[Rare Book Room, Gleeson Library, University of San Francisco].

Numbered series of illustrated postcards advertising items from various special collections at the Gleeson Library.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kennedy, Lawton, 1900-1980 (Printer), Kennedy, Alfred (Printer), Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956 (Illustrator), Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869 (Illustrator), Gill, Eric, 1882-1940 (Illustrator), Sperisen, Albert, 1908-1999 (Illustrator), Lilienthal, Theodore M. (Theodore Max), 1893-1972 (Illustrator), Evans, Henry Herman, 1918-1990 (Illustrator)
Format: Photo
Language:English
Published: [San Francisco, California] : Rare Book Room, Gleeson Library, University of San Francisco, [not before 1977?]-
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Description
Summary:Numbered series of illustrated postcards advertising items from various special collections at the Gleeson Library.
Item Description:Title devised by cataloger.
[no. 1]. Eric Gill. The serenade, wood engraving for The song of songs, Golden Cockerel Press, 1925 -- number 2. Sir Thomas More (1478-1535). Line engraving by Crispin van de Passe from Thomas Holland's Herw-ologia, London, 1620 -- number 3. Laurence Housman. The field of clover -- number 4. Richard Le Gallienne. The Romantic 90's, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1925. From the frontispiece, a caricature by Max Beerbohm -- number 5. Max Beerbohm. Original pen and ink drawing of George Bernard Shaw, signed Max 1912 -- number 6. Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832). Engraved portrait by J.B. Longacre from a painting by Robert Field, this copy signed by Carroll -- number 7. Eric Gill. St. Mark. Proof copy of a wood-engraving for The passion of Our Lord, 1934 -- number 8. Christmas card. San Francisco, Toyon Press, 1940. By Albert Sperisen -- number 9. Sir Thomas Moore (1477-1535). Utopia, Louvain, Thierry Martin, 1516 -- number 10. Theodore Max Lilienthal (1893-1972). Various devices -- number 11. Henry Evans. Anemones, 1977 --.
Physical Description:< 11 > postcards : chiefly black and white, or one color ; 18-20 x 12-15 cm
Related Items:The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copies form part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive.