Fine Press in RB
¶ FINE PRESS BOOKS In Tarlton Law Library's Rare Books & Special Collections ¶ Compiled by Michael Widener Head of Special Collections Tarlton Law Library The University of Texas at Austin July 2006 Acknowledgments Chauncey D. Leake, Jr. (LL.B, University of Texas School of Law, 1955), inspired the crea- tion of the Tarlton Law Library's Law-Related Fine Press Collection. His expertise as a fine press collector, his generous gifts, and his enthusiasm have profoundly influenced the shape and growth of the collection. The Estate of Mildred A. O'Donohoe (1942-2000), poet and life-long supporter of the arts, has generously funded the acquisition of the various editions of Williston Fish's A Last Will. Other donors include Meyer Boswell Books, Harold I. Boucher, Barry Cassidy Rare Books, the late Guillermo F. Margadant, Roy M. Mersky, Albert L. Peters Bookseller, The Rounce & Coffin Club, Gray Thoron, Veatchs Arts of the Book, and Michael Zinman. The collection has also benefited from the advice of Carol Grossman, independent scholar and proprietor of Four Rivers Books (Boulder, Colorado), and of Al Lowman, Texas histo- rian and bibliographer of Carl Hertzog. Special thanks go to the Director of the Tarlton Law Library, Professor Roy M. Mersky, for supporting the development of the collection. Tarlton colleagues who have invested a considerable amount of their own time and skills in the collection include Brian Quigley (Assistant Director for Bibliographic Services), Pierrette Moreno (Acquisitions Librarian), and Barbara Washecka (Head of Cataloging). Thanks also to the following for advice, encouragement, bibliographic information, clues, and/or books to buy: Lorne Bair (Lorne Bair Rare Books) • Barry Cassidy (Barry Cassidy Rare Books) • James Elkins (University of West Virginia) • Colin & Charlotte Franklin • Collinge & Clark, booksellers • David Hamrick (University of Texas Press) • David Kessler (Bancroft Library) • Stephanie Kuduk (Wesleyan University) • Joe Luttrell (Meyer Boswell Books) • Richard W.
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