Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Access terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: John Steinbeck; a collection of books and manuscripts, the Harry Valentine collection (catalogue eight): the publisher's archive,
Date (inclusive): 1974-1980
Collection number: Special Collections M0863
Creator:
Morrow, Bradford, bookseller
Extent:
2.25 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Provenance
Gift of Bradford Morrow, 1996
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] John Steinbeck; a collection of books and manuscripts, the Harry Valentine collection (catalogue
eight): the publisher's archive, M0863, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biography
When the Valentine Steinbeck collection became available for purchase it was a major event to Steinbeck collectors, dealers,
librarians, and Scholars. There was material in it that had not previously been noted in the otherwise comprehensive Goldstone
and Payne BIBLIOGRAPHY, a reference work based on forty years collecting activity by Adrian Goldstone and the University of
Texas at Austin. Morrow's catalogue, because of its detail and the major collection it describes, became a necessary companion
volume to the Goldstone/Payne bibliography. It was designed and printed by Patrick Keagh, the well-known West Coast printer,
and was his first large-scale job.
Scope and Content
The manuscript, printer's mock-up, galleys, art work, proofs, and file copies (hard and paper) of the catalogue issued by
Morrow in September, 1980.
Access terms
Payne, John R.
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
Valentine, Harry, collector.
American literature--20th century.
Book collecting.
Booksellers and bookselling.