finding aid describes the Clark Library's collection of material created by and related to Frank Harris, and includes correspondence, manuscripts, news clippings, typescripts and proofs.

This collection contains items printed by James D. Hart of the Hart Press. Included are individual pieces of ephemera and keepsake printed booklets or pamphlets. Some are about Western America, including the California Gold Rush.

A collection of 5 letters and 1 separate address leaf written to Sir John Heath and Sir Edward Heath, the sons of Sir Robert Heath. The letters from Thomas Foster, John Hunt and William Vanbrugh concern business matters, but the...

This collection contains items related to the Heritage Book Shop, including sale and purchase invoices, inventories, daily business files, catalogs, and artwork.

This collection contains material created and printed by Richard J. Hoffman for various individuals, institutions, and clubs. Items are mostly printed ephemera including Christmas cards, invitations, announcements, memorials, and certificates for various events.

Album compiled by Sydney Cockerell, consisting of photographs and prints (both originals and reproductions) related to William Morris, his family and his homes. The majority of images are photographs by F.H. Evans and prints by E.H. New of Morris's homes,...

This collection contains images of people and places in the Montana and Dakota Territories and other locations in the western United States. Individuals photographed include Calamity Jane, Malcolm Clark, Theodore Roosevelt, and others. Places photographed include towns, mining camps, wilderness...

An autograph poem by Selwyn Image, written in honor of John Milton's tercentenary on December 9, 1908. Dedicated to "E.M.P.," this fine copy of the poem was written out in January 1909. No publication of this poem has been traced...

Scrapbook compiled by Mary L. Bennett in the early 1950s from papers and photographs she purchased out of the belongings of J.C. Cowles, an American artist and author. In a note at the end of the volume, Bennett recounts that...

This collection consists of artwork, association items, manuscripts, correspondence, printed items, and original blocks related to the activities of Paul Landacre and his work as an illustrator....

This collection contains correspondence, ephemera and other materials of and made by The Fred S. Lang Company of Los Angeles, from academic prospectuses to an invitation for an exhibit of Mr. Lang's work held by the Rounce & Coffin Club.

The bulk of this collection consists of Exchequer records and legal documents from England, 1541-1754. Includes documents and fragments bearing the signatures of Exchequer officials and other public officials. Also includes indentures regarding property in the village of Sulgrave, ancestral...

Collection consists of correspondence and other manuscript documents written by and addressed to various historical figures, including: Francis Bacon, Napoleon Bonaparte, James Buchanan, Aaron Burr, Grover Cleveland, Millard Fillmore, Ulysses S. Grant, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson (16 letters),...

Collection consists of 37 letters from composers, conductors, musicians, and vocalists. Includes 4 letters by Felix Mendelssohn (including a musical composition in four parts for three instruments, with directions for interpretation), 4 letters from Anton Seidl, 3 from Charles Gounod,...

Papers of Tamalpais Press and its founder Roger Levenson, dating from 1955-1994, including correspondence, job files, proofs and related ephemera.

Letters written by French author Pierre Loti to members of his family from approximately 1866-1905.

Manuscripts and drafts of letters written by French writer Pierre Louÿs.

Bound collection of 27 autograph letters written to Edward Heron-Allen on receipt of gift copies of his books Codex chiromantia and Manual of cheirosophy. Correspondents represent a wide range of people in the literary and scientific worlds, and letters are...

The May papers include correspondence addressed to James Lewis May and his daughter, Barbara Lewis May, as well as manuscripts of works by May and his correspondents.

Collection consists of 29 manuscripts related to Mexico and Alta California during Spanish conquest of the New World. Topics covered in the manuscripts include colonialization and settlement, establishment of missions, Native American Indian uprisings, expeditions, travels, and political events in...

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A reissue, with collective t.p, by Richard Bentley of "some 50 novels" originally issued by himself and others. Each novel has separate t.p., pagination, and signatures. See Plomer, Henry R. A dictionary of the printers and booksellers who were at...

This collection contains photographs, newspaper clippings, Montana-related ephemera, correspondence pertaining to the Society of the Framers of the Constitution of the State of Montana as well as written attempts to compile historical accounts of various aspects of Montana's history.

Letter from William Morris to Sydney Cockerell, apparently regarding a design for a Kelmscott Press initial, according to an annotation made by Cockerell.

Letter from William Morris to an unknown member of the board of the Thames Conservancy, discussing the rebuilding of the Lock-keeper's Cottage at Eaton Weir. Morris urges the Conservancy to use local stone and a slate roof when rebuilding. This...

Printed keepsakes commemorating anniversaries, birthdays, holidays, retirements, and the death of a pet, each consisting of one sheet folded to [4] pages, printed in black, some illustrated. Two keepsakes undated, one of which is printed in red and black. Type...

This collection contains material created and collected by Wallace and Corry Nethery. Correspondence, drafts, research notes, and ephemera are included for a number of Nethery's books. Materials related to Nethery's work as a librarian at the University of Southern California...

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A volume containing several of William Makepeace Thackeray's preparatory sketches for illustrations of his novel Vanity Fair, along with several related items. Thackeray's daughter Anne Thackeray Ritchie owned these drawings until 1913, when she sold them to the American book...

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Collection consists of proofs, working materials, manuscripts, and ephemera related to the activities of Henry H. Evans and his Peregrine Press of San Francisco, CA. Includes 155 letters from Mel Fowler to Henry Evans (1959-74) as well as some prints,...

Letters related to publishing and bookselling in 18th and 19th century England, from the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps.

The archives consist of subject files on artists, typographers, clients, business contacts, suppliers, projects, etc. Individual files contain correspondence, lectures, photographs, greeting cards, and examples of artwork. Also to be found are printed items by Plantin Press and other printers,...

[No.1] Benett, William. Panthea. 1817. -- [No.2] [Bell, Mr.] The watch-word. 2d ed. 1816. -- [No.3] [Maturin, C.R. Manuel. 1817.] [No.4] Oulton, W.C. Frighten'd to death! 1817. -- [No.5] Dimond, William. The broken sword. 2n ed. 1816.

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This collection contains manuscript news-letters as well as printed issues of newspapers and with manuscript additions, all addressed to the Pole family of Radbourne, Derbyshire. Written from an agent in London, these letters and papers contain information on current happenings...

Prospectuses issued by the Vale Press of publications by the Eragny Press, 1896-1904.

Correspondence, contracts, diaries, original manuscripts and typescripts of poems, plays, and short stories by Dollie Radford. Several mss. by her daughters, Hester and Margaret, and by her husband, Ernest Radford. A.Ls.S. by John Lane, D. H. Lawrence, John Masefield, Ernest...

This collection contains items related to the Rampant Lions Press and its owners Will and Sebastian Carter. Materials include those printed by and about the Rampant Lions Press, including books in print pamphlets, lecture announcements, book prospectuses, and other printed...

The collection of Patrick Reagh's Press consists of ephemera, page and galley proofs, printing plates, and various items relating to printing. The collection is contained in 90 boxes. Filed in folders, the archive contains the paperwork concerning the production of...

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Collection of medical remedies for various ailments, written on small slips of paper in at least two different hands. Several remedies are written on the back of other manuscript and printed documents, including a letter written but never sent by...

This collection contains visual material created by Charles Ricketts, an English printer and artist active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The Ward Ritchie Press collection consists primarily of job packets, typescripts, manuscripts, lectures, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, sketches, page and galley proofs, poetry, and some personal items....

Contains correspondence to and from William Roscoe, his family circle and various friends, booksellers and colleagues as well as commonplace books compiled by his wife Jane Griffies, portrait engravings and ephemera, dating 1774-1887 and undated.

Correspondence, court papers, and other miscellaneous documents related to Robert Baldwin Ross.

This collection contains papers and printed ephemera created for members of the Rounce & Coffin Club. It includes items related to administration and activities of the club, materials associated with the annual Western Books Exhibition, event invitations, and printed keepsake...

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Papers and bound manuscripts of poet and scholar George Francis Savage-Armstrong and his family, including commonplace books, notebooks, military papers, photograph albums, watercolors, and other items.

Nine sermons composed by Thomas Vivian and delivered at his parish of Cornwood, Devon and surrounding churches from 1753-1765. Each sermon is stitched into a separate booklet (two sermons bound together). Notations of where and when each sermon was delivered...

This collection contains visual material created by Charles Shannon, an English artist, printer and lithographer active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Correspondence and other materials related to Robert Harborough Sherard, collected by both Glennyth M. Woods and by Francis Watson. Letters and other documents are concerned with the reputation of Oscar Wilde, Sherard's life and career, his views on other literary...

This collection is the research material collected by Roger Burford-Mason for his book, Roy Vernon Sowers : a life in rare books (1997).

This collection consists of correspondence, ephemera, original drawings, designs, broadsides, and photographs related to Thomas Perry Stricker and his activities as a printer in Los Angeles and New York....

Collection of 5 promptbooks compiled by actor Lark Taylor based on the Shakespearian productions of Julia Marlowe and E.H. Sothern in which he took part. The printed text of the plays are from a uniform edition of Shakespeare, but their...

Collection of miniature books of poetry, plays, essays, novels, and stories.

Collection of 34 legal petitions, memorials, letters, declarations, etc. relating to the estate of James MacPherson.

Correspondence sent to John Stuart Verschoyle from a wide-ranging group of fin-de-siecle notables, dating 1881-1915 and undated. Though much of the correspondence issues from Verschoyle's role as assistant editor of the Fortnightly Review, a significant number of items related to...

Numbers 1, 3, and 4 of ten numbered and signed prints; no. 1 printed in black, no. 3 printed in red and gold, no. 4 printed in green and gold, by Righi, with the original zinc plate (measuring 16 x...

Collection consists of correspondence, receipts, contracts, promissory notes, memoranda, business accounts, records, and lists created by or directed to Alexander Warfield, Albert C. Boone, and associates. Materials deal with business and conditions in Indian Territory (Oklahoma), Missouri, Kansas, Texas, and...

Material described in this finding aid represents the main correspondence portion of the Oscar Wilde and his Literary Circle collection at the Clark Library. The collection includes letters by Wilde, his wife, his mother, Lord Alfred Douglas, More Adey, Christopher...

This finding aid describes manuscript items that are confirmed or suggested forgeries of Oscar Wilde's work and correspondence.

This finding aid described literary and miscellaneous manuscripts related to or composed by Oscar Wilde and his literary circle. Significant manuscripts include drafts of , , and a chapter of .

This finding aid describes a wide-ranging collection of material relating to Oscar Wilde and to his literary and artistic circle in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Great Britain.

This collection contains papers, correspondence, and bound pamphlets relating to the work of George Ratcliffe Woodward. Included in the collection are lecture notes for sermons, translations from Greek and Latin, original compositions, correspondence, printed Christmas greetings, and other items.

Poems and prose written by Ann Yerbury between 1729 and 1753 on various themes including illness, religion, friendship, reflections, and death.

Collection of materials created by and for the Zamorano Club, including primarily printed books, pamphlets, and other ephemera from meetings, talks, and dinners. Also includes minutes from meetings, meeting announcements, and other club functional records.

Books and broadsides produced by members of the Zamorano Club in 2007 and 2008, housed together in a portfolio as a keepsake for the year.