Caxton Club Publications -- Chronological Checklist

In the course of its 125 years of existence the Caxton Club has published formal publications and other printed pieces. Following is a complete listing of the club’s publications.

Note: Before 1995 Caxton Club lists distinguished between publications “offered for sale” and those “printed for gratuitous distribution to members.” This distinction was maintained in the to the centennial history by Frank J. Piehl, The Caxton Club, 1895–1995. Celebrating a Century of the in . In an effort to represent the real life-in-print of the club more comprehensively, the present list combines publications in both those categories in one chronological sequence and includes, as well, keepsakes printed by others specifically for distribution to members. “For-sale” publications found in Piehl’s history are indicated here with their FP Roman numeral; “gratuitous” publications are indicated with their FP number. Piehl’s entries provide extensive additional bibliophilic information. The following list does not include meeting invitations, promotional brochures, circular letters, , and other small ephemera.

1895. The Book of the Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Articles of Incorporation, Constitution, By-laws, Members. (FP 1)

1895. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Etchings Designed to Illustrate the Work of the late Philip Gilbert Hamerton Entitled "Etchings and Etchers.” (FP 3) 1895. Exhibition of Held at the Art Institute, March 4 to 24 Inclusive, under the Auspices of the Caxton Club. (FP 2)

1896. Catalogue of an Exhibit of Interesting Through Their Associations, February 1896. (FP II)

1896. Catalogue of an Exhibit of Ex Libris Books Interesting through Their Associations, February 1896. (FP 5)

1896. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Articles of Incorporation, Constitution and By-laws, House Rules, Members. (FP 4)

1896. Henri Joutel. Joutel’s Journal of La Salle’s Last Voyage. Notes by Melville B. Anderson. (FP I)

1897. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Japanese Color Prints in Connection with a Paper by Frederick W. Gookin, March 18, 1897. (FP 6)

1897. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Articles of Incorporation, Constitution and By-laws, and List of Members. (FP 7)

1897. George Horatio Derby. Phoenixiana by George Horatio Derby ("John Phoenix"). Edited by John Vance Cheney. (FP III)

1897. A Resolution of the Caxton Club, Addressed to the Congress of the U.S.A., Protesting against a Proposed Duty on Old Books. (FP 8)

1898. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Nineteenth Century Bookbindings. (FP V)

1898. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Constitution and By-laws, Annual Reports, List of Members. (FP 11)

1898. An Exhibition of Book-Plates by the Caxton Club. (FP 10) 1898. Nicolas de La Salle. Relation of the Discovery of the Mississippi River. Translation by Melville B. Anderson. (FP VII)

1898. Edgar Allan Poe. Some Letters of Edgar Allan Poe to E. H. N. Patterson of Oquawka, Illinois. Comments by Eugene Field. (FP IV)

1898. Henri de Tonti. Relation of Henri de Tonty Concerning the Explorations of La Salle from 1678 to 1683. Translation by Melville B. Anderson. (FP VI)

1899. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Articles of Incorporation, Constitution and By-laws, Annual Reports, and List of Members. (FP 13)

1899. Francis James Child. Il Pesceballo, Opera in One Act. Translation by James Russell Lowell. Reprinted as part of a performance score with recording, 2008. (FP VIII)

1899. A Chronological List of the More Important Issues of Edward Fitzgerald’s Version of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Exhibition catalog. (FP 12)

1900. Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Etchings and Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler. (FP 14)

1900. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Constitution and By-laws, Annual Reports, List of Members. (FP 15)

1901. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Constitution and By-laws, Annual Reports, List of Members. (FP 16)

1901. Cyril Davenport. Thomas Berthelet, Royal Printer and Bookbinder to Henry VIII. (FP X) 1901. Mrs. John H. Kinzie. Wau-Bun, The "Early Day" of the North-West. Introduction by Reuben Gold Thwaites. (FP XI)

1901. Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. Relation of the Discoveries and Voyages of Cavelier de La Salle from 1679 to 1681. (FP IX)

1902. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Masterpieces of Line Engraving Illustrating the Art from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Century Inclusive. (FP 18)

1902. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Constitution and By-laws, Annual Reports, List of Members. (FP 17)

1903. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Constitution and By-laws, Annual Reports, List of Members. (FP 19)

1904. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Constitution and By-laws, Annual Reports, List of Members. (FP 20)

1904. John Vance Cheney. The Caxton Club Scrap-Book: Early English Verses, 1250–1650. (FP XIV)

1904. Octave Uzanne. The French Bookbinders of the Eighteenth Century. Translation by Mabel McIlvaine. Original manuscript republished by Éditions Ipagine, 2017. (FP XII)

1905. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Color Prints by Suzuki Harunobu. Notes by Frederick W. Gookin. (FP 21)

1905. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Constitution and By-laws, Annual Reports, List of Members. (FP 22) 1905. E. Gordon Duff. William Caxton. Some copies contained a leaf from the Caxton Canterbury Tales. Reprint by Burt Franklin, 1970. (FP XIII)

1905. Alfred W. Pollard. An Essay on Colophons. Introduction by Richard Garnett. Reprint by Burt Franklin, 1975. (FP XV)

1906. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Constitution and By-laws, Annual Reports, List of Members. (FP 23)

1906. Cyril Davenport. Samuel Mearne: Binder to King Charles II. (FP XVI)

1907. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Constitution and By-laws, Annual Reports, List of Members. (FP 24)

1908. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Constitution and By-laws, Annual Reports, List of Members. (FP 25)

1908. Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-points of James Abbot McNeill Whistler. (FP XVIII)

1908. John Allen Wakefield. Wakefield’s History of the Black Hawk War. Preface and notes by Frank Everett Stevens. Reprint by Roger H. Hunt, 1976. (FP XVII)

1909. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Constitution and By-laws, Annual Reports, List of Members. (FP 26)

1910. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Constitution and By-laws, Annual Reports, List of Members. (FP 27) 1911. Henri Estienne. The Frankfort Book Fair: The Francofordiense Emporium of Henri Estienne. Translation and introduction by James Westfall Thompson. Reprint by G. Th. van Heusden, 1969. (FP XIX)

1912. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Constitution and By-laws, Annual Reports, List of Members. (FP 28)

1912. Henry Eduard Legler. Of Much Love and Some Knowledge of Books. (FP XX)

1914. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Constitution and By-laws, Annual Reports, List of Members. (FP 29)

1914. Robert Rogers. Ponteach or the Savages of America, A Tragedy. Introduction by Allan Nevins. (FP XXI)

1916. The Caxton Club Officers, Council, Committees, List of Members. (FP 30)

1916. Milo Milton Quaife. The Development of Chicago, 1674–1914. (FP XXII)

1917. Catalogue of a of Books and Manuscripts on the War of 1812 and Other Americana Made by the Late Mr. John W. Lowe. Exhibition catalog. (FP 33)

1917. Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Publications of the Club and of Books upon the Fine Arts and Related Subjects. (FP 31)

1917. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Whistleriana from the Collection of Walter S. Brewster. (FP 32)

1917. Émile Souvestre. An Attic Philosopher in Paris. Introduction by Robert Grant Martin. (FP XXIII) 1921. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Constitution, List of Members. (FP 34)

1921. Richard Lovelace. Lucasta, The Poems of Richard Lovelace, Esquire. Introduction by William Lyon Phelps. (FP XXIV)

1923. Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix. Journal of a Voyage to North America. Translation and introduction by Louise Phelps Kellogg. (FP XXVI)

1923. Ernest Hatch Wilkins. The Trees of the Genealogia Deorum of Boccaccio. With facsimile pages from a University of Chicago manuscript. (FP XXV)

1926. Franklin H. Head. Shakespeare’s Insomnia & the Causes Thereof. Note by Frederick W. Gookin. (FP XXVII)

1927. John Maxcy Zane. The Grandeur That Was Rome. (FP XXVIII)

1927–1928. Frederick G. Kenyon. Ancient Books and Modern Discoveries. 2 vols. (FP XXIX)

1929. Cyril Davenport. Roger Payne, English Bookbinder of the Eighteenth Century. (FP XXX)

1929. Tales for Bibliophiles. Edited and translation by Theodore W. Koch. Contains stories by Charles Nodier, Alexandre Dumas, C. Basset, Charles Asselineau, Georges Duhamel. (FP XXXI)

1930. Fine Books and Illustrations from the Modern German Private Presses. Introduction by Willy Wiegand. Notes by E. A. Wieser and S. W. Burchard. Exhibition keepsake. (FP 35) 1930. John Steele. Across the Plains in 1850. Edited with notes by Joseph Schafer. (FP XXXII)

1931. Berthold Laufer. Paper and in Ancient China. Reprint by Burt Franklin, 1973. (FP XXXIII)

1932. John Maxcy Zane. Lincoln, the Constitutional Lawyer. (FP XXXIV)

1934. Jesse A. Applegate. Day with the Cow Column in 1843. Edited with notes by Joseph Schafer. (FP XXXV)

1934. Paul du Ru. Journal of Paul du Ru [February 1 to May 8, 1700] Missionary Priest of Louisiana. Translation, introduction, and notes by Ruth Lapham Butler. (FP XXXVI)

1935. Harold R. Willoughby. The Coverdale Psalter and the Quatrocentenary of the Printed English Bible. With facsimile of the psalter. Reprint by Vance Publications, 2001. (FP XXXVII)

1936. Paul Lacroix, "My Republic," in Which Are Narrated the Adventures of a Bibliophile during the French Revolution and the Part Played Therein by a Rare Book. Translation by Theodore Wesley Koch. (FP XXXVIII)

1937. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Constitution, List of Members. (FP 36)

1937. Payson Sibley Wild. How Old Is Horace? (FP XXIX)

1937. Stefan Zweig. The Old-Book Peddler and Other Tales for Bibliophiles. Translation by Theodore W. Koch. Partial reprint by Clinker Press, 2010. (FP XL) 1938. J. Christian Bay. The Pickwick Papers. Some Bibliographical Remarks. (FP XLI)

1938. The Caxton Club Supplement Number One to the Year Book of 1937. Officers, Committees, Members 1937–1938, Changes in Membership, Publications. (FP 37)

1939. The Caxton Club Supplement Number Two to the Year Book of 1937. Officers, Committees, Members 1937–1939, Changes in Membership, Publications. (FP 38)

1939. Henry Dearborn. Revolutionary War Journals of Henry Dearborn, 1775–1783. Edited by Lloyd A. Brown and Howard H. Peckham. Biographical essay by Hermon Dunlap Smith. Reprint by Heritage Books, 2007. (FP XLII)

1940. The Caxton Club Supplement Number Three to the Year Book of 1937. Officers, Committees, Members 1937–1940, Changes in Membership, Publications. (FP 39)

1941. George Ade. Stories of the Streets and of the Town from the Chicago Record 1893–1900. Edited with introduction by Franklin J. Meine. Illustrated by John T. McCutcheon. Reprint by University of Illinois Press, 2003. (FP XLIII)

1941. The Caxton Club Supplement Number Four to the Year Book of 1937. Officers, Committees, Members 1937–1941, Changes in Membership, Publications. (FP 40)

1941. Franklyn Bliss Snyder. Theodore Wesley Koch. Memorial booklet published jointly with Northwestern University. 1942. Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln’s Letter to Major General Joseph Hooker [Dated] January 26, 1863. Facsimile reproduction with explanatory text by Paul M. Angle. (FP XLIV)

1943. James Henry Carleton. The Prairie Logbooks. Dragoon Campaigns to the Pawnee Villages in 1844 and to the Rocky Mountains in 1845. Edited with introduction by Louis Pelzer. Reprint by University of Nebraska Press, 1983. (FP XLV)

1945. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Constitution, Reports of Officers, Publications, Meetings, List of Members. (FP 41)

1948. John T. McCutcheon. John McCutcheon’s Book. Selections by Franklin J. Meine and John Merryweather. Introduction by Vincent Starrett. (FP XLVI)

1950. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Constitution, Reports of Officers, Publications, Meetings, List of Members. (FP 42)

1950. Joseph Jack Frazer. Iron Face. The Adventures of Jack Frazer, Frontier Warrior, Scout, and Hunter. Recorded by Henry Hastings Sibley. Edited with introduction and notes by Theodore C. Blegen and Sara A. Davidson. Foreword by Stanley Vestal. (FP XLVII)

1950. Carl Sandburg. Tribute to Oliver R. Barrett. Memorial keepsake.

1950. Edward Wagenknecht. Dickens and the Scandalmongers. Offprint from College English 11 (1950). Event keepsake.

1951[?]. Robert E. Lee. Lee’s General Order Number Nine. Facsimile of Lee’s MS “Farewell to the Army of Northern Virginia.” Event keepsake. 1952. John Webster Spargo. Imaginary Books and . An Essay in Lighter Vein. (FP XLVIII)

1953. Harry J. Owens. Doctor Faust. A Play Based Upon Old German Puppet Versions. Woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. Excerpts reprinted by Turtle Press, 1989. (FP XLVIII)

1955. The Crockett Almanacks. Nashville Series, 1835–1838. Edited with introduction by Franklin J. Meine. Note by Harry J. Owens. (FP L)

1956. Benjamin Franklin. Mr. Franklin. A Selection from His Personal Letters. Edited by Leonard W. Labaree and Whitfield J. Bell, Jr. Published by Yale University Press. Event keepsake.

1957. Colbee Chamberlain Benton. A Visitor to Chicago in Indian Days. Edited by Paul M. Angle and James R. Getz. (FP LI)

1958. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Constitution, Reports of Officers, Publications, Meetings, List of Members. (FP 44)

1958. Vincent Starrett. Book Column. Introduction by Harry J. Owens. (FP LII)

1958. Edward Perry Warren. The Prince Who Did Not Exist. Published by Acorn Press; 200 copies (of 350) printed for members of the Caxton Club.

1960. James Wells. William Caxton. Event keepsake. (FP 46)

1961. John Averill. John Averill’s Seed Corn. Edited with introduction by Harry J. Owens. Keepsake.

1963. Eric Gill. An Alphabet Stone Cut by Eric Gill. Facsimile. Introduction by James M. Wells. (FP LIII) 1965. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Constitution, Reports of Officers, Publications, Meetings, List of Members. (FP 47)

1965. Virtulon Rich. Western Life in the Stirrups. A Sketch of a Journey to the West in the Spring and Summer of 1832. Edited with introduction by Dwight L. Smith. (FP LIV)

1968. John Adlum. Memoirs of the Life of John Adlum in the Revolutionary War. Edited with introduction by Howard H. Peckham. (FP LV)

1968. Morris Philipson. Six Stunning Paradoxes or The Present Disadvantages of Certain Unique Improvements. Keepsake. (FP 48)

1968. Three Bewick Prints from Cherryburn for Members of the Caxton Club. Keepsake.

1969. Rudy Lamont Ruggles. Rudy Ruggles Presents Arthur Swann. Event keepsake. (FP 49)

1971. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Constitution, Reports of Officers, Publications, Meetings, List of Members. (FP 50)

1972. Gordon R. Williams. Fantasy in a Wood-Block. (FP LVI)

1973. Northern Illinois University Libraries. Handlist of Private Presses: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin. Exhibition keepsake.

1973. Northern Illinois University Libraries. The Private Press in the Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin. An Exhibit Honoring the Visit of the Caxton Club. Exhibition catalog.

1974. Paul M. Angle. On a Variety of Subjects. Copublished with the Chicago Historical Society. (FP LVII) 1975. David Woodward. A Keepsake Presented to Members of the Caxton Club on the Occasion of Their Meeting in Chicago on 19 November 1975.

1976. Thomas Jefferson. A Summary View of the Rights of British America. Facsimile. Introduction by Lawrence W. Towner. (FP LIX)

1976. Howard W. Winger. Printer’s Marks and Devices. (FP LVIII)

1977. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Publications, Meetings, List of Members. (FP 51)

1979. The Decollation of John Baptist. From Reginald Scot, The Discovery of Witchcraft, 1665. Keepsake. (FP 52)

1981. Russell Maylone. Typography and the Private Press. Exhibition and event keepsake.

1984. Chicago Public . Collectors & Connoisseurs, the Caxton Club of Chicago. Exhibition keepsake.

1984. Robert Hunter Middleton. Alphabet in Process. Keepsake. (FP 53)

1985. The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, Meetings, List of Members. (FP 54)

1985. RHM. Robert Hunter Middleton, the Man and His Letters. Edited by Bruce Young. (FP LX)

1988. Chicago Hand Bookbinders. The Joys of Hand . Event keepsake.

1989. The Caxton Club Directory, 1989–1990. (FP 55)

1992. The Caxton Club Directory Addendum. 1992. Warren Chappell. [Calligraphic text]. Keepsake.

1992. A Gathering of Book Lovers. Keepsake. (FP 56)

1993– . Caxtonian. Monthly newsletter of the club.

1993. Chicago Hand Bookbinders. 15th Anniversary Exhibition, 1993: Fine Printers, Finely Bound Two. Exhibition keepsake.

1993. Holiday Revels of the Caxton Club. Event keepsake. (FP 57)

1994. The Caxton Club Directory, 1993–1994. (FP 58)

1994. A Keepsake for the Occasion of Wesley B. Tanner Speaking on His Work as a Printer of Books.

1995. Frank J. Piehl. The Caxton Club, 1895–1995. Celebrating a Century of the Book in Chicago. Foreword by Bruce McKittrick.

1995. Glen N. Wiche. Some Famous Early Tenants of the Fine Arts Building in Their Own Words. Event keepsake.

1996. The Caxton Club Directory.

1998. Dan Crawford. Index to the Caxtonian.

1999. Chicago Under Wraps. Dust Jackets from 1920 to 1950. Exhibition catalog.

1999. Packet of six postcards relating to a talk by Priscilla Juvelis on . Event keepsake.

2000. The Caxton Club Directory.

2002. Wendy Cowles Husser. The Caxton Club. A Brief History. 2002. John M. Wing. The Chicago Diaries of John M. Wing, 1865–1866. Edited by Robert Williams. Foreword by Paul F. Gehl. Introduction by Richard A. Schwarzlose. Copublished with Southern Illinois University Press.

2003. Inland Printers. The Fine Press Movement in Chicago, 1920–1945. Introduction by Paul F. Gehl. Exhibition catalog.

2005. Christopher de Hamel et al. Disbound and Dispersed: The Leaf Book Considered.

2008. The Caxton Club Directory.

2011. Other People’s Books: Association Copies and the Stories They Tell. Introduction by G. Thomas Tanselle.

2012. The Caxton Club Directory.

2015. The Caxton Club Directory.

2015. Karen Hanmer. Certain Localities Pertaining to the Caxton Club and in Chicago, 1895–1915. Map created to accompany a binding commissioned by the club.

2017. Paul Ruxin. The Past as Present: Selected Thoughts and Essays. Compiled and edited by Gordon M. Pradl and Samuel B. Ellenport. introduction by William H. Pritchard. Copublished with the Club of Odd Volumes, The Johnstonians, and the Rowfant Club.

2018. Chicago by the Book: 101 Publications That Shaped the City and Its Image. Introduction by Neil Harris. Published by the University of Chicago Press.

2020. Making Our Mark. A Keepsake for the 125th Anniversary of the Caxton Club of Chicago.