Reg Carr collection of papers relating to private presses, 1929-2008

MLMSS 10274
MLMSS 10274/4X

fonds

1929-2008

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Clippings, Ephemera

9588762

0.90 metres of textual material (4 boxes), includes some photographs

Reg Carr (1946-) was the head of the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford from 1997 to 2006 . In 1985, he curated an exhibition at the Cambridge University Library on the Mandrake Press. He has published books and articles on French history, librarianship and religion.
Reference:
Library correspondence file

Collection was created by Reg Carr, and sold on his behalf by the vendor

Collection of papers regarding private presses with a focus on Mandrake Press and Mandrake Press Ltd. The collection contains correspondence, research notes, publishing proofs, catalogues and ephemera.

BOX 1
Folder A.1: Jack Lindsay letters etc.
Correspondence between Jack Lindsay and Reg Carr regarding Fanfrolico Press and The Mandrake Press, 27 May 1983-31 May 1986
Correspondence relating to Jack Lindsay between Reg Carr and James Borg, Meta Lindsay and Helen Lindsay, 18 October 1984-11 April 1990
Clipping of Jack Lindsay's obituary from the Daily Telegraph, 28 March 1990
Invitation to Jack Lindsay's memorial meeting, 8 April 1990
Also includes ephemera found in Jack Lindsay's books in 1985

Folder A.2.1: 1983-4
Correspondence between Reg Carr and Mandrake Press-related authors and illustrators, and others with information about, or knowledge of, the Mandrake Press, 1983-1984

Folder A.2.2: 1985
Correspondence between Reg Carr and Mandrake Press related authors and illustrators, and others with information about, or knowledge of, the Mandrake Press, 1985

Folder A.2.3: 1986-2008
Correspondence between Reg Carr and Mandrake Press related authors and illustrators, and others with information about, or knowledge of, the Mandrake Press, 1986-2008

BOX 2
Folder A.3: Reg Carr, Critical Bibliography of the Mandrake Press - notes
Reg Carr's working notes for a planned definitive bibliographical account of the 32 items published by the Mandrake Press in 1929 and 1930, 1983-1995

Folder A.4
Printed, typescript and photographic material regarding preparations for 'The Mandrake Press, 1929-30', an exhibition held in the University Library, Cambridge, from September to November 1985
Includes photographic portraits of Percy Reginald Stephensen (1901-65), publisher of The Mandrake Press from 1929-30, and Edward Goldston.

Folder A.5
Material relating to the preparation and publication of the catalogue produced to accompany 'The Mandrake Press, 1929-30', an exhibition held in the University Library, Cambridge, from September to November 1985

Folder A.6: Miscellaneous papers, Mandrake Press & Mandrake Press Ltd
Collection of fifty-eight photocopied documents relating to the Mandrake Press, compiled and indexed by Anthony R. Naylor, 1929-1969

BOX 3
Folders A.7.1, A.7.2, and, A.7.3
Miscellaneous material compiled by Reg Carr during his research into the Mandrake Press. Includes press cuttings, newspaper and magazine clippings, biographical and bibliographical articles, and manuscript notes.

Folder A.8: Galley / printer's proof sheets (21 pages) of an unpublished Mandrake Press novella, 'Intermezzo' by Rupert Croft-Cooke. Accompanied by a letter to Reg Carr from Bertram Rota Ltd. Booksellers discussing the proof's sale, 25 October 1985

BOX 4X
Two advertising posters from 'The Mandrake Press 1929-30' exhibition held in the Cambridge University Library entrance hall, September-November 1985

BOOKS
204 books from this collection have been catalogued separately under the series title: Reg Carr Collection.

The books were published by Mandrake Press and other private presses including, Aquila Press, Daimon Press, Fanfrolico Press, Fortune Press, Golden Cockerel Press, Hermes Press, Mandrake Press Ltd., Nonesuch Press, Pound Press, Rodale Press, Scholartis Press, Sophistocles Press and Vendome Press.

Original folder arrangement, titles and numbering has been retained.

Copyright status:: Unpublished textual material is out of copyright where the author(s) died more than 70 years ago, or else, it is in copyright for the life of the author(s) plus 70 years. Duration of copyright differs for material that has been made public.
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales