Box 10
Container
Contains 16 Results:
Lewis Osborne small press collection and papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-021
Abstract
Osborne’s books are characterized by a restrained and tasteful style, fine topography, high-quality paper, abundant use of period illustrations, and fine binding. The book trade quickly recognized their merit and in the thirteen years that he was a publisher, fifteen of his books won the coveted Rounce and Coffin Club “Western Book Award,” and two were selected for the prestigious national American Institute of Graphic Art’s “Fifty Books of the Year” Award. A complete collection of the...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900s
Maps and oversized prints
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS021:04
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Lewis Osborne collaborated with recognized experts in the book trade and with numerous established historians and Western Americana writers to produce his books. Among those who contributed introductions to this editions include David Lavender, Richard Dillon, Shirley Sargent, Kenneth Johnson, Roger Swearingen, William Hutchinson, Oscar Lewis, Ansel Adams, George Stewart, and Ferol Egan. Osborne was knowledgeable of all aspects of book production, and on a few of his later books, he hand...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900s
Friends of the Library invitation
File — Box: 10, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS021:04.14
Scope and Contents
Invitation for the Organizing Charter Group Friends of the Library. 4 copies, one encapsulated.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900s
Early American money
File — Box: 10, Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS021:04.15
Scope and Contents
Early American money. 4 copies, one encapsulated.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900s
Summer season
File — Box: 10, Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS021:04.16
Scope and Contents
The Summer season. 4 copies, one encapsulated.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900s
A poem by Robinson Jeffers
File — Box: 10, Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS021:04.17
Scope and Contents
Poem by Robinson Jeffers, 5 copies.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900s
Miscellaneous prints
File — Box: 10, Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS021:04.18
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous prints, 11 items.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900s
Sample book print
File — Box: 10, Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS021:04.19
Scope and Contents
Sample book print of “Amateur Emigrant,” 4 copies.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900s
Sample book print
File — Box: 10, Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS021:04.20
Scope and Contents
Sample book print, 4 copies.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900s
Sample book print
File — Box: 10, Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS021:04.21
Scope and Contents
Sample book print, 4 copies.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900s