Higgs, Kimball, Anne Hoy, Rona Schneider, and Mark Tomasko (curators) " I ALSO COLLECT PRINTS, DRAWINGS, OR PHOTOGRAPHS": A SAMPLING OF CLUB MEMBERS' OTHER COLLECTIONS.
New York The Grolier Club 2008 6 x 9 inches paperback 22 pages This catalogue accompanies the exhibition held at the Grolier Club from November 14 2007 to January 11, 2008. The exhibition was organized by the Prints, Drawing, and Photographs Committee of the Grolier Club. Many Grolier Club members not only collect books, but they also collect works on paper including prints, drawings, and photographs. These collections are often "secondary" or "tertiary" collections of the members, but they reveal a diversity of images and the Club's desire to delve deeper into particular subjects. The catalogue contains descriptions, written by the members, of both their primary and secondary collections. The exhibition and the catalogue were both dedicated in memory of Grolier Club member Wolfgang Herz. Price: $ 12.00
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Order nr. 107555
Tomasko, Mark D. NEW YORK CITY: 200 YEARS IN MAPS
New York The Grolier Club 2000 6 x 9 inches paperback 24 pages This catalogue describes books from the collection of Mark D. Tomasko showcased at the Grolier Club exhibition from November 29, 2000 to January 12, 2001. New York city because the collecting interest of Tomasko when the outer edges of the city were still surrounded by buildings from New York's seaport era. Over the years, New York's landscape and architecture changed, and he began mostly collecting guidebooks, maps, viewbooks, prints, photographs, and other materials that illustrated the growth and development of the city. The books in this catalogue are a small sampling of maps of New York from Tomasko's collection, illustrating the development of the city. Price: $ 12.00
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Order nr. 107108
Tomasko, Mark D. RAY SAFFORD RARE BOOKMAN.
New York The Grolier Club 2012 6 x 9 inches paperback 84 pages Ray Safford was a consummate rare bookman and book collector whose life and career revolved around books and the firm of Charles Scribner's Sons. Produced to accompany a Grolier Club Member Exhibition in 2012, this catalogue offers a fascinating look into Safford's role in the literary, publishing, and rare book worlds of New York in the twentieth century. The exhibition highlights Safford's intriguing relationships with Joseph Conrad, Henry Clay Frick, Frank Nelson Doubleday, and others, and lists some of the unusual items he collected related to Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling, and Lewis Carroll.
Including an introduction written by Mark D. Tomasko and an illustrated and annotated checklist of items in the exhibition, the catalogue reveals the character of Safford through his remaining books and papers. The book was designed by award-winning designer Jerry Kelly and contains 24 illustrations, including some color and full-page images. Price: $ 15.00
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Order nr. 109017
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