GOUDY GAUDEAMUS, IN CELEBRATION .
Published by 'The Distaff Side' (but Marchbanks Press), N.P., 1939
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tall 12mo. cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards, top edge cut, others uncut. Not paginated. In Celebration of the Dinner given Frederic W. Goudy on his 74th Birthday March Eighth 1939. First edition, limited to 195 numbered copies. This copy belonged to Paul A. Bennett, with his original ticket (his name in hand-writing) to the birthday dinner that this book celebrates. Also loosely inserted are a single broadside that explains the gift-giving process, the seating chart (folded twice and toned), an article cut-out of the birthday party announcement, and an article cut-out of the post-party review. Spine lightly toned, endsheets toned, front fold-out broadside lightly ripped at the creases, else a near fine copy of this scarce title. Designed and stenciled by Lucina Wakefield. Beautifully printed under the guidance of Edna Beilenson, Evelyn Harter, Emily Connor and Fanny Duschnes with many plates in color including some foldouts. Produced by "The Distaff Side." Each signature was printed by a different press. Includes work by Christopher Morley, D.B. Updike, and others. Includes the special birthday broadside tipped-in to the front which was reproduced after a drawing by Susanne Suba. Noted guests to the party include, but not limited to, John Archer, Paul Bennett, Philip C. Dushnes, Richard Ellis, Quincy P. Emery, Early H. Emmons, Alice Goudy, Fritz Kredel, Robert L. Leslie, Frederick Rudge, Arthur W. Rushmore, and T. Robert Stumpf. cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards, top edge cut, others uncut. Seller Inventory # 109179
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Title: GOUDY GAUDEAMUS, IN CELEBRATION .
Publisher: 'The Distaff Side' (but Marchbanks Press), N.P.
Publication Date: 1939
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Goudy, Frederic W.
Edition: 1st Edition
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Goudy Gaudeamus. In celebration of the dinner given Frederic W. Goudy on his 74th birthday March eighth 1939.
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Seller: Fokas Holthuis, Den Haag, Netherlands
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(New York), The Distaff Side, 1939. Cloth-backed boards. Approx. 200 p., generally printed on folded sheets with blank verso. With two fold-out contributions. Some in colour and most on different types of laid paper (but also one on wrapping paper). All contributions were printed by women. Issued in 195 numbered copies. 1st edition. Light edge wear. Frederic W. Goudy (pronounced 'Gaudi', 1865-1947) was a very productive type designer (133 self-designed types!), who worked mainly intuitively. Some of the typefaces still in use are Goudy, Copperplate Gothic (for business cards), Kennerley Old Style and Deepdene. The reason he received a celebratory book on his 74th birthday is that in 1939 his workshop with margin equipment and work archive was lost to a fire for the second time - the first time was in 1908. Goudy's wife, Bertha Matilda Sprinks (1869-1935) was a feminist activist and brought together a number of female printers, who united in this book to encourage her widower. With contributions from Jane Grabhorn (Jumbo Press), Helen Olson (Spiral Press), Lucina Wakefield (Marchbanks Press) and the Club of Printing Women of New York. Writings by Ruth Grannis, Christopher Morley, Robert Stuart, Daniel Berkeley Updike and of course Goudy himself. Seller Inventory # 283518
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Goudy Gaudeamus; In celebration of the dinner given Frederic W. Goudy on his 74th birthday March eighth 1939
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Distaff Side, New York, 1939
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Hardcover
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Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. One of 195 numbered copies signed by Frederic Goudy. Bound in marbled boards with a cloth spine stamped in blue. Uncut. Ex-library; non-circulating, with the usual markings. Previous owner's name in ink on the limitation page. Fold-out birthday card is nearly seperated. Wear to the extremities. Seller Inventory # 9013703
Goudy Gaudeamus: In Celebration of the Dinner Given Frederic W. Goudy on his 74th Birthday, March Eighth, 1939
Published by
Distaff Side, 1939
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA, Conshohocken, PA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good binding. Small quarto (6-1/4" x 4-3/4"). Limited edition, number 28 of 195. As issued, in linen-backed boards. Illustrated throughout including two fold-outs. Rubbing to the board edges and front joint; penciled name on the front pastedown; contents clean. A fairly nice copy of a book rarely found thus. This is the second book issued by the Distaff Side, a loose collective of women who came together on occasion to create what Kathleen Walkup describes as a "potluck book"each section is printed independently by the contributors, size and topic being the only commonalities. These sections with varying paper type and color, typefaces, and design are brought together and bound. The first so issued by the collective is the now iconic and elusive Bookmaking on the Distaff Side (1937) in which dozens of the most accomplished women in print came together to recognize the ways in which women have historically been overlooked in this field. This, the second Distaff Side potluck book had both a different tenor and a different make-up. While explicitly honoring Goudy on his 74th birthday, in fact, it was a January 1939 fire that destroyed Goudy's Village Press (the second such fire in the Press's history) that prompted the event and this bibliographic outpouring of love and respect. Unlike Bookmaking on the Distaff Side, contributions to this book came from, women, men, and organizations in order to honor one of the most distinguish printers, artists, and type designers. The book, with more than two dozen contributors, was pulled together in less than two months with one of the 195 copies presented to Goudy at this dinner. (Walkup p. 173-5). A remarkable book showcasing some of the most important and influential printers of the first half of the twentieth century. Walkup, Kathleen. "Potluck Books and the Women of the Distaff Side." Making Impressions: Women in Printing and Publishing (2020). Seller Inventory # 8735
GOUDY GAUDEAMUS: In Celebration of the Dinner given Frederic W. Goudy on his 74th Birthday March eighth 1939; [Inscribed to Dorothy Bevis]
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Distaff Side, [New York], 1939
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Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
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First edition. Number 165 of 195 numbered copies. This one INSCRIBED by Goudy on the birthday-greetings foldout inserted at front, "To Dorothy Bevis with the highest regard of Fred W. Goudy 5/1/39 Los A." Leura Dorothy Bevis (1904-1996) was a bookseller at Dawsons Bookshop and later an associate editor at the University of California Press where she started "The Pierian Spring." Collects 27 original contributions from various printers most notably women which were prepared separately and then bound together. Contributions include ones printed by Lucina Wakefield (Marchbanks Press); Helen Olson (Spiral Press); B. Evans & Elizabeth Mann (Overbrook Press); Madeline Forgue; Evelyn Harter, Emily E. Connor (Marchbanks Press); Jane Grabhorn (Jumbo Press); Elizabeth Wood (Harbor Press); Jean B. Barr (Grady Press); Mary D. Alexander (Univ. of Chicago Press); E. L. Hildreth & Co.; Club of Printing Women of New York; Katherine Adcock (Marchbanks Press); et al. 16mo quarter beige open-weave cloth spine lettered in blue; blue marbled paper boards. Marbled paper quite rubbed with boards visible at corners, cloth at spine ends beginning to fray, but otherwise quite good with binding sound and contents still fresh and clean. Uncommon. Seller Inventory # 71948