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Printed ephemera, c.1965, 1970-1, 1974, 1981-3, 1988-90, c.1992, 1993, 1999, 2004, n.d.

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MS. Gehenna Press b. 87
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Comprises:

Press ephemera:

  1. (fols. 1-2) Gehenna Press announcements and keepsakes, c. 1965, 2004
  2. (fols.3-42) Incomplete sets of Gehenna Press pressmarks, now in order according to the Work of Fifty Years exhibition catalogue, c. 1992
  3. (fols. 43-58) Drawings and pressmark proofs, including (fol. 53) a note from the printer Art Larson, 1999, n.d.
  4. (fols. 59-62) Gehenna Press stationary, n.d.

Commissioned ephemera (including Baskin family personal ephemera):

  1. (fols. 63-76) Business cards & stationary, n.d.
  2. (fols. 77-142) Invitations, announcements, greetings & presentations, including manuscripts and proofs. Includes (fols. 139-140) an image design very similar to 'Chlorophyll' (originally 'Phoenix Rising') in Capriccio (1990) [see also MS. Gehenna Press a. 7], 1970, 1974, 1981-3, 1988-90, 1993, n.d.
  3. (fols. 143-67) Bookplates and bookmarks, 1971, 1993, n.d.
  4. (fols. 168-70) Assorted ephemera drawings, n.d.

Collected ephemera (some possibly printed by the Gehenna Press):

  1. (fols. 171-4) Business cards and advertising circular, 1997, n.d.
  2. (fols. 175-85) Prospectuses and catalogues from Harold Berliner, n.d.

Dates

  • Creation: c.1965, 1970-1, 1974, 1981-3, 1988-90, c.1992, 1993, 1999, 2004, n.d.

Extent

185 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. Gehenna Press b. 87

Related Materials

See also a scrapbook containing further collected ephemera in MS. Gehenna Press b. 88, fols. 227-89.

See also MS. Gehenna Press a. 1, press business journals and daybooks which include pasted-in ephemera.

See also MS. Gehenna Press e. 9, ephemera woodcuts.

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