The Collection actively collects printing and book binding manuals,
type-specimen books, binding dies, printing-image carriers and booksellers' catalogs
(one of the regional union collections - PEW/PACSCL Program). Included are the libraries
and ephemera collections of William Lickfield and Richard W. Ellis (Georgian Press). The
early history of lithography is represented in depth both by manuals and by examples of
English and European books and reproductive facsimiles in pre -1850 lithography.
Archives and manuscript groups representing the manufacturing and trade of books are well represented at Temple with
- The Director's Files of Constable & Co., London (Michael Sadleir and Otto Kyllmann)
- The Archives of Leary & Co., Philadelphia (Leary's Book Store)
- The Archives of Thomas Nelson & Sons (U.S. Office, Masnel)
- The Archives of Beck Engraving Co., Philadelphia
- The Archives of William Campbell, Bookseller and Publisher.
- The Papers of Richard Williamson Ellis (Georgian Press, Curtis Publishing, Haddon Craftsmen and Kingsport Press)
Smaller collections of individual printers and booksellers are in the collection as well as halftone collections of William T. Innes, Frederick Eugene Ives, and Lewis and Max Levy and a wide variety of graphics, artifacts, proofs and other printing examples.
Illustration: Title page, Practical Hints on Decorative Printing. William Savage, 1822. Large paper copy.
Any questions? Please contact Thomas M. Whitehead