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Preliminary Guide to the James J. Guthrie - Pear Tree Press Collection
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Series 1.  General

Scope and Content Note

Material about Guthrie and Pear Tree Press, such as an unfinished bibliography by Michael Travers, and writing by Guthrie, namely a typescript copy of his "Transition in Printing." Also, drawings and other material relating to Guthrie family members.
Box 1: 1 - 5

Guthrie Family

Box 1: 1

Guthrie, John F. - Drawing, proofs, and prints, ca. 1920s

Box 1: 2

Guthrie, Robert - Drawings, ca. 1916

Box 1: 3

Guthrie, Robin - Catalog of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and drawing, n.d.

Box 1: 4

Guthrie, Stuart, ca. 1910s-1930s

Abstract: [Includes "Blue Bottle," manuscript, with illustrations, done as a child, ca. WWI era; prospectus for An Anthology: Extracts from Letters written by Miss May Chesshire; and The Piper's Fancy]
Box 1: 5

Obits, 1971

Abstract: [Robin and Alexander Guthrie]
Box 1: 6

Travers, Michael - Bibliography of James J. Guthrie and the Pear Tree Pres, ca. 1946

Abstract: [Unfinished manuscript]
Box 1: 7

University of Kentucky Libraries - offprints of articles and correspondence by Guthrie, 1952

Box 1: 8

Writings about Guthrie and Pear Tree Press

Box 1: 9

"Modern Hand Printing," Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 5, [193?]

Box 1: 9 - 11

Writings by Guthrie

Box 1: 10

"Transition in Printing", n.d.

Abstract: [Typescript, with holographic corrections]
Box 1: 11

"The Woodcut in the Book Arts," Woodcut Annual for 1925, ed. By Alfred Fowler, 1925

Abstract: [Photocopy]
 

Series 2.  Correspondence

Scope and Content Note

Mainly press-related items to and from Guthrie. Correspondents include John Freeman, Reginald Hallward, Reginald H. Leon, and Michael Travers.
Box 1: 12 - 19

Guthrie, James J.

Box 1: 12

To John Freeman - 24 ALS, ca. 1917

Abstract: [Many undated]
Box 1: 13

To Reginald Hallward - 14 ALS, ca. 1905 - 1912

Abstract: [Some undated]
Box 1: 14

From Reginald H. Leon - 2 TL, 1922

Abstract: [Carbons]
Box 1: 15

To Reginald H. Leon - 28 ALS, 1922 - 1924

Box 1: 16

To [?] Richards - 1 TLS, 1945

Box 1: 17

To Michael Travers - 61 ALS and TLS, ca. 1945 - 1949

Abstract: [Includes observations on William Blake, William Morris, Kelmscott Press, Golden Cockerel Press, and others]
Box 1: 18

From [?] v. Rossem - 1 ALS, 1948

Box 1: 19

To Unknown - 1 ALS, 1937

Box 1: 20

Guthrie, Mrs. Marion

Box 1: 20

To Mrs. Michael Travers - 4 ALS, n.d.

Box 1: 21

Siberell, Lloyd, 1946 - 1949

Abstract: [1 TLS to Guthrie, 1946, otherwise mainly correspondence from Lawrence de Coteau, along with article by Coteau on Guthrie, and samples of stationery printed by Guthrie]
 

Series 3.  Publications of the Pear Tree Press and James J. Guthrie

Scope and Content Note

Mainly proofs, prospectuses, and announcements, including a number of items relating to the Pear Tree Press edition of William Blake's Songs of Innocence.
Box 1: 22

"Amid that small sweet avalanche", n.d.

Abstract: [Proof - poem]
Box 1: 23

"Announcement of the Hand Press Newly Set Up at the Pear Tree Press", ca. 1923 - 1924

Abstract: [Notes the acquisition of the hand press upon which William Morris printed the Kelmscott Chaucer]
Box 1: 24

"An Announcement Regarding Certain Hand-Printed Books", [1930]

Abstract: [Refers to Frescoes, from Buried Temples and Last Designs for Bookplates; notes Morris press now in America]
Box 1: 25

"The Bird-Scarer", n.d.

Abstract: [Proof - poem]
Box 1: 26 - 29

Blake, William - Songs of Innocence

Box 1: 26

Prospectus "Announcing the Felpham Edition of Songs of Innocence by William Blake" and 3 variant proofs of the colophon page, 1937

Box 1: 27

Proofs, 1939

Abstract: [2 pulls, including colophon]
Box 1: 28

Plates, n.d.

Box 1: 29

Making of Songs , n.d.

Abstract: [Photocopies of two leaves, author unknown]
Box 1: 30

Books and the Art of Making Them, ca. 1932

Abstract: [Monthly bulletin of the Pear Tree Press and the Cock Robin Press, 5 issues]
Box 1: 31

Bottomley, Gordon - Riding to Lithend, [1909]

Abstract: [Proof]
Box 1: 32

Christmas cards, ca. 1930s-1940s

Abstract: [Some proofs]
Box 2: 1

Collins, William - Ode to Evening, 1937

Abstract: [Prospectus, plates, and proofs]
Box 2: 2

The Elf, ca. 1902 - 1903

Abstract: [Announcement]
Box 2: 3

Green Pastures Series - John Freeman, General Editor, n.d.

Abstract: [Prospectus]
Box 2: 4

"Art of the Hand Press", n.d.

Abstract: [Typescript]
Box 2: 4 - 22

Guthrie, James J.

Box 2: 5

Book Plates, Volume 2 of the Series, n.d.

Abstract: [Proof of t.p. only; published?]
Box 2: 6

Book-Plates, [ca. 1907-1918]

Abstract: [By James Guthrie and Daniel Phaer, Phaer being a pseudonym of Guthrie; trial proof of t.p.]
Box 2: 7

"Bookplates", n.d.

Abstract: [pp. 77-79 only]
Box 2: 8

Bookplates, n.d.

Abstract: [Designs for Walter de la Mare and others]
Box 2: 9

A Child's Good Day, [1908]

Abstract: [Proofs]
Box 2: 10

Frescoes from Buried Temples: A Portfolio of Drawings, with Poems by Gordon Bottomley, [1930]

Abstract: [Prospectus, manuscripts of 6 poems by Bottomley, and 6 proofs of prints]
Box 2: 11

Intaglio Bookplates, 1922

Abstract: [Prospectus]
Box 2: 12

Last Bookplates, [1929]

Abstract: [Prospectus]
Box 2: 13

My House in the World: Essays in Quiet, [1918]

Box 2: 14

New Intaglio Bookplates, [1934]

Abstract: [Proofs of t.p.]
Box 2: 15

New Plate-Book, [1929]

Abstract: [Proof of t.p.]
Box 2: 16

Proofs of Prints - 14 items, n.d.

Abstract: [("The Haunted Palace" [2 copies], "The Mourners," "To the Lake" [2 copies], "The Genius of Poe," "The City in the Sea" [2 copies], "The Bill Sings to Rannveig" [2 copies], "Dreamland," "The Little Bird" [2 copies], and "Night's Plutonium Shore"]
Box 2: 17

Proofs of Prints - 5 items, n.d.

Abstract: ["Echo," "Castle Wonderful," "Illustrations to Poems by Edgar Allen Poe: No. 1: "To Helen"," "A Landscape," "Rain Clouds"]
Box 2: 18

Proofs of Prints - 11 items, n.d.

Abstract: [Untitled]
Box 2: 19

The Proportional System of Composition , [1924]

Abstract: [Proofs and duplicate copy]
Box 2: 20

"Those Pinafore Girls", n.d.

Abstract: [Broadside poem]
Box 2: 21

Twenty-One Poems, 1934

Abstract: [Proofs]
Box 2: 22

The Wild Garden: Verses for Children, [1924]

Abstract: [Proofs]
Box 2: 23

The Book-Cratsman: A Review of Fine Printing, Bookplates, Poetry, etc, edited by Stuart Guthrie., 1919

Abstract: [Proof]
Box 2: 23 - 24

Guthrie, Stuart

Box 2: 24

A Chapbook for Little Chaps, [1920]

Abstract: [Prospectus]
Box 2: 25

"Infant Joy", n.d.

Abstract: [Proof - poem]
Box 2: 26

"The Little Green Tree", n.d.

Abstract: [Proof - poem]
Box 2: 27

Modern Printing in Ancient Chichester (announcement), Cock Robin Printers, n.d.

Box 2: 28

"Mr. Michael Travers, Consulting Ophthalmic Optician", n.d.

Abstract: [Announcement]
Box 2: 29

"Not the full-throated choir of May", n.d.

Abstract: [Proof - poem]
Box 2: 30

Of Joy, n.d.

Abstract: [Proof]
Box 2: 31

Pear Tree Press Publications, ca. 1935 - 1938

Abstract: [Lists and announcements]
Box 2: 32

Root and Branch , [1912-1926]

Abstract: [Proofs and linoleum block]
Box 2: 33

Some Poems of Edgar Allen Poe, [1901], 1908

Abstract: [Announcement and proof of t.p.), [1901], 1908]
Box 2: 34

Strode, William - Four Poems, 1934

Abstract: [Proofs]
Box 2: 35

The Friend of the Blackbird, ca. 1938

Abstract: [Original calligraphic manuscript by Helen Hinckley, proofs, and prospectii]
Box 2: 35 - 36

Thomas, Edward [Eastaway, Edward]

Box 2: 36

Six Poems, [1916]

Abstract: [Proof of title only]
Box 2: 37

"To Mother", n.d.

Abstract: [Proof - poem]
Box 2: 38

"To See a World in a Grain of Sand", n.d.

Abstract: [Proof - poem]
Box 2: 39

Waller, Pickford - [ Pickford Waller Designs], 1916

Abstract: [Proofs]
 

Series 4.  Miscellany

Scope and Content Note

Includes a photograph, presumably of Guthrie, at his press around 1903-1904. Also, material on Cock Robin Press and Silver Unicorn Press, as well as a number of unidentified original drawings and proofs.
Box 2: 40

Cock Robin Press, n.d.

Abstract: [Prospectus and order form]
Box 2: 41

Greenleaf Press, n.d.

Abstract: [Announcement]
Box 2: 42 - 43

Original drawings, n.d.

Box 2: 44

Pear Tree Press, n.d.

Abstract: [Miscellaneous printed sheets]
Box 2: 45

Photograph (print) of [Guthrie?] at his press, [1903-1904]

Box 2: 46

Proofs (unidentified), n.d.

Box 2: 47

"Rough Idea for Folio", ca. 1929

Box 2: 48

Rough Inventory of Materials, Pear Tree Press, n.d.

Abstract: [List]
Box 2: 49

Silver Unicorn Press, ca. 1930s

Abstract: [Prospectuses and specimen page]
Box 2: 50

United Arts Circle of Bognor Regis, 1906

Abstract: [Flyer]