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The museum’s collection includes publications, archival records, and objects relating to bookbinding, the book industry, labor history, and rare/fine books.
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Patri's order for Strathmore paper from Blake, Moffitt & Towne
Archive
Patri's orders of vellum from H. Bannd & Co
Archive
Paul A. Bennett in Los Angeles
Book
Paul Bennett Visits Sacramento 1947
Book
Paved with Gold or, The Romance and Reality of the London Streets / Augustus Mayhew
Book
Peacock Papers samples
Object/Artifact
Peg Woffington / Charles Reade
Book
Pen Display Case and Pens
Object/Artifact
Pepacton / John Burroughs
Book
Permalife ... museum mounting board
Object/Artifact
Personal View
Book
Pestre Cesty Po Echach / Svatopluk Cech
Book
Peter Koch, printer : recent work Widener Memorial Room Rotunda, May 3-31.
Book
Peter the Whaler / William H.G. Kingston
Book
Phillip J. Pirages ... catalogue 71: historically significant and decorative bindings, from the 15th century to the present.
Publication
Photo of 3 standing books
Photograph
Photo of Ernie Holbeach holding up a sheet of ledger paper
Photograph
Photo of Ernie Holbreach showing dredge pens
Photograph
Photo of Ernie and Gladys Holbeach operating a ledger ruler
Photograph
Photo of Patri as a teen
Photograph
Photo of Patri as a young child
Photograph
Photo of Patri at her apartment
Photograph
Photo of Patri at her apartment
Photograph
Photo of Patri holding a paper frame
Photograph
Photo of Patri in Kyoto
Photograph
Photo of Patri in Kyoto
Photograph
Photo of Patri in a corner of her workshop
Photograph
Photo of Patri in a hat
Photograph
Photo of Patri in her workshop
Photograph
Photo of Patri making marks on a cover
Photograph
Photo of Patri practicing archery
Photograph
Photo of Patri traveling
Photograph
Photo of Patri with her nephew
Photograph
Photo of Patri working at a sewing frame
Photograph
Photo of Patri working on a limp vellum cover
Photograph
Photo of Patri's exhibition at SFPL
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri Holding up a frame
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri and an old man examining a book
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri and an old man in discussion
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri and four others
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri and older man
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri and older man with a brush
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri as a child
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri as a young adult
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri at Eleanor Romney House
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri at a celebration
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri at a meeting
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri at a meeting
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri at a meeting
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri at a sewing frame
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri at a sewing frame
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri at a sewing frame
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri at the piano
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri doing archery
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri holding a book with a marbled cover
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri holding a print from a book
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri holding up a frame
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri in her workshop
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri lifting a frame
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri playing the violin
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri receiving a plate
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri showing a book
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri sitting with a man
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri sitting with another woman
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri standing net to a wheel
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri standing next to another
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri talking to another in front of a display
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri with a book and book case
Photograph
Photo of Stella Patri with another woman
Photograph
Photo of Tito Patri and family
Photograph
Photo of a bible
Photograph
Photo of a book
Photograph
Photo of a book and its case
Photograph
Photo of a book in a workshop
Photograph
Photo of a book in the sunlight
Photograph
Photo of a book laying flat
Photograph
Photo of a book lying flat
Photograph
Photo of a book on a worktable
Photograph
Photo of a book print
Photograph
Photo of a book supported by a hand
Photograph
Photo of a book with a black and gold cover
Photograph
Photo of a book with leaves nearby
Photograph
Photo of a book with metal clasps and a woven design on the cover
Photograph
Photo of a book's inside, title page, and print
Photograph
Photo of a book's spine
Photograph
Photo of a book, title page, and print
Photograph
Photo of a damaged book
Photograph
Photo of a damaged book in a finishing press
Photograph
Photo of a display showing Stella Patri's involvement as a Mud Angel
Photograph
Photo of a family
Photograph
Photo of a folio of prints in a work space
Photograph
Photo of a framed Japanese piece
Photograph
Photo of a historical art print
Photograph
Photo of a partially open book
Photograph
Photo of a standing book
Photograph
Photo of a woman
Photograph
Photo of a woman in a workshop
Photograph
Photo of a woman in front of a house
Photograph
Photo of a workspace with a book on the table
Photograph
Photo of a young girl and boy
Photograph
Photo of a young woman
Photograph
Photo of an open book showing various coats of arms
Photograph
Photo of an open text block separate covers
Photograph
Photo of books on a book shelf
Photograph
Photo of four books
Photograph
Photo of part of a damaged index page
Photograph
Photo of people in a lab
Photograph
Photo of people in a lab
Photograph
Photo of people standing around the end of a table
Photograph
Photo of seven people gathered around a display case
Photograph
Photo of six book cases
Photograph
Photo of six drop spine boxes
Photograph
Photo of six drop spine boxes
Photograph
Photo of six drop spine boxes
Photograph
Photo of six drop spine boxes
Photograph
Photo of six standing drop spine boxes
Photograph
Photo of students in the classroom
Photograph
Photo of the Holbeachs and Larry Medina
Photograph
Photo of the bottom of a scroll
Photograph
Photo of the inside of Verae Alchemiae
Photograph
Photo of the inside of Verae Alchemiae
Photograph
Photo of the inside of an album with a floral design
Photograph
Photo of the inside of an empty album
Photograph
Photo of two covers on a table
Photograph
Photo of two decorated boxes
Photograph
Photo of two women looking at a display
Photograph
Photo of two women sitting together
Photograph
Photo showing Stella Patri with a print
Photograph
Photo showing a book with held open showing 'Falkenstein'
Photograph
Photo showing papers from books on a workbench
Photograph
Photocopies describing tawed skins and their chemistry
Archive
Photocopies discussing specific techniques used for limp vellum bindings
Archive
Photocopies of pages showing methods of lacing and corner construction
Archive
Photocopies on creating endbands
Archive
Photocopies suggesting what information to gather on limp and non-adhesive spine bindings
Archive
Photos of Stella Patri and others rowing and standing
Photograph
Piano final
Photograph
Pictorial Bookbindings / Mirjam Foot.
Book
Picturesque European Scenery: A Series of Views of the Most Interesting and Striking Landscapes of the Old World / Leo de Colange
Book
Pierre Berès 80 ans de passion. 4ème vente: Le Cabinet des Livres
Book
Pierre Berès, 80 ans de passion : 1re vente, bibliographie, typographie, calligraphie
Book
Pierre Noziere
Book
Pioneering collectible children's books : the first one hundred years / by Justin G. Schiller.
Book
Pipo / Mme Ferdinand Leroy
Book
Pitman Picture Story Books no. 12
Book
Platens Sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden / August Graf von Platen
Book
Pocket pal : a graphic arts production handbook.
Book
Poem, Plays, and Essays / Oliver Goldsmith
Book
Poems / John Greenleaf Whittier
Book
Poems / William Cullen Bryant
Book
Poems By John G. Whittier / John G. Whitter
Book
Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes / Oliver Wendell Holmes
Book
Poems of Power / Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Book
Poems of William Cowper, Esq. with a New Memoir / William Cowper
Book
Poems of William Cullen Bryant / William Cullen Bryant
Book
Poetica.
Book
Poetry can communicate before it is understood / T. S. Eliot
Publication
Pointed Leaves with Two Flowers Hand Stamps (Symmetrical Set)
Object/Artifact
Polyvinyl acetate (PVA) adhesives for use in library bookbinding.
Book
Pomegranite full cover die
Object/Artifact
Portrait medallion die
Object/Artifact
Posson Jone and Pere Raphael / George W. Cable
Book
Postcard from Clarkson celebrating the workshop
Letter
Poulain peausserie : agneaux tannes
Publication
Poulain peausserie : chevres velours
Publication
Poulain peausserie : porcs velours
Publication
Practica Criminal de Espana / Jose Marcos Gutierrez.
Book
Practical suggestions on the use of gold leaf
Book
Prayers to the Earth Goddess
Book
Pre-Historic Times
Book
Pre-Raphaelite poetry of Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Book
Premier forum international de la Reliure d'Art : exposition - colloques : Monaco Sporting d'Hiver Place du Casino 3 au 10 Février 1988.
Book
Preregistration slips for Patri and Clarkson's workshop
Object/Artifact
Preservation Pencil.
Publication
Press stamp - grape cluster
Object/Artifact
Pressbengel
Object/Artifact
Price List ... Imported Papers.
Publication
Price List 29th January 2007.
Publication
Price List : March 1982.
Publication
Prices - French tools, List - 1.
Publication
Print : a quarterly journal of the graphic arts ; Vol IV, No. 4 ; 1946.
Publication
Print : a quarterly journal of the graphic arts ; Vol. 1, No. 2 ; Sep, 1940.
Publication
Print : a quarterly journal of the graphic arts ; Vol. III, No. 1 ; Spring 1942.
Publication
Print : a quarterly journal of the graphic arts; Vol. 2, No. 3-4 ; Oct-Dec, 1941.
Publication
Print of a building over a stream
Print
Print of a lake at sunset
Print
Print of a woman doing embroidery / Andre Chaves
Print
Print of a woman holding a brush
Print
Print of four houses by C. S. Greene and H. M. Greene
Print
Print showing a coastal cliff face
Print
Printed Books and Manuscripts, including a collection of The Doves Press on Vellum, Fine Bindings
Publication
Printing History. New Series No. 2 : July 2007
Publication
Printing and Drawing, Book I
Publication
Printing and Drawing, Book II
Publication
Printing and Drawing, Book III
Publication
Printing equipment and supply catalog - 1976-1977 catalog.
Book
Printing estimating : principles and practices / Philip Kent Ruggles.
Book