Galley proofs

One set of galley proofs for Ai's book, "Cruelty: Poems," which is missing the title page, published in 1973.

The collection contains galleys, proofs, manuscripts, published periodicals, and correspondence by the American novelist and short story writer Donald Barthelme.

The papers of American photojournalist, restaurateur, and peace activist Karl Bissinger (1914-2008) encompass nearly seventy years of professional activity. This collection not only provides abundant documentation of Bissinger's careers in photography and social activism, but also offers rich visual resources for the history of photography in post-World War II America.

The Black Stone Press records includes correspondence, galleys, negatives, broadsides, books, six issues of Montana Gothic (a literary journal), ephemera and job files, and business records from the letterpress operated by Peter Koch in Missoula, Montana, 1974-1984.

The Paul Bowles collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, editorial matter, periodicals, ephemera, and miscellaneous material acquired from a variety of sources. The collection is added to periodically and complements the Paul Bowles papers (MSS 0163) as well as several other manuscript collections related to Paul Bowles at the University of Delaware Library.

Kay Boyle corrected galley proofs of A Glad Day, which includes galley proofs for several chapters of A Glad Day, particularly; A Glad Day for Laurence Vail, and Angels for Djuna Barnes, as well as several newspapers clippings regarding Kay Boyle.

These letters, galley proofs, and postcards were laid in a first edition of Will Bradley’s Memories 1875-1895: Happenings here and there along the trail, or, The world went very well then : a Victorian tale gleaned from memories and told for the edification of the fellow Typophiles.

Galley proofs of Richard Brautigan's novel, In Watermelon Sugar (1968), with corrections. Prepared by the Four Seasons Foundation.

The Summer Brenner papers offers a comprehensive view of an American poet and novelist's life across four decades beginning in the 1960s. The collection includes extensive personal correspondence and journals, literary manuscripts and drafts documenting all stages of the writing and publishing process, and Brenner's work from magazine contributions, book publications, and community projects.

This collection contains .7 linear feet of personal letters and postcards from Alan Brilliant of Unicorn Press to his former employer and longtime friend, proprietor of Corinth Books Ted Wilentz. Other materials include press catalogs, newsletters, financial records, clippings, periodicals, poems, and other printed ephemera related to the Unicorn Press.

American novelist James T. Farrell (1904-1979) wrote to William F. Claire (1935- ), the editor and publisher of the literary magazine, Voyager, regarding the publication of an excerpt from his unpublished novel, The Vast Present.

British attorney and author Sir Joseph Gold (1912-2000) was a collector of modern first editions of British and American writers and poets. The Sir Joseph Gold literary manuscript collection comprises correspondence, manuscripts, publishing files, and publications of mid-twentieth century British and American poets, publishers, and scholars.

One "first proof" galley proofs for John Hollander's "Quest of the Gole," with detached blank front cover.

American Catholic poet Raymond Larsson's letters to his friend James Gallagher include handwritten copies and a galley proof of his poems.

Educator, editor, author, amateur printer, and proponent of the private press, J. Ben Lieberman is widely regarded as the father of the twentieth-century chappel movement in the United States. The J. Ben Lieberman Papers reflect some of the accomplishments of J. Ben Lieberman and his wife Elizabeth Koller Lieberman.

The Pentagram Press was founded in 1974 by the Milwaukee-based poet Michael Tarachow as a publishing outlet for poetry and other new literature. The Pentagram Press archive, spanning the dates 1972-1999, documents the operations and output of the small fine press run by Michael Tarachow in Milwaukee and Markesan, in Wisconsin, and Minneapolis.

Peter Owen publishing records is the publisher’s archive (1950s-1995) of an independent British firm renowned for its international list of major authors and avant garde works. The bulk of the collection consists of the production files of selected works, primarily from the 1980s and 1990s, including edited typescripts, proofs, and other materials documenting the process of turning an author’s manuscript into a finished book.

Autograph and typescript drafts, galleys, and correspondence related to the publication of three of American poet Janine Pommy-Vega’s books: Morning Passage (1976), Journal of a Hermit (both the original 1974 edition, and the reprinting with new material published as Journal of a Hermit & in 1979), and The Bard Owl (1980).

The Archive of the Raven Arts Press forms a comprehensive record of the history and activities of the Dublin-based press, founded by Irish writer and publisher Dermot Bolger. The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, galleys, publicity material, and financial records.

The Berkeley, California-based Sombre Reptiles Press was founded in 1978 by poet Jerry Ratch and artist Mary Ann Hayden. This small collection consists of approximately one linear foot of material related to the operation of the press and the publication of its works, spanning the dates 1977 and 1994, with the bulk of the material dating from 1977 to 1982.

The Madeleine B. Stern papers related to Joseph de Nancrède span the dates 1972-1977 and comprise one linear foot of photocopied letters, original documents, and working notes from rare book dealer and writer Stern for an article on the Franco-American bookseller-publisher Joseph de Nancrède (1761-1841).

The Press of A. Colish archives contains materials relating to the printing career of American fine printer and publisher Abraham Colish (1882–1963).