COFFEE HOUSE PRESS, TOOTHPASTE PRESS, AND GRAYWOLF PRESS:

An Inventory of Their Broadsides and Miscellaneous Printed Material Collection at the Minnesota Historical Society

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Title:Coffee House Press, Toothpaste Press, and Graywolf Press broadside and miscellaneous printed material collection.
Dates:1972-2017.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Includes broadsides, calendars, and other miscellaneous printed material from Coffee House Press, Toothpaste Press, and Graywolf Press. Some items printed at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Some pieces lack dates and publisher information.
Quantity:149 pieces.
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Arranged under printer in chronological order. Undated works arranged alphabetically by title.


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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Oversize Z231.5.L5 C64Time with birds.
"A broadside from Darrell Gray's forthcoming book Scattered Brains copyright 1972 Toothpaste Press Iowa City, Ia."
Signed by Darrell Gray.
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Oversize Z231.5.L5 C64A cigarette is a glass of milk.
"A broadside by Dave Morice printed by the Toothpaste Press and it's March, 1972 Iowa City, Iowa."
MHS has 2 copies, each on a different weight of paper. One copy is signed by Dave Morice.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64 "Geography"
"Copyright 1977 by Jim Hanson : The Toothpaste Press."
Signed by Jim Hanson.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64 Eight minus eight.
"The Toothpaste Press : West Branch, Iowa : 1978."
Signed by J.C. Wright.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Pedal point.
"©1979 by David Gitin :: The Toothpaste Press."
Signed by David Gitin.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64The circus.
"This broadside was printed at The Toothpaste Press for Bookslinger on the occasion of the author's reading at Walker Art Center, February 5, 1980 ©1980 by Lon Otto. This edition consists of 125 numbered and 26 lettered copies all signed by the author."
MHS has copy 86.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64 Fine printing utilizes the beauty of the means ... / Frederic W. Goudy.
Title from first line of text.
"Handset in Goudy Modern type with a Goudy Lombardic Capital initial. Printed for friends of the Toothpaste Press, June 21, 1980."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Character is fate.
"Printed by The Toothpaste Press for Bookslinger at A.B.A. from Tom Clark's forthcoming Toothpaste Press book, Heartbreak Hotel. ©1981, Tom Clark."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Night work / Charles Bukowski.
"Printed by The Toothpaste Press for Bookslinger at the A.B.A. 1981; from Dangling in the Tournefortia, a book of new poems by Charles Bukowski, to be published this summer by Black Sparrow Press."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64A magazine does have this "life" to it ... / Charles Olson.
Title from first line of text.
"Printed letterpress by the Toothpaste Press for Bookslinger at A.B.A, May 1981. ©1960, Charles Olson."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Last stands, notes from memory : from the forthcoming book by Hilary Masters.
"Published by David R. Godine ... Printed by The Toothpaste Press as part of the Bookslinger exhibit at the 1982 American Bookseller Association Convention, Anaheim, California."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Nostalgia : Sax Rohmer / Anselm Hollo.
"From the author's forthcoming Toothpaste Press book, No Complaints. Printed by for the Bookslinger exhibit at the 1982 American Bookseller Association Convention, Anaheim, California."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64An excerpt from Printing poetry / by Clifford Burke.
"The Toothpaste Press : The New York Book Fair : April 1982."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64After Li Ching Chao.
"From Anne Waldman's forthcoming Toothpaste Press book, Make Up on Empty Space, fall 1983. Number ... of 175 signed copies printed for The 9th New York Book Fair, May 1983."
MHS has copy 35.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Assurance / William Stafford.
"Printed by Toothpaste Press for Bookslinger at the A.B.A. in Dallas, Texas, June 1983 ... From the forthcoming book Smoke's Way : Poems from Limited Editions 1968-1981, to be published by Graywolf Press in the summer of this year."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Playing it out / Charles Bukowski.
"Copyright ©1983 by Charles Bukowski, courtesy of Black Sparrow Press. Printed by the Toothpaste Press, for Bookslinger at the ABA-Dallas-June 1983."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64A calendar, 1984 : poems / by Robert Creeley. [13] leaves
"A Calendar, was published by The Toothpaste Press, West Branch, Iowa. A.B handset the poems in Spectrum type. Day Lilies by Ann Mikolowski. Calligraphy by Glen Epstein. Designed & printed by Allan Kornblum. 2200 copies on Simpson's Gainsborough Press."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Wyatt's May.
"A sample page from the Toothpaste press 1984 calendar featuring 12 new poems by Robert Creeley ... Order from: Bookslinger ... St. Paul, MN."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Cold Mountain.
"Translated from Chinese by © 1983 by Red Pine, from the book The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain, published by Copper Canyon Press, Port Townsend, WA. This broadside is printed by The Toothpaste Press at the Bookslinger's booth at the 1984 American Booksellers Association Convention, Washington, D.C."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Hotel Schrieder, Heidelberg / Robert Creeley.
"Printed at Toothpaste Press. Walker Art Center, 2:21:84. ©1984 by Robert Creeley."
Edition of 150 copies.
MHS has copy 17. Signed by the author.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64A visit from St. Alphabet.
"The Toothpaste Press ... West Branch, Iowa."
Undated advertisement for the book by David Morice.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64The Toothpaste Press : handset letterpress poetry & prose : Allan & Cinda Kornblum West Branch, Iowa.
Undated.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Monday through Friday.
Title from first line of text.
"From Alvin Greenberg's new Coffee House Press book, The Man in the Cardboard Mask. Printed at Odegard Books Minneapolis, July 14, 1985."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64 Three suns / Kate Green.
""Hungry Mind Fall 1985 Reading Series. Broadside 1, October 23, 1985. ©1985 by Kate Green. Design by Coffee House Press."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64 This is a printing office.
"This broadside was printed as a keepsake on the occasion of the Grand Opening Celebration of Minnesota Center for Book Arts, October 26, 1985. Allan Kornblum of Coffee House Press handset Beatrice Warde's text in Perpetua and Michelangelo types. The broadside was printed on Arches cover and Japanese etching during the celebration."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64July / Faye Kicknosway.
"Printed by Coffee House Press at Maximus & Co., November 1985."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64 The angel / Patricia Hampl.
"This broadside was printed at Minnesota Center for Book Arts by Coffee House Press on the occasion of the author's lecture at Walker Art Center, 4 November 1985. Copyright ©1985 by Patricia Hampl."
Edition of 300 copies.
MHS has copy 194. Signed by the author.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64 The jet / Freya Manfred.
"Hungry Mind Fall 1985 Reading Series. Broadside 2, November 13, 1985. Copyright 1985 by Freya Manfred. Design by Coffee House Press."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64 Flashback / Norita Dittberner Larson.
""Hungry Mind Fall 1985 Reading Series. Broadside 3, November 13, 1985. Copyright © 1985 by Nora Dittberner Larson. Design by Coffee House Press."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64From Graceless exits / Lawrence Sutin.
"Hungry Mind Fall Reading Series. Broadside 4, November 20, 1985. Copyright 1985 by Lawrence Sutin. Design by Coffee House Press."
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Oversize Z231.5.L5 C64Dayton Hudson corporate staff mission statement.
"Developed in partnership with all members of Dayton Hudson Corporate Staff. Handset in Perpetua type. Printed by Coffee House Press at MCBA, 1986."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Child's play / Deborah Kelly.
"Hungry Mind Broadside #6. Copyright January 15, 1986 by Deborah Kelly. Design by Coffee House Press."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64We are the river / Louis Alemayehu.
"Hungry Mind Broadside #7. Copyright January 15, 1986 by Louis Alemayehu. Design by Coffee House Press."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64From An intercourse of angels / Mary Francois Rockcastle.
"Hungry Mind Broadside #8. Copyright January 29, 1986 by Mary Francois Rockcastle. Design by Coffee House Press."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64From Stephers / C.J. Hribal.
"Hungry Mind Broadside #9. Copyright January 29, 1986 by C.J. Hribal. Design by Coffee House Press."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64 I am type / Frederic W. Goudy.
"Printed by Coffee House Press, at MCBA, Feb., 1986."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64The printer is the friend of intelligence, of thought ... / Charles Dickens.
Title from first line of text.
"Handset in Centaur type, designed by Bruce Rogers, with a Lombardic initial designed by Frederic W. Goudy. Printed by Coffee House Press at an MCBA 'Dirty Works,' March '86."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64 Entry from Ho-Ping's journal, kept during internment at Re-education Center #12, Beijing. Dated October, 1969 / Evelina Chao: from The Return of Ho-Ping.
"Copyright March 12, 1986 by Evelina Chao. Hungry Mind Broadside Twelve. Design by Coffee House Press."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Grand Marais.
"Copyright, March 19, 1986 by Warren Woessner. Printed at the Coffee House Press for the author's Loft-McKnight Award reading."
Signed by Warren Woessner.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Japanese paper.
"From Japanese Papermaking, Traditions, Tools and Techniques by Timothy Barrett, (Weatherhill, 1983). Reprinted by permission of the author as a keepsake for the opening of Japan: the Art of the Book, Past and Present, May 3, 1986 at Minnesota Center for Book arts. Printed by Coffee House Press from handset Blado and Poliphilous types on handmade Japanese Etching paper."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64The printer is the friend of intelligence, of thought ... / Charles Dickens.
Title from first line of text.
"Handset in Centaur type, designed by Bruce Rogers, with a Lombardic initial designed by Frederic W. Goudy. Printed by Coffee House Press at an MCBA 'Dirty Works,' June 1986."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64The printer is the friend of intelligence, of thought ... / Charles Dickens.
Title from first line of text.
"Handset in Centaur type, designed by Bruce Rogers, with a Lombardic initial designed by Frederic W. Goudy. Printed by Coffee House Press at an MCBA 'Dirty Works,' August 1986. Participants June Jin, Suzanne Donsky, Belinda Sachs and Instructor, Allan Kornblum."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64 The relation between printing and literature ... / text by Octavio Paz.
Title from first line of text.
"Printed by Coffee House Press, at MCBA, for the Great Midwestern Bookshow, October, 1986."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64 I am type / Frederic W. Goudy.
"Handset with Centaur type, & Weiss initials. Printed by Coffee House Press, at MCBA, Nov. 1986. Dirty Works Participants: James Frazier, and Diane Barrett. Instructor: Allan Kornblum."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64All that mankind has done, thought, gained or been : it is lying, as in magic preservation in the pages of books / Thomas Carlyle.
"Printed by Coffee House Press on the occasion of the Grand Opening of Rizzoli International Bookstore of Minneapolis, November 15, 1986."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64When I use a word, Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, it means just what I choose it to mean--neither more nor less.
Title from first line of text.
"This quote is from Alice Through the Looking Glass, a book by Lewis Carroll. Printed by Coffee House Press for the fun of Book Week at the Children's Museum, November 22, 1986."
MHS has 2 copies.
MHS copy 2 has illustrations stamped on.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64The first amendment of the United States constitution.
"This broadside was designed by Allan Kornblum of Coffee House Press and printed on Mohawk Superfine donated by Inter-City Paper Company. The type is handset Baskerville and Goudy Roman. This broadside was printed on a Vanderhook 219 (on loan from Minnesota Center for Book Arts) at the Science Museum of Minnesota as part of the exhibition 'Printing: From Craft to Technology' organized by Printing Industry of Minnesota (PIM). The text is the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and is printed in January 1987, the Bicentennial Year of our Constitution."
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Oversize Z231.5.L5 C64Tell me a story / Robert Penn Warren.
"'Tell Me A Story' is from the concluding section of Audubon: A Vision ... by Robert Penn Warren. ©1969 by Robert Penn Warren. Reprinted by permission of Random House, Inc. on the occasion of 'The Legacy of American Poetry,' a celebration o the appointment of Robert Penn Warren as the Nation's first Poet Laureate. Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, in cooperation with the Library of Congress, 29 March 1987, Washington, D.C. Designed and printed by Coffee House Press at Minnesota Center for Book Arts."
Edition of 500 copies.
MHS has copy pp.
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Oversize Z231.5.L5 C64Philosophia perennis.
"©1987 by Anne Waldman. Printed by Coffee House Press on the occasion of the poet's reading at the University of Minnesota, April 24, 1987."
Signed by the Anne Waldman.
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Oversize Z231.5.L5 C64April arboretum / by Michael McClure for Kenneth Rexroth.
"Copyright ©1985 by Michael McClure. Designed by Allan Kornblum. Handset in Spectrum Type by Hertha Schulze and Claudia Slovacek. Printed by Kent Aldrich, who also created the leafy border. This is ... of 100 copies printed on handmade Fabriano Roma at Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Published by Coffee House Press as the third offering form Evening Coffee Editions, during the Fall of 1987."
MHS has copy 6.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Genesis / Etheridge Knight.
"Printed at Coffee House Press and published by Minnesota Center for Book Arts, on the occasion of the author's reading in the Loft Mentor Series, February 12, 1988. Copyright 1988 by Etheridge Knight. Handset in Brush and Perpetua types. Drawing by Kent Aldrich."
Edition of 150 copies.
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Oversize Z231.5.L5 C64A wood / Richard Wilbur.
"From Walking to Sleep, copyright ©1967 by Richard Wilbur. Reprinted ... on the occasion of the 'Poet in the theater,' a celebration of the appointment of Mr. Wilbur as the Nation's Poet Laureate. Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts at Arena Stage, 7 March 1988, Washington, D.C. Designed and printed by Coffee House Press at Minnesota Center for Book Arts on mouldmade Arches cover stock."
Edition of 300 copies.
MHS has copy p.p.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64 A man and a woman sit near each other / Robert Bly.
"This broadside was printed to celebrate the occasion of the rehearsal dinner for the marriage of Lori Lynn Larson to Sam W. Grabarski, Jr. The broadside was issued by Dr. and Mrs. Sam W. Grabarski, Sr. as a salute to the honorable families of Mr. and Mrs Kenneth W. Larson, Susan Hawk Saam, and Mrs. Emma Grabarski. Dated August 12, 1988, this is number p.p. of fifty copies. This poem appeared in Selected Poems, Harper and Row, 1986, © 1986 by Robert Bly. Handset in Centaur type and handprinted on Arches cover stock at Coffee House Press."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Books are the carriers of civilization / Barbara W. Tuchman.
Title from first line of text.
"Printed on the occasion of the dedication of the Macalester College Library at Saint Paul, Minnesota, on September 17, 1988. From The delights of reading, published by David R. Godine, Inc., ©1987, in cooperation with The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. Designed and printed by Coffee House Press."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Books books books books ...
Title from first line of text.
"This broadside was printed on October 17, 1988 for Friends of Coffee House Press and as a farewell to Minnesota Center for Book Arts, where Coffee House Press has been a Visiting Press since 1985 ... The display types appearing above, which represent sixteen years of quixotic acquisition, are Tuscan Graille, Glamour, Hadriano, Goudy Open, Latin Ornate, Coronet, Optima, Cooper Black Engraved, Michelangelo, Gallia, Goudy Text, Albertus, Arboret, Libra, Vaudeville, Salem, and P.T. Barnum."
MHS has 2 copies, each on a different type of paper.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64A book / Charles Lamb.
"This broadside was printed for Friends of Coffee House Press, 1988. Art, design and printing by Kent Aldrich. Handset in Baskerville type, and printed on mould-made Arches cover. The quote is from The Delights of Reading, edited by Otto L. Bettmann, ©1987 by Otto L. Bettmann. Reprinted by permission of David R. Goldine, Publisher."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Sonnet / T.F. Powys.
"Sonnet attributed to T.F. Powys, circa 1896, from a holograph manuscript in the collection of E.E. Bissell; printed with the permission of Francis Powys and Laurence Pollinger, Limited. Portrait of T.F. Powys from a pen-and-ink drawing by Michael Gunkel. Handset in Caslon Old Style, and printed on mould-made Arches cover. Commissioned by J. Lawrence Mitchell for the Powys Society on the occasion of the 1988 conference at the University of Exeter. Designed and printed by Coffee House Press, Minneapolis."
Edition of 100 copies.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Harper's Ferry / Thomas Jefferson.
"Cast in Baskerville type by Mackenzie & Harris typefoundry. Designed by Allan Kornblum, printed at Coffee House Press by Julia Druskin for the Koontz family and friends. Art by Lia Nickson. April 1989."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Refuse to be burnt-out / Edward Sanders.
"This broadside was printed by Coffee House Press in honor of Jim Sitter, the founding executive director of Minnesota Center for Book Arts, as he departs for New York City. The board and staff of Coffee House wish Jim well, as does artist Susan Nees, who cut the linoleum block. All proceeds from the sale of this broadside will go to the Jim Sitter Book Arts Acquisition Fund. This is copy ... of 150 presented April 1, 1989."
MHS has copy 22.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Coffee House Press.
"This broadside was printed at the first Coffee House Press Open House, April 8, 1989, celebrating our new quarters ... The quote by William Ewart Gladstone is from The Delights of Reading, edited by Otto L. Bettmann, ©1987 by Otto L. Bettmann."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64The blind man's house at the edge of the cliff / Denise Levertov.
"Printed at Coffee House Press and published by Minnesota Center for Book Arts, on the occasion of the author's reading in the Loft Mentor Series, May 5, 1989. This poem originally appeared in The Earlhamite, Volume 108, Number 1, Fall 1987. Copyright © 1987 by Denise Levertov. Handset in Reiner Script and Spectrum types. Illustration by Janice Perry."
Edition of 150 copies.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Nomad sestina.
Signed by Anna Waldman.
"Handset and printed by Coffee House Press on the occasion of Anne Waldman's visit to Minneapolis, November 10, 1989."
Edition of 150 copies.
MHS has copy 115.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64From Sugar River / Cori Jones.
"This broadside was printed by Coffee House Press and published by the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses on the occasion of the General Electric Foundation Younger Writers Awards, 30 April 1990. 150 signed copies printed on Rives BFK paper, using Weiss type. Excerpted from 'Sugar River,' which appeared in The Iowa Review and reprinted by permission of the author. Copyright © Cori Jones. The excerpt was part of the entry which resulted in Cori Jones being named one of the award winners."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64From Chang / Sigrid Nunez.
"This broadside was printed by Coffee House Press and published by the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses on the occasion of the General Electric Foundation Younger Writers Awards, 30 April 1990. Art by Gaylord Schanilec. 150 signed copies printed on Rives BFK paper, using Weiss type. Excerpted from 'Chang,' which appeared in The Threepenny Review and reprinted by permission of the author. Copyright © Sigrid Nunez. The excerpt was part of the entry which resulted in Sigrid Nunez being named one of the award winners."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64 I am type / Frederic W. Goudy.
"Printed by Coffee House Press during Barnes & Noble's salute to small presses, September 1990."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Books hinder ignorance : Spanish proverb.
"Designed and printed by Coffee House Press on Sommerset mouldmade paper using Spectrum and Michelangelo types in honor of the 20th birthday of Hungry Mind Bookstore, November 2, 1990."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Books, they have been beaten and burned, drowned, tortured, imprisoned, suppressed, executed, exiled, reviled, condemned, buried.
"Reprinted by permission of David R. Godine, Publisher. Linoleum cut by Susan Nees. The quote by Holbrook Jackson is from The Delights of Reading, edited by Otto L. Bettmann, ©1987 by Otto L. Bettmann. Printed on Arches cover stock for Friends of Coffee House Press, 1991."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Babies & the two / Andrei Cordrescu.
"Printed for Friends of Coffee House Press on the occasion of a reception for Andrei Codrescu, May 11, 1991. Handset in Poliphilus and Michelangelo types. Printed on St. Armand cover stock."
Edition of 80 copies.
MHS has copies 18,37, 39, and 40.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Hey diddle diddle the cat and the fiddle ...
Title from first line of text.
"Printed for Friends of Coffee House Press, Summer 1991."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64A well made book / Robert Bringhurst.
"Handset and printed by Coffee House Press on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the American Printing History Association. Quote from The Elements of Typographic Style, published by Hartley & Marks, Publishers. © 1992. Art by Susan Nees."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Peter Pan.
"This quote from Peter Pan was handset in Romulus type and printed at Coffee House Press, Spring 1992."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64A book a book a book a book a book a book a book a book / Cynthia Heimel.
"Handset in Weiss type and printed on mouldmade Arches coverstock at Coffee House Press, Spring 1992. Art by Leslie Ross. The quote by Cynthia Heimel is from The Delights of Reading, ©1987 by Otto L. Bettmann, reprinted by permission of David R. Godine, Publisher."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64In reading.
"Printed at Coffee House Press, Summer 1992. Quote by Stéphane Mallarmé. Art by Leslie Ross."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
"Printed at Coffee House Press in Lydian and Spectrum types during the Summer of 1992. Words by Augustus Hare, art by Susan Nees."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Poem.
"From Steve Levine's poetry book, To & For, published by Coffee House Press. Printed on the occasion of the author's reading at St. Mark's Poetry Project, June 10, 1992."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64A well made book / Robert Bringhurst.
"Handset and printed in Spring 1993 by Coffee House Press. Made possible by the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Literary Publishers Marketing Development Program, funded through a grant to the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses. Quote from The Elements of Typographic Style, published by Hartley & Marks, Publishers. © 1992. Art by Leslie Ross."
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Oversize Z231.5.L5 C64Coffee House Press and the University of St. Thomas present Allen Ginsberg in a benefit reading for Coffee House Press.
"Saturday, March 19, 1994."
"Wood engravings by Dean Bornstein commissioned for Honorable Courtship by Allen Ginsburg."
Signed by Allen Ginsburg.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Fiber reflections/fiber visions: Convergence 94.
"This broadside was commissioned by the Minnesota State Arts Board to commemorate the Weavers Guild of Minnesota's organization and production of Convergence 94, the biennial conference of the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc., July 7-10, 1994. Printed on hand-made Indian paper at Coffee House Press."
Edition of 94 copies.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64No more jazz at Alcatraz / Bob Kaufman.
"This broadside was printed by Coffee House Press as a keepsake for Bob Kaufman Night at Walker Art Center, July 1996, featuring Maria Damon and Christopher Edwards, and to celebrate the publication of the author's selected works, Cranial Guitar."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Foreign devil : excerpted from Wang Ping's novel.
"Handset & printed at Coffee House Press to announce the September 1996 publication of Foreign Devil, by Wang Ping."
Signed by the author.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64From Kwadwo Agymah Kamau's Flickering shadows.
"Handset & printed at Coffee House Press to announce the September 1996 publication of Flickering Shadows, by Kwadwo Agymah Kamau."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Where the sun sleeps : our fathers came thence.
"From Apalache by Paul Metcalf, of the Turtle Island Foundation, Berkeley. Copyright © 1976 by Paul Metcalf. Excerpted from Paul Metcalf: Collected Works Volume 1: 1956-1976, Coffee House Press, 1996. Printed at Midnight Paper Sales for the occasion of Paul Metcalf's reading at the Hungry Mind on November 19, 1996."
"Hungary Midnight number 8."
Edition of 70 copies.
Signed by the author.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Blest be the hour wherein I bought the book ... / Ben Johnson.
"Handset & printed at Coffee House Press for Barnes & Noble for the 1996 Holiday Season."
Title from first line of text.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Eatin' with sticks.
"No matter what you eat with, the Board and Staff at Coffee House Press hope that your bowl is full and your cup is overflowing during the 1996 Holiday Season. This poem by Lawson Inada is from his forthcoming book Drawing the Line, ©1996."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64A high five for I-5 / Lawson Fusao Inada.
"Designed, handset and printed by Coffee House Press as a keepsake of the Los Angeles Times Book Fair. Text from Drawing the Line, ©1997 by Lawson Inada. Sponsored by the UCLA BookZone."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Portrait of the walrus by a young artist / an excerpt from a new novel by Laurie Foos.
"Handset and printed by Coffee House Press to celebrate the Spring 1997 publication of Portrait of the Walrus by a Young Artist, by Laurie Foos."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Dog people / an excerpt from a new novel by Cris Mazza.
"Handset and printed by Coffee House Press to celebrate the Spring 1997 publication of Dog People, by Cris Mazza. Art by Kelly Kofron."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64High holiday sutra / an excerpt from a new novel by Allan Appel.
"Handset and printed by Coffee House Press to announce the Fall 1997 publication of High Holiday Sutra, by Allan Appel."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Literature at the table.
"Printed by Coffee House Press for the Council of Literary Magazines & Presses in honor of Jim Sitter's contributions to the literary field during his tenure at CLMP, 1989-1997."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Coffee House Press : 1984-1999 : fifteen years of fiction and poetry : now on the Internet at www.coffeehousepress.org.
"This poster was made possible in part through a grant from the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64From the Book of criticisms : in memoriam Edward Dorn / Anne Waldman.
"Handset at Coffee House Press for Anne Waldman's February 20, 2000 reading at Walker Art Center."
Edition of 100 copies.
Signed by the author.
MHS has copy 91
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Your lover's eyes speak / Quincy Troupe.
"Printed at Coffee House Press for the author's reading for the Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library, February 26, 2000."
Signed by the author.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64William Melvin Kelly.
"Designed and printed at Coffee House Press on the occasion of the author's reading for the Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library, on the evening of February 23, 2001. Art by Ta-coumba Aiken."
Signed by the author.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Bookselling / A. David Schwartz.
"Handset and printed at Coffee House Press to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops, October, 2002."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Book war / by Wang Ping.
"A Keepsake to celebrate the Goundbreaking for the new Minneapolis Central Library, May 20, 2003. Designed and printed at Coffee House Press for the Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library. Sketch by Cesar Pelli and Associates. Text by Wang Ping. Typography by Allan Kornblum."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Erasmus on priorities.
"Printed to celebrate the Twentieth Anniversary of Coffee House Press: 1984-2004."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64When you sell a man a book ... / Christopher Morley.
Title from first line of text.
"Handprinted for friends of Coffee House Press, Spring 2007."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64A new home for Coffee House Press.
"These words were handset and printed at the new home of Coffee House Press, October 29, 2008."
Includes a quote by Anna Quindlen.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Whispering books.
"This broadside was printed as part of the Coffee House Press One for the Books benefit, October 29, 2009, celebrating our twenty-fifth anniversary. The poem abridged for this broadside with the author's permission, has been reprinted from Let's Not Keep Fighting the Trojan War: New & Selected Poems 1986-2009 by Edward Sanders. Design and printing by Allan Kornblum. Copyright 2009 by Edward Sanders."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Job requirements for a small press publisher / written, designed, set and printed by Allan Kornblum at Coffee House Press for the Minnesota Center for Book Arts From Start to Here portfolio, May, 2010."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Elivi's gulyás.
"Printed letterpress at Coffee House Press for booksellers and booklovers to celebrate our forthcoming publication of Extraordinary Renditions by Andrew Ervin, September 2010."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Scotch tape body / Ron Padgett.
"Printed as keepsake for the Coffee House Press One for the Books benefit, April 28, 2011, celebrating our leadership transition from our founder Allan Kornblum, to our new publisher Chris Fischbach. Poem (c)2011 by Ron Padgett."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Read this! / Ann Patchett.
"From Read This! Handpicked Favorites from America's Indie Bookstores, edited by Hans Weyandt of Micawber's Books, Saint Paul, Minnesota, Printed at Coffee House Press, Spring 2013."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64The ability to read / James Russell Lowell.
"Handset in Weiss type and printed on Arches cover stock at Coffee House Press."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Books hinder ignorance : Spanish proverb.
"Pack-It Bindery, Inc., a member of Binding Industries of America, supports the BIA Committee for Effective Literacy. Printed by Coffee House Press, Minneapolis."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Books : some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
"Printed by Coffee House Press as part of a tour made possible by the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Literary Publishers Marketing Development Program, funded though a grant to the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses. Quote by Francis Bacon, art by Charles Henrickson."
Undated.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64A brief description of the excellent vertues of that sober and wholesome drink called coffee and its incomparable effects in preventing or curing most diseases incident to humane bodies.
"This recreation of the first illustrated broadside advertising an English coffee house was printed by Allan Kornblum at Coffee House Press. Gaylord Schanilec traced the vignette printed above, and adapted it for our press mark. Originally 'Printed for Paul Greenwood, London, and are to be sold at the sign of the Coffee-Mill and Tobacco-Roll in Cloath-fair near West-Smithfield, Who selleth the best Arabian Coffee-Powder and Chocolate, made in Cake or Roll, after the Spanish Fashion, &c., 1674.'"
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Oversize Z231.5.L5 C64A brief description of the excellent vertues of that sober and wholesome drink called coffee and its incomparable effects in preventing or curing most diseases incident to humane bodies.
"This re-creation of the first illustrated broadside advertising an English coffee house was printed by Kent Aldrich at Coffee House Press. Gaylord Schanilec traced the original vignette printed above, and adapted it for our press mark. This second printing of the Coffee Broadside took place at Minnesota Center for Book Arts. The original colophon states: 'Printed for Paul Greenwood, London, and are to be sold at the sign of the Coffee-Mill and Tobacco-Roll in Cloath-fair near West-Smithfield, Who selleth the best Arabian Coffee-Powder and Chocolate, made in Cake or Roll, after the Spanish Fashion, &c., 1674.'"
Undated.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Celebrating origins / Lawson Inada.
"Coffee House Press."
MHS has four copies each, each on a different color paper.
Undated.
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Oversize Z231.5.L5 C64Coffee House Press.
First line of text: The English coffee house of the 1600s was a place of fellowship where ideas were freely exchanged.
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Oversize Z231.5.L5 C64Coffee House Press : contemporary fiction & poetry, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Coffee House Press : handset metal type : letterpress printing : elegant papers : handsewn bindings.
"The Coffee House Press Letterpress Program is funded by a generous grant from The Lannan Foundation."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Coffee House Press : where good books are brewing.
Undated.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Dayton Hudson corporate staff mission statement.
"Developed in partnership with all members of Dayton Hudson Corporate Staff. Coffee House Press."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Geronimo / a poem by Richard Nickson.
"Handset in Optima type. Wood engraving by Gaylord Schanilec. Designed by Allan Kornblum, printed at Coffee House Press by Kent Aldrich for John Koontz / Cumberland Books. Thirty-five copies on Arches cover, ten copies on handmade Canterbury."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Great poetry is always...the result of a national spirit, and the the privilege of a polished and select few ... / Walt Whitman.
"This broadside was designed and printed by Coffee House Press in support of the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency that provides access to the arts to all Americans."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64How to stay young / Leroy Satchel Paige.
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Oversize Z231.5.L5 C64In the countryside we get the point of normalcy / Carol Bly.
"This broadside was designed and printed by Allan Kornblum of Coffee House Press, using a Universal One Vandercook at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. The Centaur type was handset by Bob Odegard and Jeanne Lee. The paper is Rives BFK from France ... This broadside is for private distribution and is not for sale. It was printed on the occasion of a reception sponsored by the Minnesota State Arts Board, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Minnesota Center for Book Arts in honor of members of the Minnesota Legislative Leadership, Minnesota House Appropriations Committee, and Minnesota Senate Finance Committee."
Edition of 150 copies.
Undated.
MHS has 2 signed copies.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Love is the triumph of the imagination over intelligence / H.L. Mencken.
"A Coffee House & MCBA Dirty Works Valentine's Day Celebration. Participants: Peg Meier, Linda Picone, Sarah Jelley, Jim Barrett, Herb Sewell, Suzanne Sewell, David Runyan, Patty Crawford, Audrey Runyan, Martha Taylor, and Rabun Taylor."
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Oversize Z231.5.L5 C64My apologies to Kipling.
"Handset in Centaur & Baskerville types & printed by Coffee House Press at Minnesota Center for Book Arts for friends of the author, P.L.P."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
"Printed by Coffee House Press as part of a tour made possible by the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Literary Publishers Marketing Development Program, funded though a grant to the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses. Quote by Francis Bacon, art by Charles Henrickson."
Undated.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island / Walt Disney.
"Handset and printed for friends of Coffee House Press and of good books."
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Oversize Z231.5.L5 C64Van Lingle Mungo / Paul L. Parker.
"Printed by Coffee House Press with Weiss type on Arches at Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Drawing: K. Aldrich."
Undated.

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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64 Poetry reading : Dana Gioia will read poems from his new collection Daily horoscope.

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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64 Book arts, fall classes 1986 : bookbinding, papermaking, letterpress printing, book design.
"Minnesota Center for Book Arts :: MCBA :: 24 North Third Street, Minneapolis, MN."
"Instructors: Fred Brain, Sebastian Carter, Amanda Degner, Allan Kornblum, Susan Nees, Michael Norman and Jennifer Turrentine."
MHS has 2 copies. One copy has a black illustration and one copy has a red illustration."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested / Francis Bacon.
"The students of Franklin & Sorteberg Schools have visited Minnesota Center for Book Arts & experienced the arts of hand papermaking and hand booking and hand printing on February 25, 1986."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Rags make paper, paper makes money, money makes banks, banks make loans, loans make beggars, beggars make rags.
"Printed at Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Sept., 1986."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64The warmest friends and the best supporters the Constitution has, do not contend that it is free from imperfections...I do not think we are more inspired, have more wisdom, or possess more virtue, than those who will come after us / George Washington.
"Excerpted from a letter written to his nephew, Bushrod Washington, November 10, 1787. Printed on the occasion of the Minnesota Humanities Commission's 1987 Annual Lecture, 'An Historians's Bicentennial: Living with the Living Constitution,' an address by Paul L. Murphy, September 10, 1987, Landmark Center, St. Paul."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Printing with the handpress / William Everson (Brother Antonius).
"This keepsake was printed on Minnesota Center for Book Arts' Alexandria Handpress during a reception held in honor of MCBA's Founders, Charter Members, and Members ... Wood engraving by Fred Brian. Printed by Ann Borman & Fred Brian, December 3, 1987."
Signed by Fred Brian.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Theatre de la Jeune Lune presents Moonlight madness : one night only at the Guthrie : an evening of music, magic and laughter featuring the inspired lunacy of Theatre de la Jeune Lune and special appearances by some favorite friends.
"Saturday, February 20, 1988."
"The Cities' 97FM your album alternative. KTCZ-FM."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64In praise of George Latimer.
"Presented by the Artists and Arts Organizations of Saint Paul, March Sixteen, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Nine."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Every education is a king of inward journey / Václav Havel.
"Minnesota Humanities Commission's Teacher Institute, 1993-94."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64What was the duty of the teacher if not to inspire? / Bharati Mukherjee.
"Minnesota Humanities Commission's Teacher Institute, 1994-95."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64The magic and the mystery is that in every case of type, there is the potential for every book that has every been printed / Allan Kornblum.
Title from first line of text.
"Printed at Minnesota Center for Book Arts on February 25, 2017 in honor of the naming of the Allan Kornblum Type Library. Designed & illustrated by Linda Koutsky, printed by Kent Aldrich & his Nomadic Press. Printed on Rives BFK paper. The type is set in Centaur."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Bachelor's Button.
"Offset design and paste up, letterpress design and production, books, broadsides, pamphlets, brochures. Allan Kornblum, Saint Paul, Minnesota."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64From Alvin Greenberg's new book, The man in the cardboard mask.
"Printed on the occasion of the author's reading at the Hungry Mind."
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Make A Wish : from the time we're small, we wish upon stars and pennies in fountain. Cinderella marries her prince. Ugly ducklings turn into beautiful swans. Children awake on Christmas morning to find their dreams come true.
"Krogstad Design Associates, Inc."
Undated.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64The Wall Street journal.
"This document is to certify that ... is the recipient of a 100-year subscription to The Wall Street Journal."
"Dow Jones & Co, Inc."
Undated.
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Folio Z231.5.L5 C64Whereas, he has hosted the Saint Paul Sunday Morning for ten years, and whereas, he has brought the brightest and most interesting musicians to million of listeners every Sunday morning, and whereas, he has acted as diplomat to public radio stations across the country, and whereas he as fearlessly displayed to colleagues an inimitable genius for sartorial wear Minnesota Public Radio its Board of trustees and employees, hereby recognizes Bill McGlaughlin and expresses its appreciation and gratitude for his contributions to this network and the community of public radio / MPR.
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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Persons:
Aiken, Ta-coumba T., contributor.
Aldrich, Kent Alan, contributor.
Alemayehu, Louis, contributor.
Bly, Carol, contributor.
Bly, Robert, contributor.
Borman, Ann, contributor.
Brian, Fred, contributor.
Bukowski, Charles, contributor.
Chao, Evelina, contributor.
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005, contributor.
Druskin, Julia, contributor.
Epstein, Glen, contributor.
Fischbach, Chris, 1972- contributor.
Gray, Darrell, 1945- contributor.
Green, Kate, contributor.
Greenberg, Alvin, contributor.
Hampl, Patricia, 1946- contributor.
Hanson, Jim, 1953- contributor.
Hribal, C. J., contributor.
Kicknosway, Faye, contributor.
Knight, Etheridge, 1931-1991, contributor.
Kofron, Kelly N., contributor.
Kornblum, Allan, 1949-2014, contributor.
Koutsky, Linda, contributor.
Larson, Norita D., contributor.
Manfred, Freya, contributor.
McGrath, Thomas, 1916-1990, contributor.
Mikolowski, Ann, contributor.
Morice, Dave, 1946- contributor.
Nees, Susan, contributor.
Otto, Lon, 1948-, contributor
Rockcastle, Mary François, 1952- contributor.
Schanilec, Gaylord, contributor.
Schulze, Hertha, contributor.
Sitter, Jim, contributor.
Slovacek, Claudia, contributor.
Stafford, William, 1914-1993, contributor.
Sutin, Lawrence, 1951- contributor.
Wang, Ping, 1957- contributor.
Woessner, Warren, contributor.
Organizations:
Coffee House Press, publisher.
Graywolf Press, publisher.
Toothpaste Press, publisher.
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, publisher.
Bookslinger (Firm : Saint Paul, Minn.)
Dayton Hudson Corporation.
Hungry Mind Bookstore (Saint Paul, Minn.)
Midnight Paper Sales Press.
Minnesota State Arts Board.
Rizzoli International Bookstore.
Weaver's Guild of Minnesota.
Topics:
Small presses--Minnesota.
Small presses--Iowa.
Letterpress printing--Minnesota--Specimens.
Letterpress printing--Minnesota--Iowa--Specimens.
Document Types:
Broadsides.
Calendars.

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