Guide to the Fine Press Promotional Literature Collection
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Guide to the Fine Press Promotional Literature Collection
Collection number: MSS-2010-10-19
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
San José State University
One Washington Square
San José, CA 95192-0028
Phone: (408) 808-2062
Fax: (408) 808-2063
Email: special.collections@sjsu.edu
URL: http://library.sjsu.edu/sjsu-special-collections/sjsu-special-collections-and-archives
© 2010 Trustees of the California State University. All rights reserved.
Title: Fine Press Promotional Literature Collection
Dates: 1979-2010
Bulk Dates: 1985-1998
Collection number: MSS-2010-10-19
Collector:
San José State University
Collection Size:
1 box,
.5 linear feet
Repository:
San José State University. Library.
San José, California 95192-0028
Abstract: The Fine Press Promotional Literature Collection, 1979-2010 (bulk 1985-1998) consists of the publicity literature mailed out
to advertise fine books printed by Arion Press, The Book Club of California, The Yolla Bolly Press, and other Californian
private presses during the late 1980s and the 1990s. The collection also documents, through correspondence, some of the acquisitions
from private presses made by San José State University Special Collections during this period. A folder containing private
press literature on printings of the work of poet Robinson Jeffers is included. The records consist of mailers, publishing
lists, prospectuses, brochures, announcements, broadsides, leaflets, cards, ordering forms, correspondence, newsletters, receipts,
photocopied newspaper articles, photos, and issues of the periodical
Fine Print, a journal that reviewed private press publications. This collection consists of one series: Series I. Fine Press Promotional
Literature 1979-2010 (bulk 1985-1998).
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
The collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the San José State University Library Special Collections &
Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to
the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Special Collections
& Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the
copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital
reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Fine Press Promotional Literature Collection, MSS-2010-10-19, San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives.
Collection processed by Tom Hewitt. Finding aid EAD encoded by Tom Hewitt. Reviewed by Danelle Moon.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Fine Press Promotional Literature Collection, 1979-2010 (bulk 1985-1998) consists of the publicity literature mailed out
to advertise fine books printed by Arion Press, The Book Club of California, The Yolla Bolly Press, and other Californian
private presses during the late 1980s and the 1990s. The collection also documents, through correspondence, some of the acquisitions
from private presses made by San José State University Special Collections during this period. A folder containing private
press literature on printings of the work of poet Robinson Jeffers is included. The records consist of mailers, publishing
lists, prospectuses, brochures, announcements, broadsides, leaflets, cards, ordering forms, correspondence, newsletters, receipts,
photocopied newspaper articles, photos, and issues of the periodical
Fine Print, a journal that reviewed private press publications.
This collection consists of one series: Series I. Fine Press Promotional Literature 1979-2010 (bulk 1985-1998).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Fine books.
Private press books -- United States -- Bibliography -- Catalogs -- Periodicals.
Private presses -- California.
Book catalogs -- United States.
Arion Press.
Book Club of California.
The Yolla Bolly Press.
Jeffers, Robinson, 1887-1962.
Series I: Fine Press Promotional Literature 1979-2010 (1985-1998)
Physical Description: 1 box
Series Scope and Content Summary
The materials in this series document the publishing activities of Arion Press, The Book Club of California, The Yolla Bolly
Press, and other Californian private presses during the late 1980s and the 1990s. The collection also documents, through
correspondence, some of the acquisitions from private presses made by San José State University Special Collections during
this period. A folder containing private press literature on printings of the work of poet Robinson Jeffers is included.
The records consist of mailers, publishing lists, prospectuses, brochures, announcements, broadsides, leaflets, cards, ordering
forms, correspondence, newsletters, receipts, photocopied newspaper articles, photos, and issues of the periodical
Fine Print, a journal that reviewed private press publications.
This series consists of one container. The folders are arranged alphabetically by label and the contents of each folder are
arranged chronologically.