Spiral Press

Joseph Blumenthal founded the Spiral Press in the mid-1920s.

Resources about the Spiral Press and Joseph Blumenthal

• Poe, Edgar Allan. Poems of Edgar Allan Poe. (1929) New York. With an introduction by Howard Mumford Jones. Limited edition of 585 copies printed. Distributed by Randon House, New York. UMCP has copy numbered 465. Maryland Folio PS2605 .A1.


• Frost, Robert. “Christmas Trees.” (1929) New York. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Sent from Norma & Herschel Brickell. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 C47.


• Frost, Robert. “Two Tramps in Mud-Time.” (1934) New York. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Four variants of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: Ann & Joseph Blumenthal, Marguerite & Fred Melcher, Leonard W. Blizard, and Henry Holt & Company. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 T86.


• M. Knoedler & Co. Fifteenth Century Portraits: Loan Exhibition, April 15 through April 27, 1935, at the galleries ofM. Knoedler and Company. (1935) New York. Special Collections Stacks ND1301 .K6.


• Frost, Robert. “Neither Out Far Nor in Deep.” (c1935) New York. Woodcut by J.J. Lankes. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Seven variants of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: Elinor & Robert Frost; Mr. & Mrs. Richard Thornton; J. J. Lankes, Ann & Joseph Blumenthal; Henry Holt & Company; and Leonard W. Blizzard. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 N45.


• Fraser, Marjorie Frost. Franconia. (1936) New York. UMCP has an unnumbered and unsigned copy. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R335 F7.


• M. Knoedler & Co. Toulouse-Lautrec, paintings, drawings, posters: loan exhibition for the benefit of the Musée d'Albi, France, November 15 to December 11, 1937, at the galleries of M. Knoedler and company, inc. (1937) New York. Special Collections Folio ND553 .T7 K6.


• Frost, Robert. “To a young wretch.” (1937) New York. Woodcuts by J.J. Lankes. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Seven issues of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: The Melchers (Marguerite and Fred); Elinor & Robert Frost; Ann & Joseph Blumenthal; Thornton; and Leonard Blizzard. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 T6.


• Wheeler, Monroe. The Prints of George Rouault. (1938) New York: The Museum of Modern Art. An edition of 3,000 copies printed for the Trustees of the Museum of Modern Art at the Spiral Press, New York. Katherine Ann Porter Stacks NE650 .R67 N4.


• Frost, Robert. “Carpe diem.” (1938) New York. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Three issues of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: Robert Frost; T.J. Wilson; and Henry Holt & Company. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 C27.


• Evans, Walker. American Photographs, with an essay by Lincoln Kirstein. (1938) New York: The Museum of Modern Art. An edition of 5,000 copies printed for the trustees of the Museum of Modern Art by the Spiral press. Special Collections Stacks E169 .E85.


• Frost, Robert. “Triple plate.” (1939) New York. Decorations by Fritz Eicheberg. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Seven issues of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: Robert Frost (Inscribed the one card); Marguerute & Fred Melchers; Henry Holt & Company; Leonard Blizzard, William Sloane; Ann & Joseph Blumenthal; and Helen Olson. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 T75.


• Frost, Robert. “The Gift Outright.” (1942) New York. Hand-colored woodcuts by J.O'Hara Cosgrave. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Three issues of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: Robert Frost; Marrguerite & Fred Melcher; and Henry Holt & Company. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 G54.


• Frost, Robert. “An unstamped letter in our rural letter box.” (1944) New York. Woodcut by Thomas W. Nason. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Six issues of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: Robert Frost; Marrguerite & Fred Melcher; Margaret & Thomas W. Nason; William Sloane; Ann & Joseph Blumenthal; and Henry Holt & Company. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 U57.


• Frost, Robert. “On making certain anything has happened.” (1945) New York. Decorations by Armin Landeck. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Eight issues of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: Robert Frost; Marrguerite & Fred Melcher; Henry Holt & Company; Ann & Joseph Blumenthal; Joseph A. Brandt; Beatrice & Armin Landeck; and William Sloane. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 O5.


• Kent, H. W, et al. BR Marks & remarks: the marks by Bruce Rogers, et al. (1946) New York: The Typophiles. Typophile Chapbook: XV. Limited edition of 805 copies printed from Emerson type. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Collotype reproductons by Meriden Gravure. Contents include: “B. R.'s printer's devices”, by H. W. Kent; “His Early Work”, by J. M. Bowles; “At the Riverside Press”, by Frederic Warde; “At the Dyke Mill”, by C. P. Rollins; “With Rudge at Mt. Vernon”, by James Hendrickson; “At Harvard University Press”, by D. T. Pottinger; “In England”, by H. W. Kent; “His secret passion”, by Christopher Morley; “Editor's note”, by P[aul] A. B[ennett]. UMCP has copy numbered 418. R.D. Remley Collection. Special Collections Stacks Z232 .R67 T9.


• Frost, Robert. “A young birch.” (1946) New York. Decorations by Joseph Low. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Ten issues of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: Robert Frost; Denver Lindley; Joseph A. Brandt; Melcher; Henry Holt & Company; Alfred C. Edwards; Ruth & Joseph Low; Joe Duffy; Ann & Joseph Blumenthal; and Siri Andrews. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 Y68.


• Frost, Robert. “One step backward taken.” (1947) New York. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Ten issues of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: Robert Frost (2 copies); Joseph A. Duffy; Alfred C. Edwards; Henry Holt & Company (2 copies); Denver Lindley; Melcher; Siri Andrews; Ann & Joseph Blumenthal; Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Brundt; and Sally & Joe Brandt. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 O54.


• Frost, Robert. “A Masque of Mercy.” (1947) New York: Henry Holt & Company. Limited edition of 750 copies. UMCP has copy signed by the author. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 M26.


• Frost, Robert. “A Sermon.” (1947) New York. Limited edition of 500 copies printed for Victor E. Reichert. Spoken on the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles at the Rockdale Avenue Temple, Cincinnati, Ohio, Thursday morning, October 10, 1946. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 S47.


• Frost, Robert. “Closed for good.” (1948) New York. Woodcut by Thomas W. Nason. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Eight issues of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: Robert Frost (signed); Melcher; Margaret & Tom Nash; Ann & Joseph Blumenthal; Alfred C. Edwards; Doris Flowers; Glenn Gosling; and Henry Holt & Company. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 C56.


• Frost, Robert. “On a tree fallen across the road (To hear us talk).” (1949) New York. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Fourteen issues of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: Robert Frost (signed); Doris Flowers; Lesley Frost; Lesley & R. Frost; Marjorie & Gilbert Loveland; Melcher; Edgar T. Rigg; Gwen & Ed Rigg; Ann & Joseph Blumenthal; William A. Buckley; Alfred C. Edwards; Glenn Gosling; Henry Holt & Company; and Robert H. MacMurphy. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 O512.


• Frost, Robert. “Doom to bloom.” (1950) New York. Woodcut by Fritz Eichenberg. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Sixteen issues of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: Robert Frost (Inscribed to receiver of holiday card); Theodore Amussen; Ann & Joseph Blumenthal; William E. Buckley; Alfred C. Edwards; Eleanor & Al Edwards; Margaret & Fritz Eichenberg; Lesley Frost; Lesley & Robert Frost; Henry Holt & Company; Marjorie & Gilbert Loveland; Robert H. MacMurphy; Marguertie & Fred Melcher; Mr. & Mrs. Edgar T. Rigg; Edgar T. Rigg; and Gwen & Ed Rigg. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 D66.


• Frost, Robert. “A cabin in the clearing.” (1951) New York. Decorations by Leo Manso. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Fourteen issues of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: Robert Frost; Theodore Amussen; Ann & Joseph Blumenthal; William E. Buckley; Alden H. Clark; Alfred C. Edwards; Eleanor & Alfred Edwards; Lesley Frost; Henry Holt & Company; Melcher; Edgar T. Rigg; Mr. & Mrs. Edgar T. Rigg; Gwen & Ed Rigg; and Ben Wright. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 C23.


• Faulkner, William. “Speech of acceptance upon the award of the Nobel prize for literature, delivered in Stockholmon the tenth of December, nineteen hunfred fifty.” (1951) New York. An edition of 1,500 copies printed for the friends of Random House and Spiral Press. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .A86 Z525.


• Frost, Robert. “Does no one but me at all ever feel this way in the least.” (1952) New York. Drawings by Howard Cool. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Eighteen issues of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: Robert Frost; Ann & Joseph Blumenthal; Theodore Amussen; Lesley Frost Ballantine & Joseph W. Ballantine; William E. Buckley: Barbara & Howard Cook; Alden Clark; Alfred C. Edwards; Eleanor & Alfred Edwards; Henry Holt & Company; Marguerite & Fred Melcher; Edgar T. Rigg; Mr. & Mrs. Edgar T. Rigg; and Gwen & Ed Rigg. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 D64.


• Frost, Robert. “One more brevity: a new poem.” (1953) New York. Decorations by Philip Grushkin. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Fourteen issues of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: Ben Wright; Robert Frost; Lesley Frost Ballantine & Joseph W.Ballantine; Ann & Joseph Blumenthal; William E. Buckley; Alfred C. Edwards; Eleanor & Al; Henry Holt & Company; I. Robert Kriendler; Marguerite & Fred Melcher; Willliam Raney; Edgar T. Rigg; Gwen & Ed; Mr. & Mrs. Edgar T. Rigg. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 O542.


• Frost, Robert. “From a milkweed pod.” (1954) New York. Wood engravings by Thomas W. Nason. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Eighteen issues of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: Robert Frost; Lesley Frost & Joseph Ballantine; Ann & Joseph Blumenthal; William E. Buckley; Howard Cady; Marjory & Howard Cady; Alden Clark; Al Edwards; Eleanor & Al; Lesley Lee Francis; Henry Holt & Company; Marguerite & Fred Melcher; Margaret & Tom Nason; Edgar T. Rigg; Mr. & Mrs. Edgar T. Rigg; Gwen & Ed Rigg; Ben Wright; The Ben Wrights. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 F76.


• Wilbur, Richard, compiler. Bestiary. (1955) New York: Printed at the Sprial Press for Pantheon Books. Illustrated by Alexander Calder. Limited edition of 1,500 copies designed and printed by Joseph Blumenthal. Copies 51-800 specially printed on Curtis Rag paper. UMCP has copy numbered 669, and signed by Wilbur and Calder. Special Collections Folio PN6110 .A7 W55.


• Frost, Robert. “Some science fiction.” (1955) New York. With decorations by Philip Grushkin. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Seventeen issues of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: Robert Frost; Lesley Frost & Josephe W. Ballantine; Howard Cady; Alden Clark; Eleanor & Al Edwards; William E. Buckley; Ann & Joseph Blumenthal; Al Edwards; Henry Holt & Company; Mr. & Mrs. J. Patrick Lannan; Marguerite & Fred Melcher; Edgar T. Rigg; Gwen & Ed Rigg; Mr. & Mrs. Edgar T. Rigg; The Ben Wrights; Ben Wright. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 S66.


• Frost, Robert. “Kitty Hawk, 1894.” (1956) New York 1956. Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Twenty-one issues of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: William E. Buckley; Robert Frost; Lesley Frost & Joseph W. Ballantine; Ann & Joseph Blumenthal; Howard Cady; Alden Clark; Al Edwards; Eleanor & & Al Edwards; Lesley Lee Francis; Leona & Antonio Frasconi; Lillian Frost; Phyllis & William Prescott Frost; Henry Holt & Company; Mr. & Mrs. J. Patrick Lannan; Marguerite & Fred Melcher; Edgar T. Rigg; Gwen & Ed Rigg; Mr. & Mrs. Edgar T. Rigg; Elinor & Malcolm Wilber; Ben Wright; and The Ben Wrights. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 K58.


• Frost, Robert. “My Objection to being stepped on: a new poem.” (1957) New York. Wood engravings by Leonard Baskin. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Twenty-one issues of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: Esther & Leonard Baskin; Joseph W. Ballantine, Ann & Joseph Blumenthal; Robert Frost; William E. Buckley; Helen & Alden Clark; Al Edwards; Eleanor & Al Edwards; Lesley Lee Francis; Lillian Frost; Wlilliam Prescott Frost; Henry Holt & Company; Mr. & Mrs. J. Patrick Lannan; Marguerite & Fred Melcher; Edgar T. Rigg; Mr. & Mrs. Edgar T. Rigg;Gwen & Ed Rigg; Harry Shaw; Elinor & Malcolm Wilbur; Ben Wright; and The Ben Wrights. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 M9.


• Frasconi, Antonio. “Woodcuts" (1957) New York: The Typophiles. Typophiles Chapbook, 34. With comments by Antonio Frasconi, Joseph Bluemthal, and Paul Bennett. Printed from the original wood blocks at the Sprial Press by Josephy Blumenthal from Emerson type on Curtis Rag paper. UMCP has two copies. Special Collections Stacks NE1215 .F7 A582.


• Moore, Marianne, and David Wallace. Letters from and to the Ford Motor Company. (1958) New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library. Wood engraving by Leonard Baskin. Originally printed in The New Yorker for April 13, 1957. Limited edition of 550 copies. 400 copies reserved for the Fellows of The Pierpont Morgan Library and 150 copies were for sale. Special Collections Stacks PS3525 .O5616 Z54.


• Frost, Robert. “Away!” (1958) New York. Wood engravings by Stefan Martin. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Twenty-two issues of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: Harry Shaw; Craig T. Senft; Edgar T. Rigg; Mr. & Mrs. Edgar T. Rigg; Gwen & Ed Rigg; Elinor & Malcolm Wilbur; The Ben Wrights; Ben Wright; Lillian Frost; Phyllis & William Prescott Frost; Henry Holt & Company; Mr. & Mrs. J. Patrick Lannan; Patricia & Stefan Martin; Marguerite & Fred Melcher; Robert Frost; Lesley Lee Francis; Eleanor & Al Edwards; Al Edwards; Helen & Alden Clark; Leda & Stanley Burnshaw; Ann & Joseph Blumenthal; and Lesley Frost Ballantine & Joseph W. Ballantine. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 A92.


• Frost, Robert. “A-wishing well.” (1958) New York. Wood engravings by Thomas W. Nason. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Twenty issues of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: Robert Frost; Lillian Frost; Elinor & Malcolm Wilber; Craig T. Senft; Gwen & Ed Rigg; Mr. & Mrs. Edgar T. Rigg; Edgar T. Rigg; Margaret & Tom Nason; Marguerite & Fred Melcher; Henry Holt & Company; Phyllis & William Prescott Frost; Robert Frost; Lesley Frost Ballantine & Joseph W. Ballantine; Ann & Joseph Blumenthal; Walter I. Bradbury; Leda & Stanley Burshaw; Helen & Alden Clark; Al Edwards; Phyllis & William Prescott Frost; Lesley Frost Ballantine & Joseph W. Ballantine; Ann & Joseph Blumenthal; Walter I. Bradbury; Leda & Stanley Burshaw; Helen & Alden Clark; Al Edwards; Eleanor & Al Edwards; Lesley Lee Francis; Frank Forsberg. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 W57.


• Frost, Robert. A Remembrance Collection of New Poems by Robert Frost: now gathered together and printed for the dinner held in New York in honor of his eighty-fifth birthday. (1959)New York: Henry Holt and Co. Woodengraving by Thomas Nason. Limited edition of 150 copies printed for friends who attended the dinner. Contents include: “The Prophet,” “The Poet,” “The Sage,” “The Preacher,” “The Astronomer,” “Lines Written in Dejection on the Eve of Success,” “The Philosopher,” “Marx & Engels.” Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 A6.


• Frost, Robert. “Accidentally on purpose.” (1960) New York. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Twenty issues of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: Robert Frost; Lillian Frost; Lesley Lee Francis; Phyllis & William Prescott Frost; Holt, Rinehart, Winston, Inc (2 copies); Edgar T. Rigg; Marguerite & Fred Melcher; Mr. & Mrs. Edgar T. Rigg; Gwen & Ed Rigg; Craig T. Senft; Elinor & Malcolm Wilber; Frank Forsberg; Eleanor & Al Edwards; Al Edwards; Frederic S. Cushing; Helen & Alden Clark; Leda & Stanley Burnshaw; Walter I. Bardbury; and Lesley Frost Ballantine & Joseph W. Ballantine. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 A613.


• Frost, Robert. “The wood-pile.” (1961) New York. Wood engravings by Thomas W. Nason. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Twenty-one issues of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: Robert Frost; Lesley Frost Ballantine & Joseph W. Ballantine; Helen & Alden Clark; Frederic S. Cushing; Leda & Stanley Burnshaw; Ann & Joseph Blumenthal; Al Edwards; Eleanor & Al Edwards; Frank Forsberg; Lillian Frost; Phyllis & William Prescott Frost; Robert H. Kelsy & F. Howard Clark from Holt, Rinehart & Winston; Holt, Rinehart & Winston; Marguerite & Fred Melcher; Margaret & Tom Nason; Edgar T. Rigg; mr. & Mrs. Edgar T. Rigg; Gwen & Ed Rigg; Craig T. Senft; Elinor & Malcolm Wilber; and Lesley & Stanislav Zimic. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 W66.


• Frost, Robert. “The prophets really prophesy as mystics, the commentators merely by statistics: a new poem.” (1962) NewYork. A poem sent as a holiday greeting. Twenty-one issues of this holiday card, each card sent from different people: Robert Frost, Lesley Frost Ballanitine and Joseph W. Ballantine, Ann & Joseph Blumenthal, Leda & Stanley Burnshaw, Marjory & Howard Cady, Helen & Alden Clark, Frederick S. Cushing, Al Edwards, Eleanor & Al Edwards, Frank Forsberg, Lillian Frost, Phyllis & William P. Frost; Holt, Rinehart & Winston; Robert H. Kelsey & F. Howard Clark of Holt, Rinehart & Winston; Marguerite & Fred Melcher; Edgar T. Rigg, Mr. & Mrs. Edgar T. Rigg; Gwen & Rd Rigg; Craig T. Senft; Elinor & Malcolm Wilber; and Lesley & Stanislav Zimic. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 P76.


• American Academy of Arts and Letters. An exhibition in honor of the seventy-fifth birthday of Marianne Moore: showing manuscripts, books, photographs, drawings and memorabilia relating to her life and her work, at the Museum of The American Academy of Arts and Letters, November 16 to December 9, 1962. (1962) New York. Special Collections Stacks PS3525 .O5616 Z653.


• Blumenthal, Joseph. “Robert Frost and the Sprial Press.” (1963) New York. Limited edition of 450 copies. Issued as holiday greetings, December 1964, by Ann and Joseph Blumenthal. Contents include a list of the years the Robert Frost poems were sent out as a holiday greeting. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 Z554.


• Bennet, Paul A. Recalling Peter: the life and times of Peter Beilenson and his Peter Pauper Press. (1964) New York: The Typophiles. Typophiles Chapbooks #40. With a checklist by David M. Glixon. Limited edition of 700 copies printed from Granjon and Garamond types on Curtis Rag paper. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Contents include: “This friend called Peter”, by P.A. Bennett;“Peter and the Walpole imprint”, by E.B. Thompson; “From Peter pauper to Peter prosperous”, by A. Heckscher; “No crises and no foul-ups at Peter Pauper”, by J. Laughlin; “Peter Beilenson, 1905-1962”, by B. Cerf; “Sometime printer, sometime editor”, by J.T. Winterich; “A poet who lived completely”, by H. Behn; “Peter: his books and typography; a cross section”, by H. Behn; “A Peter Beilenson checklist”. Special Collections Stacks Z232 .B415 B4.


• “The Robert Frost Library: dedication, October 24, 1965.” (1965) New York. Includes facsimilie of Frost's poem “Departmental”. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .R94 Z9175.


• Miers, Earl Schenck. The Drowned River: the story of Chesapeake Bay. (1967) Newark, DE: Printed for Friends of the Curtis Paper Co. Publications in Americana # 14. Printed from Bulmer type on Curtis Rag white laid paper. Bound in a Stoneridge cover. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. UMCP has two copies. Maryland Stacks F187.C5 M53.


• Pierpont Morgan Library. A Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. (1969) New York. With a foreword by Henry S. Morgan, and a preface by Arthur A. Hougton, Jr. Printed from Bulmer and Baskerville types; reproductions printed by the Meriden Gravure Co. R.D. Remley Collection. Special Colections Folio Z881 .N66356.


• Cobden-Sanderson, T.J. (Thomas James). Bookbindings. (1969) New York: Pierpoint Morgan Library. Limited edition of 1,350 copies printed at Sprial Press. An exhibition at the Pierpoint Morgan Library, September 3-November 4, 1968. Compiled by Frederick B. Adams, Jr. Published with assistance from Norman H. Strouse. R.D. Remley Collection. Special Collections Folio Z269 .C6 A34.


• Stampfle, Felice. Artists and Writers: nineteenth and twentieth century portrait drawings from the collection of Benjamin Sonnenberg. (1971) New York. Catalogue by Felice Stampfle and Cara Dufour. With an introduction by Brendan Gill. Exhibition held at the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, May 13 to July 30, 1971. An edition of 1,750 copies designed and printed. Plates by the Meriden Gravure Company in Meriden, CT. Special Collections Folio NC31 .S6 S8.


• Hale, Edward Everett. The Brick Moon: from the papers of Captain Frederick Ingham. (1971) New York. With drawings by Michael McCurdy and an introduction by Alden P. Johnson. Printed at the Spiral Press for members of the Imprint Society, Barre, MA, 1971. Limited edition of 1,950 copies. Designed and printed by Joseph Blumenthal using Monotype Emerson and Perpetua Titling on white laid Curtis Rag paper. Bound by A. Horowitz & Son, Clifton, N.J. UMCP has an unnumbered and unsigned copy. R. D. Remley Collections. Special Collections Folio PS1772 .H27.

Resources about the Spiral Press and Joseph Blumenthal

• Pierpont Morgan Library. The Spiral Press through four decades, an exhibition of books and ephemera. With commentary by Joseph Blumenthal. Limited edition of 400 copies printed from Baskerville and Bulmer types on Curtis Rag paper. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Bound by Russell-Rutter Company. Special Collections Folio Z473 .P48.


• Blumenthal, Joseph. Typographic Years: a printer's journey through a half-century, 1925-1975. (1982) New York: F.C. Beil. Printed from Baskerville and Bulmer Types. Binding by the Stinehour Press in Lunenburg, VT. Plates by the Meriden Gravure Company in Meriden, CT. Typography by Joseph Blumenthal. Special Collections Stacks Z232 .B654 B58.


• Baskin, Leonard, John Dreyfus, Antonio Frasconi, David R. Godine, Ronald Gordon, Darrell Hyder, Roderick Stinehour, and Hermann Zapf. Joseph Blumenthal, 1897-1990: Recollections. (1990) New York: Printed for the Typophiles by the Spiral Press. Typophiles Monograph New series #7. Limited edition of 600 copies printed in Joseph Blumenthal's Emerson typeface at the A. Colish Inc. Illustrations printed by the Meriden Gravure Company. Book designed by Terry Kelly. Special Collections Stacks Z232 .B654 J67.


• Cronenwett, Philip N, compiler. The Sprial Press, 1926-1971: a Bibliographical Checklist. (2002) New York: American Printing History Association. Limited edition of 500 copies printed from Baskerville and Bulmer types on Mohawk Superfine paper at the Stadley Press. Book designed by Jerry Kelly. Special Collections Stacks Z232 .S75.

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