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Permanent Collection
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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Museum of Antiquity : A Description of Ancient Life
Book
Museums of the Arroyo
Publication
Museums of the Arroyo
Publication
Music is the greatest means we have of digesting time / Igor Stravinsky
Publication
Muster-buch uber messing - handdruckschriften Stempel und Fileten
Publication
My Brush is My Sword: Anthony Gross, War Artist / Julian Francis
Book
My Lady of the Fog / Ralph Henry Barbour
Book
My Last Roll of Film / by Pamela S. Wood.
Object/Artifact
My Ma Stella Grand-mere
Publication
My Study Fire / Hamilton Wright Mabie
Book
My World of Bibliophile Binding / Kerstin Tini Miura.
Book
My mind to me a kingdom is / Edward Dyer
Publication
My minde to me a Kingdom is ... / Edward de Vere
Publication
Myriad : a two-axis multiple master typeface.
Book
NOCHE baja
Photograph
National Geographic Vol.132 No.1, July 1967.
Publication![National Geographic, vol. 132 no.1, July 1967 [issue on the Florence flood]](https://d3f1jyudfg58oi.cloudfront.net/301/image/ff8eeb70-19a8-11ed-b19b-011d7fe04de3-uNeXB3F.tn.jpg)
National Geographic, vol. 132 no.1, July 1967 [issue on the Florence flood]
Book
Natura libris
Photograph
Natural Selection
Publication
Nature / R. W. Ermerso
Publication
Needle Tip Agate Burnisher
Object/Artifact
Nelly and Her Friends / Josephine Franklin
Book
Nelly's Boat / Josephine Franklin
Book
New Arrivals at Talas.
Publication
New Directions in Bookbinding / Philip Smith.
Book
New Product Listing - March 1989
Publication
New System Women's Language Reading Book / Shinsei Joshi Kokugo Dokuhon.
Book
New Year's Eve / Fay Weldon
Book
New ear's Eve, 1913, Cartmel Priory / Gordon Bottomley
Book
News from Archival Products
Publication
No printed word can adequately demonstrate ...
Publication
No regrets
Publication
Non-Adhesive Binding Volume II: 1- 2- & 3-Section Sewings / Keith A. Smith.
Book
Non-Adhesive Binding Volume III: Exposed Spine Sewings / Keith A. Smith.
Book
Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung / William Morris
Publication
Not twice can any stand by the same stream ... / Anonymous
Publication
Notable bindings / by Jane Greenfield.
Book
Note from Gale about vellum
Archive
Notes by Patri on vellum
Archive
Notes on Stella Patri photos, 2023.13.7
Archive
Notes on cleaning parchment, and clippings on parchment and chamois
Archive
Notes on creating a head band
Archive
Notes on materials and publications
Archive
Nothing is of any value ...
Print
Nouvelles meditations poetiques : avec commentaires : Le dernier chant du pelerinage d'Harold; Chant du sacre
Book![Oak Knoll Books : [catalog] Autumn 1999](https://d3f1jyudfg58oi.cloudfront.net/301/image/40a9dc90-60ac-11ef-8220-17a64ed49839-umdAUjP.tn.jpg)
Oak Knoll Books : [catalog] Autumn 1999
Publication
Oak Knoll Press : Books About Books
Book
Oak Knoll Press : Publishers of Fine Books About Books. Spring 1998
Publication![Oak Knoll Press : [catalog] Autumn 1998](https://d3f1jyudfg58oi.cloudfront.net/301/image/5e320d20-60aa-11ef-8220-17a64ed49839-umdxyHy.tn.jpg)
Oak Knoll Press : [catalog] Autumn 1998
Publication![Oak Knoll Press : [catalog] Spring 1999](https://d3f1jyudfg58oi.cloudfront.net/301/image/366aae90-60ab-11ef-8220-17a64ed49839-umdy2mT.tn.jpg)
Oak Knoll Press : [catalog] Spring 1999
Publication![Oak Knoll Press : [catalog] Spring 2000](https://d3f1jyudfg58oi.cloudfront.net/301/image/357eb600-60ad-11ef-8220-17a64ed49839-umdCDQL.tn.jpg)
Oak Knoll Press : [catalog] Spring 2000
Publication
Oak Knoll fall sale, ... Antiquarian books about books. Catalogue M561.
Publication
Odd People / Captain Mayne Reid
Book
Offcuts : the Campbell-Logan Bindery's suggestions for successful book binding.
Book
Offcuts :The Campbell-Logan Bindery's Suggestions for Successful Book Binding.
Book
Official souvenir, Twenty-third convention, International Brotherhood of Bookbinders : Kansas City, Mo. July 24-29, 1944.
Publication
Old Christmas / Washington Irving
Book
Old Rose and Silver / Myrtle Reed
Book
Old Time Gardens: A Book of the Sweet o' the Year / Alice Morse Earle
Book
On Books: The creative work of Susan Allix with a catalogue raisonné / Simon Shorvon
Book
On Giving and Receiving
Book
On Newfound River / Thomas Nelson Page
Book
On embroidery materials / by May Morris
Book
One Hundred Years of Fine Printing, 1440-1940
Book
One hour less: a bookbinder dies from gaol fever
Publication
Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning / Walter Gropius
Publication
Opportunities for study in hand bookbinding and related crafts.
Publication
Opportunities for study in hand bookbinding and related crafts.
Publication
Oregon Encyclopedia / Kim Stafford
Object/Artifact
Oriental Papers
Publication
Oriental Papers
Publication
Orlin Overlapping Curves Pallet
Object/Artifact
Ostrander Seymour Hand Press
Object/Artifact
Otto der Schütz / Gottfried Kinkel
Book
Our Album of Authors: A Cyclopedia of Popular Literary People / Frank M'Alpine
Book
Our Native Trees and How to Identify Them: A Popular Study of Their Habits and Their Peculiarities / Harriet L. Keeler
Book
Our Native Trees and How to Identify Them; A Popular Study of Their Habits and Their Peculiarities / Harriet L. Keeler
Book
Our Northern and Eastern Birds / Edward A. Samuels
Book
Our Own Green Confusion / Christine La Belle
Book
Out of Bondage and Other Stories / Rowland E. Robinson
Book
Out-Of-Doors in the Holy Land: Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit / Henry Van Dyke
Book
Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land: Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit / Henry Van Dyke
Book
Outlanders, Whence Come Ye Last?
Book
Ovid's Echo / Siân Thomas
Book
P.T.I. - Excel Binders Board.
Publication
P.T.I. - Wove Endleaf.
Publication
PBI '93: Adhesives Preparation of Mixtures/Solutions: General Concepts and Calculations/Cathleen A. Baker
Publication
PBI' 93: Adhesives Bibliography/Cathleen Baker
Publication
PBI' 93: Adhesives/Cathleen Baker
Publication
PRINTING: Then & Now
Book
Pacific Mail Steamships
Book
Palette Knife
Object/Artifact
Palmer and Rey Guillotine
Object/Artifact
Paper Lenses / Erl Press (H. Alder)
Book
Paper Source - The Ultimate Paper Store
Publication![Paper Source [price lists]](https://d3f1jyudfg58oi.cloudfront.net/301/image/d7d25e60-86ee-11ed-a0c5-8f6f14b48c99-trltWn1.tn.jpg)
Paper Source [price lists]
Publication
Paper Technologies, Inc. 1994 Catalog
Publication
Paper Technologies, Inc. 1995 Catalog
Publication![Paper Technologies, Inc. [catalog & loose sheets]](https://d3f1jyudfg58oi.cloudfront.net/301/image/f090f310-8fc3-11ee-a4f6-f5a3985592bb-uX86HLe.tn.jpg)
Paper Technologies, Inc. [catalog & loose sheets]
Publication
Paper and conservation.
Publication
Paper and leather conservation : a manual / by Paul Mucci ; edited by Mary Boccaccio.
Book
Paper box of handmade masks.
Object/Artifact
Paper crafters; vol.3 no.4; 1996
Publication
Paper making as an artistic craft / by John Mason.
Book
Paper--Art & technology : Based on presentations given at the International Paper Conference held in San Francisco, March 1978.
Book
Paper--art & technology : based on presentations given at the International Paper Conference held in San Francisco, March 1978.
Book
Paper-backed Fabric for Bookbinding
Publication
Papermaking : the history and technique of an ancient craft / by Dard Hunter.
Book
Papers and porcelains : two recent gift collections.
Book
Papers for Conservation, Repair, Preservation and other Archival Uses
Publication
Papers for Conservation, Repair, Preservation and other Archival uses
Publication
Papers for Conservation, Repair, Preservation and other Archival uses.
Publication
Papers for Conservation, Repair, Preservation and other Archival uses.
Publication
Papers for Conservation, Restoration, Hinging and Matting
Publication
Papers for Conservation, Restoration, hinging and Matting
Publication
Papers for Drawing, Watercolor and Calligraphy
Publication
Papiers marbrés français, reliures princières et créations contemporaines / Geneviève Guilleminot-Chrétien.
Book
Papiers marbrés français, reliures princières et créations contemporaines / Geneviève Guilleminot-Chrétien.
Book
Papyrus / Duncan H. Olmsted
Book
Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books / John Milton
Book
Parenthése / Magali Charron
Book
Paring Knife
Object/Artifact
Paring Knife
Object/Artifact
Paring Knife
Object/Artifact
Paring Knife
Object/Artifact
Paring Knife
Object/Artifact
Paring Knife
Object/Artifact
Paring Knife
Object/Artifact
Paring Tool
Object/Artifact
Paring knife - curved blade
Object/Artifact
Partial Knowledge / John Ruskin
Publication
Parts Price List for Model HP-A9215B Thermolyne Hot Plate.
Publication
Pasadena History Makers - 2003 / Pasadena Museum of History
Publication
Passages in the Life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland of Sunnyside. Written by Herself.
Book
Passivity Program / Christopher Morley
Book
Patri and another woman lifting a sheet of paper
Photograph
Patri at a sewing frame
Photograph
Patri at a sewing frame
Photograph
Patri at a sewing frame
Photograph
Patri at a sewing frame
Photograph
Patri at work on various pages
Photograph
Patri behind a sewing frame
Photograph
Patri holding a device
Photograph
Patri holding a device
Photograph
Patri holding a text block showing the spine
Photograph
Patri in front of a Japanese building
Photograph
Patri in traditional Japanese clothing
Photograph
Patri pointing toward a book on a bench
Photograph
Patri showing how to sew a text block
Photograph
Patri showing how to sew a text block
Photograph
Patri showing how to sew a text block
Photograph
Patri showing how to sew a text block.
Photograph
Patri showing the spine of a text block
Photograph
Patri starting to lift a piece of paper
Photograph
Patri with a cat standing on a hand press
Photograph
Patri with group of women in Japan
Photograph
Patri with some friends
Photograph
Patri with two other women
Photograph
Patri's notes on Clarkson's background
Object/Artifact
Patri's notes on a text
Archive
Patri's notes on limp vellum binding
Archive
Patri's notes on payments for limp vellum workshop
Object/Artifact
Patri's notes on the limp vellum workshop with Clarkson
Object/Artifact
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