Catawba Press — Catawba Press Ephemera Including Publication Announcements

Northampton, MA: The Catawba Press, 1984-1987. Three publication announcements, a keepsake, and two business cards from The Catawba Press: Of the small Silver-coloured Book-worm by Robert Hooke. Black handset type on cream paper with type ornament in red ink. 5-1/4 x 4-1/2 inches. Shaker Herbs, by Cynthia Elyce Rubin. Postcard, 6-1/4 x 4-11/16 inches. Black type with ornaments in green ink. Above the Oxbow by Sylvia Plath, with illustrations by Barry Moser. Black type with ornaments in brown ink. One 13 x 9-1/2 inch sheet folded once to make four-page booklet. Keepsake printed on the occasion of the Pioneer Valley Book Arts Festival in 1987; featuring quote from J. Roger Rees' The Pleasures of a Bookworm. Illustration in blue and black inks. On cream paper, 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches. Also included are two business cards: The first printed on heavy gray laid paper in black ink with blue border and gold ornament, 8-1/2 x 11 inch sheet folded once horizontally to make a 4-pp. pamphlet. The second on tan laid paper in black ink, 3-1/2 x 2 inches, with handwritten discount prices on back. All Fine. From the collection of Frederick Gale Ruffner, Jr. (1926-2014) the founder of the Detroit based reference book publisher, Gale Research. .