Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Adler, Elmer, 1884-1962.
2. Cerf, Bennett, 1898-1971.
3. Cleland, T. M. (Thomas Maitland), 1880-1964.
4. Douglas, Norman, 1868-1952.
5. Dwiggins, W. A. (William Addison), 1880-1956.
6. Emmett, Burton, 1871-1935.
7. Hunter, Dard, 1883-1966.
8. Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971.
9. Kittredge, William A. (William Albion), 1891-1945.
10. Kennerley, Mitchell, 1878-1950.
11. Klopfer, Donald, 1902-1986.
12. Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984.
13. Melcher, Frederic Gershom, 1879-1963.
14. Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956.
15. Merrill, Charles.
16. Meynell, Francis, Sir, 1891-
17. Morison, Stanley, 1889-1967.
18. Orton, Vrest, 1897-1986.
19. Ross, Harold Wallace, 1892-1951.
20. Rudge, William Edwin, 1876-1931.
21. Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 1860-1941.
22. Van Doren, Irita, 1891-1966.
23. Warde, Frederic, 1894-1939.
24. Winterich, John T., 1891-1970.

Description

1. 10 linear feet (32 boxes).

Summary

1. Collection consists of correspondence and other materials relating to Pynson Printers and The Colophon.

Subject

1. Photographs
2. Private presses > New York (State) > New York
3. Printing > New York (State) > New York
4. Book collecting
5. Publishers and publishing > England > London
6. Publishers and publishing > New York (State) > New York
7. Colophon
8. Nonesuch Press
9. Random House (Firm)
10. Pynson Printers

Genre/Form

1. Photographs.

Call number

1. MssCol 2510

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Biography (note)

1. Pynson Printers, founded in 1922 in New York by typographer Elmer Adler, was a private press that produced many limited edition books.

Language (note)

1. Materials in English and German.

Processing action (note)

1. Surveyed
2. Cataloging updated

Author

1. Pynson Printers.

Title

1. Pynson Printers records, 1927-1933.

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. Pynson Printers, founded in 1922 in New York by typographer Elmer Adler, was a private press that produced many limited edition books. In 1930 Adler began publishing The Colophon, a quarterly for book collectors. Both Pynson Printers and The Colophon ceased operations in 1940.

Language

1. Materials in English and German.

Finding aids

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Added author

1. Adler, Elmer, 1884-1962.
2. Cerf, Bennett, 1898-1971.
3. Cleland, T. M. (Thomas Maitland), 1880-1964.
4. Douglas, Norman, 1868-1952.
5. Dwiggins, W. A. (William Addison), 1880-1956.
6. Emmett, Burton, 1871-1935.
7. Hunter, Dard, 1883-1966.
8. Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971.
9. Kittredge, William A. (William Albion), 1891-1945.
10. Kennerley, Mitchell, 1878-1950.
11. Klopfer, Donald, 1902-1986.
12. Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984.
13. Melcher, Frederic Gershom, 1879-1963.
14. Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956.
15. Merrill, Charles.
16. Meynell, Francis, Sir, 1891-
17. Morison, Stanley, 1889-1967.
18. Orton, Vrest, 1897-1986.
19. Ross, Harold Wallace, 1892-1951.
20. Rudge, William Edwin, 1876-1931.
21. Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 1860-1941.
22. Van Doren, Irita, 1891-1966.
23. Warde, Frederic, 1894-1939.
24. Winterich, John T., 1891-1970.

Research call number

1. MssCol 2510