G. Thomas Tanselle Bibliography and Auction Catalogs collection, 1960-2015

Summary Information

At a Glance

Arrangement

Arrangement

Arranged in 10 series.

• Group A: Bibliographical Ephemera
• Group B Bibliographical Ephemera
• Group C: Newsletters: 8 boxes (alphabetical)
• Group D: Rare Book School
• Group E: Exhibition Catalogues: 13 boxes
• Group F: Publishers' announcements, 1960-1979
• Group G: Miscellaneous
• Group H: Periodicals-13 boxes
• Group I: Bibliography Of Papermaking, 1900-1963
• Group J: Auction Catalogs

Description

Summary

A collection of bibliographical ephemera, consisting of announcements, leaflets, invitations, etc., from bibliographical societies, bibliophilic clubs, typographical organizations, and rare-book libraries, from about 1960 through 2015 (with a few earlier materials).

• Group A: Bibliographical Ephemera

  Through 1983 17 boxes (in a single alphabet)

• Group B Bibliographical Ephemera

  1984-2014 (47 boxes; each box one year unsorted)

• Group C: Newsletters: 8 boxes (alphabetical)

• Group D: Rare Book School

• Group E: Exhibition Catalogues: 13 boxes

• Group F: Publishers' announcements, 1960-1979

• Group G: Miscellaneous

  8 boxes (annual reports, membership lists, library keepsakes, etc.)

• Group H: Periodicals-13 boxes

  Samples of many book-collecting, typographical, and library magazines. Some of those with somewhat more substantial runs are Albion, Auction, Black Art, Book Collecting And Library Monthly, Book Club Of California Keepsakes, Book Club Of California Quarterly Newsletter, Book Collector's Market, Book Collector's Packet, Book Mart, Devil's Artisan, Dime Novel Round-Up, Firsts, Guild Of Book-Workers' Journal, Journal Of The Ex Libris Society, Paperback Quarterly, Printing & Graphic Arts, Printing Art, Rare Books Newsletter, Reading & Collecting, Yellowback Quarterly

  [NOTE: Many of these are small-size journals with short runs, and I have sent them as a compact sampling of what was going in this area in the second half of the twentieth century, useful in its own right even though Columbia May already have some of them. But I have not sent my long runs of standard library journals or the journals of rare-book libraries, on the assumption that Columbia does already have them and would not want second sets of such space-consuming journals, even though mine are in the original wrappers. (Only two volumes from my run of Penrose Annual are here because they are among the volumes that Columbia lacks.)]

• Group I: Bibliography Of Papermaking, 1900-1963

• Group J: Auction Catalogs

  (December 2011

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Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); G. Thomas Tanselle Bibliography and Auction Catalogs Collection; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraies.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of G. Thamas Tanselle, 2015-10-06

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Collection listed by students for removal to ReCAP, 2017.

Revision Description

2018-08-09 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form

Subject

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

G. Thomas Tanselle (born 1934) is an American textual critic, bibliographer, and book collector, especially known for his work on Herman Melville. He was Vice-President, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, 1978-2006.