Collection of 39 broadsides, broadsheets, chapbooks, invitations, letterheads, etc. related to type designer and printer Frederic W. Goudy (1865-1947)

New York, et al., 1930. The largest part, 27 items, was printed as keepsakes for the 35th anniversary of Goudy's Village Press and the associated “Pilgrimage to Deepdene,” an excursion July 23, 1938 to Goudy’s home and workshop in Marlborough, New York. The excursion was organized by New York printer Earl H. Emmons, and as a token the “Pilgrims” received a portfolio of keepsakes, promised to include at least 20 pieces. The collection also includes material for other dated events, several miscellaneous pieces and letterhead stationery. With a cardboard portfolio (worn), probably original. Among the presses and printers represented are: Village Press, Kingsland Press, Thumbprint Press, Composing Room, Herbert Kaufman, A. Colish, Richard Ellis, Press of the Three Bears, Press of the Blue Dolphin, Columbia University Press, Florence & Irving Cash, Commandy Brothers, Harrison Emmons, Jim Marshall, Arthur W. Rushmore at The Golden Hind Press, Marchbanks Press, William E. Rudge’s Sons, Jumbo Press, Maverick Press, Powgen Press, Peter Beilenson, Kingsland Press, and others. 35th Anniversary (either stated or attributed to the anniversary by the University of Delaware): Pilgrimage to Deepdene. Invitation printed by the Kingsland Press in Goudy Kennerley. Broadsheet, (12¼” x 9”); Village Press. Press of the Woolly Whale. Facsimile of the first piece of printing issued by the Village Press. Bifolium, (9” x 7”); First Goudy Cartoon by Frank Holme, Thumbprint Press, printed in Camelot. Bifolium, (7 ½” x 5 ½”); Selling a Typeface to Fred Goudy by Lucien Bernhard. Printed by the Composing Room, Inc. 4 pages, (12 ¾” x 7 ¾”); Day Letter from Ellen Glasgow produced by Herbert Kaufman. Reproduction of telegram to Goudy. Yellow wrappers, (7” x 8 ½”); Recollections of FWG by C. Lauron Hooper, his first business partner. Printed by A. Colish. Printed wrappers, (7 ½” x 5 ¼”); Selected from Prose Fantasies by Richard LeGallienne. Printed by Richard Ellis in Kennerley type, about 200 copies. Bifolium printed on one page only, (13 ¼” x 8 ¾”); The Type Speaks by Frederic W. Goudy. Distributed by Lanston Monotype. Broadside, (9 ¼” x 6 ¼”); The Type Speaks by Frederic W. Goudy. Item No. 1 of the Press of the Three Bears, 275 copies. Printed wrappers, (approx. 4 ½” x 2 ¾”); Father Frederic by Earl Emmons. Printed by Charles E. Pont of the Press of the Blue Dolphin. Parody of Louis Carroll. Bifolium, (9 ½” x 6 ¼”); Shakespeare on the Village Press as Prophesied in Sonnet 65 by Paul Standard. Printed by Melvin Loos at the Columbia University Press. 4 pages (11” x 9 ¼”); Goudy by Mary P. Emmett. Printed by Florence and Irving Cash in Goudy Tory. Bifolium, (9 ¼” x 5 ½”); Alac! Poor Frederic by Earl Emmons. New Yorque Monotype Composition Company. Bifolium, (approx. 13 ½” x 8 ½”); F W G. Excerpt from the broadcast of Lowell Thomas, produced by Commandy Brothers. Broadside, (approx. 5 ¾” x 12 ½”); Acrostic of Goudy by Branch Cabell. Printed by Harrison Emmons. (7 ½” x 11”); Frederic Goudy photograph of a sculpture by Clair Heller. (5 ¾” x 3 ¾”); A Testimonial by Jim Marshall in Monotype Deepdene. (8 ½” x 5 ½”); A Tribute to BMG by Frederic W. Goudy. Printed by John Archer in Bertham. Bifolium, (8 ½” x 5 ½”); Joe Bowles by Earl H. Emmons. Printed by Louis F. White. (Refusal order blank), (9 ½” x 7”); Son of a Goudy by Fred C. Goudy. Produced in the Studios of the Maverick Press. Beige wrappers, (approx. 8 ¾” x 5 ¾”); Frederic W. Goudy. A Confidential Interview. Printed by the Jumbo Press. Blue wrappers, (8 ½” x 7 ¼”); The Record of Goudy Types. Presented by David Gildea. Tall narrow broadside (folded with 3 creases) printed in black, (29 ¼” x 5 ¾”); Here’s to you, Fred by Wilbur Macey Stone. Printed by William E. Rudge’s Sons. Broadside, (16 ½” x 8”); Ancient Customs used in Printing-house by Joseph Moxon. Set by hand by Arthur W. Rushmore at The Golden Hind Press, #166 of about 200 signed copies. Broadside, (15” x 10”); Untitled Poster by Fred Cooper printed at The Marchbanks Press. Cooper was a prolific artist who produced advertising art. World War I posters, and Life magazine art; printed on orange paper (18” x 12”); Other Events: The Village Press. A Retrospective Exhibition. 1933. Wrapper only. (9” x 5 ¾”); The Gypsy Trail by Rudyard Kipling. Reprint of the first Village Press edition by the Powgen Press for Goudy’s 70th birthday, 1935. 8 pages, unopened, (8 ½” x 5 ¼”); Frederic W. Goudy by Earl Emmons for the Ulster Irish Society, set at the Village Press, watermarked with a portrait of Goudy by Peter Beilenson, for the Society’s 11th annual dinner, March 19, 1937. Bifolium, (approx. 10 ¾” x 7 ½”); Invitation to admit Martin K. Howes to the Distaff Birthday dinner for Goudy March 8, 1939. With postage addressed envelope. Martin K. Howes was a professor at Allegheny College who collected inscribed first editions, particularly Robert Frost. (approx. 4 ¼” x 5 ¼”); Goudy 74. Menu for 74th birthday dinner March 8, 1939. Printed at the Maverick Press. Bifolium, (approx. 10 ½” x 7 ½”); Testimonial Meeting to Goudy. Hotel New Yorker, March 24, 1939. Program printed by Robert Goldstein of the Kingsland Press on paper watermarked with a portrait of Goudy. Bifolium, (11” x 7 ½”) with Testimonial Meeting ticket, (approx. 3 ¼” x 5 ¼”); Frederic W. Goudy Testimonial Committee. Letterhead stationery. One sheet, (11” x 8 ½”); Other Items: Monotype, Volume XXIII, Number 74. March 1930 {containing] Type Design Past & Present by Fred. W. Goudy. Printed wrappers, (approx. 12 ¼” x 9”); Monotype, Vol. XXII, No. 73. November 1938 [containing] Art in Type Design by Frederic W. Goudy. Printed wrappers, (approx. 11 ¾” x 9”); A Specimen of Types Designed, Engraved, & Cast at the Village Press, Marlborough New York. 1938. Printed wrappers, (9” x 6”); Photogravure portrait of Goudy printed by the Marchbanks Press. (12 ¼” x 9”) Frederic W. Goudy. Art Director Lanston Monotype Machine Co. Marlboro, New York. Letterhead stationery. One sheet, (11” x 8 ½”); Frederic W. Goudy. Type Designs. Matrix Engraving. Type Casting. Marlborough, N.Y. Telephone 138. Letterhead stationery. One sheet, (11” x 8 ½”) Frederic W. Goudy. Type Designs. Matrix Engraving. Type Casting. Art Director, Lanston Monotype Machine Co. Marlboro, New York. Marlboro 138. Letterhead stationery. One sheet, (10 ½” x 7 ¼”). (Inventory #: 60665)