Items printed by the Vale Press, 1899, 1904
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
Messrs. Hacon & Ricketts beg to announce that on September 7th, 1899, they are moving…,
circa 1899
General note
…having no retail business, cannot supply orders from “those with whom they have no accounts…,
circa 1899
General note
Messrs. Hacon & Rickett’s TRADE TERMS in future will be 20 percent…,
circa 1899
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Invitation, folded, Mr. E. J. Van Wisselingh requests the pleasure…private view of an exhibition of drawings, pastels, lithographs and woodcuts by Charles Shannon,
circa 1899
General note
Photographs of early type designs…,
Woolley, September, 1904
General note
Proof of Hacon & Ricketts mailing label, with penciled instructions for change, possibly by C. J. Holmes, 1899
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