Wise men fished here : a centennial exhibition in honor of the Gotham Book Mart : 1920-2020 / David McKnight, curator ; Katherine Aid, assistant curator; Camille Davis, assistant curator.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKnight, David, active 2019, curator.

Camden, Beth Picknally, active 2019, author.

Varela, Elsa, active 2019, author.

Contributor:

Aid, Katherine, co-curator.

Constantinou, Constantia, 1964- contributor.

Davis, Camille, co-curator.

Fisher, Janice, active 2019, copy editor.

Gottschalk, Andrea, active 2019, book designer.

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts (University of Pennsylvania Libraries), issuing body.

University of Pennsylvania. Libraries, publishers.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania), former owners.

The YGS Group (Firm), active 2019, printers.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Steloff, Frances, 1887-1989.

Steloff, Frances.

Brown, Andreas.

Gotham Book Mart--History--Exhibitions.

Gotham Book Mart.

Bookstores--New York (State)--New York--History--Exhibitions.

Bookstores.

Booksellers and bookselling--New York (State)--New York--History--Exhibitions.

Booksellers and bookselling.

Women booksellers--New York (State)--New York--History--Exhibitions.

Women booksellers.

History.

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Belleza.

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Open Sans.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owners)

Physical Description:

viii pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 4-171 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 28 cm

Edition:

First edition 2019.

Manufacture:

[York, Pennsylvania] : The YGS Group, York, PA.

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] : Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Philadelphia, PA, 2019.

Contents:

Foreward / Constantia Constantinou Introduction / David McKnight Wise men fished here: a centennial exhibtion / David McKnight Beginings / David McKnight We moderns: making it new / David McKnight Surrealism and the 1940s / David McKnight Black Sun Press / David McKnight The beats / David McKnight The New York school / David McKnight The seventies / David McKnight Little magazines, portfolios, and small presses / David McKnight Gotham Book Mart as publisher / Camille Davis Wish you were here: the postcard collection / Katherine Aid The enigmatic Edward Gorey Katherine Aid Endings / David McKnight Appendices

I. Processing a massive gift collection with a streamlined workflow / Elsa Varela and Beth Picknally Camden II. Gotham Book Mart bibliography / Camille Davis Acknowledgments / David McKnight.

Notes:

"Published by University of Pennsylvania Libraries 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104"; title page verso.

Copyright held by: "© 2019 Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania All rights reserved"; title page verso.

"This catalogue was published by the University of Pennsylvania in conjunction with the exhibit: "Wise Men Fished Here : A Centennial Exhibition in Honor of the Gotham Book Mart 1920-2020." University of Pennsylvania Libraries Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Kamin and Goldstein Family Galleries February 18 through May 20, 2019"; page [iiii] and back cover end flap.

Edition statement; title page verso.

"Catalogue design: Andrea Gottschalk Copy editor: Janice Fisher Printer: The YGS Group, York, PA Fonts: Belleza and Open Sans"; title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copies have errata slips inserted.

ISBN:

9780990448754

0990448754

OCLC:

1089694262