G. Thomas Tanselle Bibliography and Auction Catalogs collection, 1960-2015
G. Thomas Tanselle Bibliography and Auction Catalogs collection, 1960-2015
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#2002
- Bib ID:
- 13221623 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Tanselle, G. Thomas (George Thomas), 1934-
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 162.5 linear feet (130 record cartons)
- Language(s):
- English , German .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
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).
Arrangement
Arranged in 10 series.
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
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.
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.
Subject Headings
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| Genre/Form |
|---|
| Auction catalogs |
| Newsletters |
| Name |
| Sotheby's (Firm) |
Group A: Bibliographical Ephemera
Through 1983 17 boxes (in a single alphabet)
Box 1
Box 2
Box 3
Box 4
Box 5
Box 6
Box 7
Box 8
Box 9
Box 10
Box 11
Box 12
Box 13
Box 14
Box 15
Box 16
Box 17
Group B Bibliographical Ephemera
1984-2014 (47 boxes; each box one year unsorted)
Box 18
Box 19
Box 20
Box 21
Box 22
Box 23
Box 24
Box 25
Box 26
Box 27
Box 28
Box 29
Box 30
Box 31
Box 32
Box 33
Box 34
Box 35
Box 36
Box 37
Box 38
Box 39
Box 40
Box 41
Box 42
Box 43
Box 44
Box 45
Box 46
Box 47
Box 48
Box 49
Box 50
Box 51
Box 52
Box 53
Box 54
Box 55
Box 56
Box 57
Box 58
Box 59
Box 60
Box 61
Box 62
Box 63
Box 64
Group C: Newsletters: 8 boxes (alphabetical)
Box 65
Box 66
Box 67
Box 68
Box 69
Box 70
Box 71
Box 72
Group D: Rare Book School
Box 73
Group E: Exhibition Catalogues: 13 boxes
Box 74
Box 75
Box 76
Box 77
Box 78
Box 79
Box 80
Box 81
Box 82
Box 83
Box 84
Box 85
Box 86
Group F: Publishers' announcements, 1960-1979
1 box
Box 87
Group G: Miscellaneous
8 boxes (annual reports, membership lists, library keepsakes, etc.)
Box 88
Box 89
Box 90
Box 91
Box 92
Box 93
Box 94
Box 95
Box 96
Box 97
Box 98
Box 99
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.)]
Box 100
Box 101
Box 102
Box 103
Box 104
Box 105
Box 106
Box 107
Box 108
Box 109
Box 110
Box 111
Box 112
Group I: Bibliography Of Papermaking, 1900-1963
Box 113
Box 114
Box 115
Group J: Auction Catalogs
(December 2011
Box 116
1945-1968
Box 117
1967-1979
Box 118
1978
Box 119
1975-1985
Box 120
1982-1990
Box 121
2001-2012
Box 130
1999-2008
Box 129
2001-2007
Box 126
1992-1996
Box 127
1996-1998
Box 124
1977-1980
Box 125
1983-1993
Box 128
1993-2005
Box 122
Box 123