The Banyan Press
The Banyan Press was founded in 1946 in New York by Claude Fredericks. It later moved to Pawlet, Vermont. (from the University of Missouri's Special Collections Website, last accessed July 27, 2005.)
Claude Fredericks' stated views of printing: "What makes good printing is a simplicity in design, consistency in execution, and a relentless solicitude for each and every detail." (from the Washington University Libraries' "James Merrill: Poet" website , last accessed: July 27, 2005)
- Smith, William Jay. Poems. (1947) New York. Limited edition of 500 copies printed. KA Porter Stacks PS3537 .M8693 P6.
- Orlovitz, Gil. …Concerning Man. (1947) New York. Limited edition of 350 numbered copies printed. UMCP has copy numbered 14. McKeldin Library Stacks PS 3529 .R48 C6.
- Sitwell, Osbert. Four Songs of the Italian Earth. (1948) Pawlet, VT. Limited edition of 260 copies printed on Italian papers. UMCP has copy numbered 107 and signed. Special Collections Stacks PR6037 .I83 F6.
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Stevens, Wallace. “A Primitive like an Orb.” (1948) A Prospero Pamphlet. Illustrations by Kurt Seligmann. Limited edition of 500 copies published by The Gotham Book Mart, and designed and printed by The Banyan Press. The type was handset in Garamond, and printed on Etruria paper; the drawings printed on Zebu paper. The Prospero Pamphlets are edited by Frank A. Hale, John Myers & Dmitri Petrov. UMCP's copy is unnumbered & unsigned. Special Collections Stacks PS3537 .T4753 P7.
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Stettheimer, Florine. Crystal Flowers. (1949) Pawlet, VT. Limited edition of 250 copies printed from hand-set type on Rivers paper. Printing supervised by Ettie Stettheimer. Handbound by Arno Werner. Rare Stacks PS 3537 .T45 C7.
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Simic, Charles. School for Dark Thoughts. (1978) Pawlet, VT: Printed for Charles Seluzicki at the Banyan Press. Limited edition of 235 copies printed on Weimar paper and sewn into Roma paper covers. UMCP has copy numbered 133, and signed by the printer. Special Collections Stacks PS3569 .I4725 S3.
