The Caxton Club, 1895-1995 : celebrating a century of the book in Chicago /

The Caxton Club, 1895-1995 : celebrating a century of the book in Chicago /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Piehl, Frank J., author.
Imprint:	Chicago, IL : Caxton Club, 1995.
Description:	xix, 191 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Caxton Club -- History -- 19th century. Caxton Club -- History -- 20th century. Caxton Club Bibliography -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Societies, etc. -- History -- 19th century. Bibliography -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Societies, etc. -- History -- 20th century. Book collectors -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography. Bibliography -- Societies, etc. Book collectors Illinois -- Chicago Biographies History Biographies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1707875

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Other authors / contributors:	McKittrick, Bruce, writer of foreword. Caxton Club, publisher.
ISBN:	0940550091 9780940550094
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Preface
President's statement and acknowledgments
The founding of the Caxton Club of Chicago
The formative years : 1895-1898
The golden years : 1899-1912
The troubled years : 1913-1919
Surviving Prohibition, the Depression, and World War II : 1920-1945
The second half-century : 1946-1995
Epilogue
Descriptive bibliography
Other printed material
Presidents
Honorary members
Biographies of 100 Caxtonians.