Vale Press ephemera, circa 1900-1903
Scope and Contents
The materials are comprised of correspondence from Dr. Woodring to other Ricketts and Shannon scholars, booksellers, museums and libraries. There is also correspondence from Ricketts and Shannon as well as those in their circle such as Laurence Binyon, Gordon Bottomley and Thomas Sturge Moore.
Biographical material such as theses, articles, essays and exhibition catalogs are included as well as photocopies of artwork by Ricketts and Shannon. Included are proofs such as "The Sleeping Methymnaeans," signed by Shannon, from Daphnis and Chloe. Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon both worked on the designs and the cutting of the wood-blocks for this Vale Press publication. Of special note are works of art by Ricketts and Shannon, including oil paintings, drawings and a large collection of Shannon’s lithographs.
Vale Press ephemera, such as notices, prospectuses, and invitations are included. A collection of Vale Press titles, including The Vale Shakespeare (1900-1904), as well as an extensive book collection on Ricketts and Shannon, are among the holdings.
Dates
- Creation: 1846-2001
Creator
- From the Collection: Woodring, Carl, 1919-2009 (Person)
Access Restrictions
This material is open for research.
Conditions Governing Access
Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.
Extent
From the Collection: 7 Linear Feet (11 boxes + oversized materials)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General note
Famous Woodcuts Illustrations of the Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries, circa 1900
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The Woodcut Illustrations of Millais, circa 1900
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Notice, in offering the following books…,
circa 1900
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A List of Vale Press Books Issued by Hacon & Ricketts…The Printing numbers given include all French and American editions, all presentation copies, and all copied destroyed in the fire of December 1899,
circa 1900
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Special Notice The ‘Avon’ fount of small pica type, upon which Mr. Ricketts has long been engaged…,
circa 1900
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Orders for bindings in pigskin and morocco can now be…,
circa 1900
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The following two books will be issued during the autumn of 1900… Poems of Alfred Lloyd Tennyson,
circa 1900
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Special Notice.Arrangements have now been made for the completion of the Vale Shakespeare before the end of June 1903, when the firm of Hacon & Ricketts will cease publishing, and the Avon and Vale founts will be destroyed,
January, 1903
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Final list of books to be issued…,
circa 1903
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Bibliography of the Vale Press, Vale type in red, circa 1904
Repository Details
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu