Daniel Berkeley Updike and the Merrymount Press of Boston, Massachusetts, 1860, 1894, 1941 / by George Parker Winship.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winship, George Parker, 1871-1952, author.

Contributor:

Printing House of Leo Hart, publisher.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Printers' Valhalla

The printers' Valhalla

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 1860-1941.

Updike, Daniel Berkeley.

Merrymount Press.

Printers--Massachusetts--Boston--Biography.

Printers.

Private presses--Massachusetts--Boston.

Private presses.

Boston (Mass.)--Imprints.

Boston (Mass.).

Massachusetts--Boston.

Genre:

Rare books.

Bibliographies.

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

x pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 141 pages, 1 unnumbered page : facsimiles ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, N.Y. : The Printing House of Leo Hart, 1947.

Contents:

Formative influences

The way to independence

The typographic adviser

The printing shop

Commercialization

Private printing

Stabilization

Recognition

Acceptance

Success

Specialization

The war years

Fructification

Consummation

Aftermath.

Notes:

Folded "Announcements of Mr. Berkeley Updike" in pocket on front cover. Dated for Autumn of 1895.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has dust jacket. Also, laid in, an eight page advertisement for the series.

OCLC:

838368