Mrs. Harry Batten Fine Presses of California Collection

Mrs. Harry Batten, generous supporter of Bucknell University, has donated extraordinary imprints to the Ellen Clarke Library, including the magnificent Kelmscott Press Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. The Fine Presses of California Collection has greatly enriched Special Collections holdings of beautifully printed contemporary editions.

Selected Listing:

Baja California Woodcuts. Edgar Dorsey Taylor. Plantin Press, 1969.

California's Pictorial Letter Sheets, 1849-1869. Joseph Armstrong Baird, Jr. Printed by Robert Grabhorn & Andrew Hoyem, 1967.

The Journal of Julius Rodman. Edgar Allan Poe. Colt Press; printed by the Grabhorn Press, 1947.

A Letter from Anthony Trollope Describing a Visit to California in 1875; Wood Engravings by Mallette Dean. The Colt Press, California Classics, 1946.

The Pioneer Press of California. Carl Irving Wheat. Printed at the Grabhorn Press, 1948.

13 California Towns from the Original Drawings. [Henry Miller]. Book Club of California, 1947.

Voyage of the Venus: Sojourn in California. Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars. G. Dawson, 1956.