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The Caxton Club, 1895-1995 : celebrating a century of the book in Chicago / by Frank J. Piehl ; with a foreword by Bruce McKittrick.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Reference 27
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Piehl, Frank J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Caxton Club--History--19th century.
- Caxton Club.
- Caxton Club--History--20th century.
- Bibliography--Illinois--Chicago--Societies, etc--History--19th century.
- Bibliography.
- Bibliography--Illinois--Chicago--Societies, etc--History--20th century.
- Book clubs (Bookselling)--Illinois--Chicago--History--19th century.
- Book clubs (Bookselling).
- Book clubs (Discussion groups)--Illinois--Chicago--History--19th century.
- Book clubs (Discussion groups).
- Book collectors.
- History.
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Book clubs (Bookselling)--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.
- Book clubs (Discussion groups)--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.
- Book collectors--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (inscription) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Piehl, Frank J. (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 191 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, IL : Caxton Club, 1995.
- Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- President's statement and acknowledgments
- The founding of the Caxton Club of Chicago
- The formative years : 1895-1898
- The golden years : 1899-1912
- The troubled years : 1913-1919
- Surviving Prohibition, the Depression, and World War II : 1920-1945
- The second half-century : 1946-1995
- Epilogue
- Descriptive bibliography
- Other printed material
- Presidents
- Honorary members
- Biographies of 100 Caxtonians.
- Notes:
- "One thousand copies have been numbered and signed by the author"--Colophon.
- In slipcase.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016.
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck copy has dustjacket. Prospectus laid in.
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck copy has hand written leaf of paper bound in stating: "Presented to Jean-Francois Vilain in appreciation of his talk to the Caxton Club of Chicago on Wednesday, April 16, 1997 at the Mid-Day Club" Followed by 91 signatures.
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck copy has copy 303. Signed by author.
- ISBN:
- 0940550091
- OCLC:
- 31608138
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