Guide to the Paul Elder And Company Collection
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Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Guide to the Paul Elder And Company Collection, ca. 1898-1936
Collection number: Printers Mss 30
Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara
Contact Information:
- Department of Special Collections
- Davidson Library
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Santa Barbara, CA 93106
- Phone: (805) 893-3062
- Fax: (805) 893-5749
- Email: special@library.ucsb.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/speccoll.html
- Processed by:
- Special Collections staff
- Date Completed:
-
18 July 2001
- Encoded by:
- David C. Gartrell
© 2001 Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Paul Elder And Company Collection,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1898-1936
Collection Number: Printers Mss 30
Creator:
Elder, Paul, 1872-1948.
Extent:
.5 linear feet
( 1 box)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Del Sur stacks.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Paul Elder And Company Collection. Printers Mss 30. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 1966.
Works about Paul Elder and his work include:
- Gordon, Ruth. Paul Elder: Bookseller-Publisher (1897-1917): A Bay Area Reflection. Ph.D. Thesis, University of California,
Berkeley, 1977.
- Harlan, Robert D. Like a Gothic Cathedral: Paul Elder's Grant Avenue Book and Art Shop, 1909-1921. San Francisco: Roxburghe
& Zamorano, 1988.
- Mostardi, David. A Checklist of the Publications of Paul Elder. Berkeley, CA: The Arts & Crafts Press, 2000.
Scope and Content of Collection
The manuscript part of the collection contains two series: Catalogs and lists; and Photocopies of the title pages of Paul
Elder imprints. The printed part of the collection contains nearly 200 titles, some in UCSB Special Collections, others in
the UCSB Arts Library and the Davidson Library Main stacks. The books are cataloged separately and can searched on Pegasus,
the UCSB Libraries online catalog.
Related Material
The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, also has substantial holdings relating to Paul Elder, including
the David Paul Elder Papers, 1909-1947 [UCB Bancroft BANC MSS 71/120 c].
Series 1.
Catalogs and Lists
1901-ca. 1936
Scope and Content Note
Contains catalogs and lists mainly issued by the Fine and Rare Book Department of Paul Elder & Co. A few other catalogs have
been cataloged separately and can be searched on Pegasus, the UCSB Libraries online catalog.
Series 2.
Title Pages
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies of the title pages of Paul Elder imprints. The printed part of the collection contains nearly 200 titles, some
in UCSB Special Collections, others in the UCSB Arts Library and the Davidson Library Main stacks. The books are cataloged
separately and can searched on Pegasus, the UCSB Libraries online catalog. Arranged alphabetically by surname of author.
Box 1: 10
Grant - Margaret of Navarre, n.d.
