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Private presses -- New Zealand

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Auckland University College Library typographical collection.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-58
Scope and Contents

A collection of typographical specimens representative of the craft of various New Zealand printers and presses. A holograph poem 'Written in Cold' by Robin Hyde is on the reverse of a menu from the "Spotted Dog" in the Unicorn Press file, along with a copy of 'Katherine Mansfield : a critical essay / by Arthur Sewell'. Auckland : Unicorn Press, 1936, signed by the author.

Dates: ca. 1930-1960s.

Ronald Holloway typographical collection.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-24
Scope and Contents

Primarily New Zealand typographical specimens, together with the records of the Mount Pleasant Press, Auckland

Dates: ca. 1930-ca. 1970