Grolier Club
Author of A Century for the Century: Fine Printed Books from 1900 to 1999
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Series
Works by Grolier Club
Grolier 75 : a biographical retrospective to celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Grolier Club in New York (1959) 12 copies
One Hundred Influential American Books Printed before 1900: Catalogue and Addresses. Exhibition at the Grolier Club,… (1947) 8 copies
Gazette of the Grolier Club 7 copies
Four Centuries of Graphic Design for Science: From the Collection of Ronald K. Smeltzer (2004) 6 copies
Printing and the brain of man : the sixteenth-century brain : an exhibition and catalogue of selections from the… (2011) 6 copies
Books and Prints, Past and Future: Papers presented at The Grolier Club Centennial Convocation, 26-28 April 1984 (1984) 6 copies
Steel & roses : American prints in the Hersh Cohen Collection & botanical books in the Fern Cohen Collection (2022) 6 copies
Four St. Louisans and a Library: The Collectors of American River History. A Gallery Talk Delivered April 6, 2010 at… (2010) 4 copies
The taste of 1884 : prints from Dürer to Whistler in the Grolier Club's first exhibition : an exhibition held at the… (1999) 4 copies
Anthony Powell and friends : from the collection of William Bradford Warren : an exhibition at the Grolier Club, March… (2007) 4 copies
Lives on the Mississippi : literature and culture along the Great River from the collections of the St. Louis… (2010) 4 copies
HOMER, PRINTED EDITIONS OF THE ILIAD AND ODYSSEY IN GREEK AND IN TRANSLATION AND LANDMARKS IN HOMERIC SCHOLARSHIP.… (2001) — Author — 4 copies
Emblemata: Symbolic Literature of the Renaissance: From the Collection of Robin Raybould (2010) 4 copies
Grolier Club [Year Book] 1908 2 copies
Printed catalogues of French book auctions and sales by private treaty 1643-1830 in the library of the Grolier Club (2004) 2 copies
Grolier Club [Year Book] 2003 2 copies
Grolier Club [Year Book] 1941 2 copies
Grolier Club [Year Book] 1911 2 copies
Grolier Club [Year Book] 1910 2 copies
Grolier Club [Year Book] 1909 2 copies
Exhibition of silver, embroidered, and curious bookbindings : the Grolier Club of the city of New York, April 16 to May… (2013) 2 copies
Grolier Club [Year Book] 1907 2 copies
The Grolier Club of the City of New York: Officers, Committees, Constitution, By-Laws, House Rules, Members, Annual… (1903) 2 copies
Fifty-five Books Printed Before 1525 Representing the Works of England's First Printers (1968) 2 copies
The Grolier Club's Catalogue of Original and Early Editions of Some of the Poetical and Prose Works of English… (1964) 2 copies
The Grolier Club iter Italicum 2 copies
Holland 1967 1 copy
The Calligraphy Revival 1 copy
Catalogue of Medals and Plaques by Victor D. Brenner Exhibited at the Grolier Club, March 7 to March 23, 1907 (2010) 1 copy
Aspects of England: A collector's perspective ; an exhibition at the Grolier Club, March 29 to May 26, 2000, from the… (2000) 1 copy
The Catalogue of Books from the Libraries of Celebrated Bibliophiles and Illustrious Persons of the Past with Arms or… (1895) 1 copy
Three gold bezants, three silver stars: The arms of the Grolier Club, 1884-1984 (Grolier fine printing) (1999) 1 copy
Catalogue Of An Exhibition Of Engraved Portraits, Being The Effigies Of The Most Famous English Writers From Chaucer To… (2012) 1 copy
From the New Golden Land: Four Centuries of Travel and Exploration in the Americas (Selections from the Jay I Kislack… (1998) — Author — 1 copy
Grolier Club [Yearbook] 1999 1 copy
Associated Works
Learning from the Greeks: An Exhibition Commemorating the 500th Anniversay of the Founding of the Aldine Press (1994) — Author — 7 copies
The poems of John Donne, from the text of the edition of 1633 revised by James Russell Lowell — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
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Grolier 75 : a biographical retrospective to… by Grolier Club.,
Thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. The biographies of Grolier Club personalities. all noted men of books, lovers of books. One biography introduced to me the word "bibliophily". Drawing together, these men, embody the singular character upon which the Grolier Club was built.
In my opinion, any book published by David R. Godine is bound to be a treat. After Hutner and Kelly's prefatory notes, the book is largely a bibliography. It was impossible for me not to read a book listing and then look the book up on abebooks.com to see what it would cost me to own the book. With an interest in typography, there are many titles here to salivate over. After the list of one hundred books, there is a section of nice reproductions representing many of the titles in the listing. It's much as I remember getting the Sears catalog or the Montgomery Ward catalogs in the mail many years ago. I would start nodding and saying 'oh yes, I want that.' Call it a bibliophile's wish book, or a typophile's wish book.… (more)
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- Works
- 181
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- Members
- 408
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- #59,622
- Rating
- 3.8
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- ISBNs
- 42