Guide to John Steinbeck; a collection of books and manuscripts, the Harry Valentine collection (catalogue eight): the publisher's
archive,
1974-1980
Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by C. Del Anderson
Department of Special Collections
Green Library
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305-6004
Phone: (650) 725-1022
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
© 1998
The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Guide to John Steinbeck; a collection of books and manuscripts, the Harry Valentine collection (catalogue eight): the publisher's
archive,
1974-1980
Collection number: M0863
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Department of Special Collections
- Green Library
- Stanford University Libraries
- Stanford, CA 94305-6004
- Phone: (650) 725-1022
- Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
- URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
- Processed by:
- Special Collections staff
- Date Completed:
- ca. 1996
- Encoded by:
- C. Del Anderson
© 1998 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
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.
Box 1, Folder 1 - 7
364-page manuscript, with printer's setting notes and corrections
Box 1, Folder 8
3-page typescript of bibliographer John Payne's introduction to the catalogue, marked up for printer.
Box 1, Folder 9 -10
92-page first mock-up of catalogue, folded signatures, extensively annotated throughout by the designer/printer and Morrow.
Box 1, Folder 11
35-page sample galleys, including Payne's proofs, and suggested layouts for pages, with annotations in the printer's hand.
Box 1, Folder 12
49 folios, corrected first long galleys, very extensively corrected and altered in several hands troughout -- including notes
which are of bibliographic significance, additions made in proofs of specific information about Steinbeck items.
Box 1, Folder 13
25 folios, second galleys, printed on proofing paper.
Box 1, Folder 14
154-page, first page proofs, with corrections, on proofing paper, and with several variant titlepages.
Box 2, Folder 1
152-page, first page proofs, clean set
Box 2, Folder 2
46 original photographs, black-and-white prints of all Steinbeck books, foreign editions, manuscripts, drawings, etc. Some
not included in the catalogue.
Box 2, Folder 3 - 5
3 publisher's file copies of paperback edition
Box 2, Folder 6 - 7
3 publisher's file copies of hardcover edition
Box 3, Folder 1
Publisher's file copies of hardcover edition (cont. from 2-7)
Box 3, Folder 2
Adrian Goldstone and John Payne. JOHN STEINBECK: A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Goldstone Collection. Austin: Humanities
Reasearch Center, 1974. First Edition. Morrow's working copy with literally hundreds of penciled notes throughout, correctiong
bibliographic errors in Goldstone/Payne, adding considerable information on issue points and textual matters, giving prices
of copies recently offered, variants, etc. Original acetate dust jacket, as issued. An important copy with invaluable, unpublished
bibliographic data.
Box 4
Large folios, final mock-up of collection catalogue, with photos, about two dozen folios on translucent paper, annotated by
the printer. Plus color proofs of cover samples, proofs of titlepage illustration.
Physical Description: Oversized Materials
