George Macy Companies: Limited Editions Club & The Heritage Press: A Preliminary Inventory of the Art Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center

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George Macy Companies: Limited Editions Club & The Heritage Press:

A Preliminary Inventory of the Art Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center



	Creator:	George Macy Companies: Limited Editions Club (1929-1985) & The Heritage Press (1935-1970)
	Title:	George Macy Companies: Limited Editions Club & The Heritage Press Art Collection
	Dates:	ca. 1930-1967
	Abstract:	The collection consists of original artwork that were used in Limited Editions Club publications and a few that were used for The Heritage Press. The art files contain the work of over 100 artists including Miguel Covarrubias, Maynard Dixon, Andrew Derain, Roger Duvoisin, Robert Giddings, Bernard Lamotte, Reginald Marsh, and Edward A. Wilson. The collection includes original watercolors; pen and ink, wash, and charcoal drawings; colored overlays; proofs; original photographs; and photographic negatives.
	Extent:	6,751 items (221 boxes)
	Repository:	Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin

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George Macy (1900-1956) founded the Limited Editions Club in 1929 to publish fine illustrated books, mostly classics, in limited numbers for member-subscribers. Most titles were limited to 1500 copies, were designed and illustrated by leading figures in the graphic arts, and were printed on fine paper. New introductions were written for many titles. From the base established by the Limited Editions Club, Macy broadened his publishing activities with The Heritage Press, a series of unlimited, less-expensively produced reprints of titles previously issued by the Limited Editions Club. After Macy's death in 1956, his wife continued the work of the firm until 1968 when son Jonathan assumed leadership. The firms were sold to the Boise-Cascade Company in 1970, and in 1979, Sidney Shiff purchased the Limited Editions Club.

The archives of the George Macy Companies, including both the Limited Editions Club and The Heritage Press, were purchased by the Ransom Center in 1970. These items herein described comprise the original art works that were used in Limited Editions Club publications; the few that were used for The Heritage Press are identified as such in the following list. The art files contain 6,751 items by over 100 artists, and include original watercolors; pen and ink, wash, and charcoal drawings; colored overlays; proofs; original photographs; and photographic negatives. Among the artists represented in the collection are Miguel Covarrubias, Maynard Dixon, Andrew Derain, Roger Duvoisin, Robert Giddings, Bernard Lamotte, Reginald Marsh, and Edward A. Wilson. The following list is arranged alphabetically by artist and then by book title.

The Art Collection also holds a separate Limited Editions Club collection of portfolios of prints and one group of loose prints by various artists which were published as illustrations for books issued by the club, 1988-2001. Related holdings elsewhere in the Ransom Center include correspondence files and pre-publication materials created by the firms, which are held in the Manuscripts Collection, as well as a number of the published works in the Library.

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George Macy Companies: Limited Editions Club & The Heritage Press:

A Preliminary Inventory of the Art Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center

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72.2.134A.1-56Alexeieff, Alexandre, The Gambler and Notes from Underground, Fyodor Dostoevsky. 1967,Extent 56 items.

72.2.134B.1-106Alexeieff, Alexandre, The Gambler and Notes from Underground, Fyodor Dostoevsky. 1967,Extent 106 items.

72.2.134C.1-6Alexeieff, Alexandre, The Gambler and Notes from Underground, Fyodor Dostoevsky. 1967,Extent 6 items.

72.2.1.1-28Angelo, Valenti, The Koran, translated by Arthur Jeffery. 1958Extent 28 items.

72.2.2.1-18Angelo, Valenti, King John, William Shakespeare. 1939, Extent 18 items.

72.2.3.1-16Angelo, Valenti, The Song of Songs. 1935,Extent 25 items.

72.2.4.1-26Angelo, Valenti, Twice-Told Tales, Nathaniel Hawthorne. 1966,Extent 105 items.

72.2.144.1-185Angelo, Valenti, The Book of Psalms. 1960,Extent 185 items.

72.2.5.1-20Ardizzone, Edward, Richard III, William Shakespeare. 1939,Extent 20 items.

72.2.6.1-32Ardizzone, Edward, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, William Shakespeare. 1959,Extent 32 items.

72.2.7.1-12Austen, John, Comedy of Errors, William Shakespeare. 1939,Extent 12 items.

72.2.8.1-76Austen, John, David Copperfield, Charles Dickens. 1935,Extent 76 items.

72.2.9.1-10Austen, John, The Frogs, Aristophanes. 1937,Extent 10 items.

72.2.10.1-36Austen, John, Lorna Doone, Richard Doddridge Blackmore. 1943,Extent 36 items.

72.2.11.1-73Austen, John, The Old Wives Tale, Arnold Bennett. 1941,Extent 73 items.

72.2.12.1-40Austen, John, Vicar of Wakefield, Oliver Goldsmith. 1939,Extent 40 items.

72.2.13A.1-8Ball, Robert, Bleak House, Charles Dickens. 1942,Extent 8 items.

72.2.13B.1-20Ball, Robert, Waverly, Sir Walter Scott. 1961,Extent 36 items.

72.2.142.1-21Bank, Arnold, Thus Spake Zarathustra, Nietzsche. 1964,Extent 21 items.

72.2.14A.1-47Bawden, Edward, Histories of Herodotus, translated by Harry Carter. 1958,Extent 47 items.

72.2.14B.1-12Bawden, Edward, Henry IV, Part II, William Shakespeare. 1939,Extent 12 items.

72.2.15A.1-18Ben Sussan, Rene, Volpone, Ben Jonson. 1952,Extent 18 items.

72.2.15B.1-20Ben Sussan, Rene, Eugenie Grandet, Honore de Balzac. 1960,Extent 20 items.

72.2.15C.1-16Ben Sussan, Rene, The Cid, translated by Robert Southey. 1958,Extent 16 items.

72.2.15D.1-50Ben Sussan, Rene, The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare. 1939,Extent 51 items.

72.2.15E.1-99Ben Sussan, Rene, Sheridan's Plays, Richard Brinsley Sheridan. (Heritage Press) 1956,Extent 99 items.

72.2.17.1.-15Berg, Yngve, Cymbeline, William Shakespeare. 1939,Extent 15 items.

72.2.16A.1-19Blesso, S. J., The Spy, James Fenimore Cooper. (photostats) 1963,Extent 19 items.

72.2.16B.Blesso, S. J., The Spy, James Fenimore Cooper. (photostats) 1963,Extent 1 item.

72.2.20.1-97Brissaud, Pierre, Cyrano De Bergerac, Edmond Rostand. 1954,Extent 89 items.

72.2.21.1-62Brissaud, Pierre, The Memoirs of Saint-Simon, translated by Desmond Flower. 1959,Extent 62 items.

72.2.18.1-18Bohmer, Gunther & Floethe, Richard, All's Well That Ends Well, William Shakespeare. 1939,Extent 18 items.

72.2.22.1-18Buday, George, Timon of Athens, William Shakespeare. 1939,Extent 18 items.

72.2.23Busoni, Rafaello, Pandora's Box, Nathaniel Hawthorne. 1951,Extent 13 items.

72.2.24.1-13Cameron, Malcolm, The Story of Jack and the Beanstalk. 1952,Extent 13 items.

72.2.25.1-6Carnevali, Francesco, Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare. 1939,Extent 6 items.

72.2.26.1-12Chamberlain, Samuel, The Education of Henry Adams, Henry Adams. 1942,Extent 12 items.

72.2.27.1-16Charlot, Jean, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Thornton Wilder. 1962,Extent 16 items.

72.2.28.1-18Charlot, Jean, Henry VI, Part III, William Shakespeare. 1939,Extent 18 items.

72.2.31.1-7Cleland, T. M., Essays of Michel de Montaigne. 1946,Extent 7 items.

72.2.32.1-3Cleland, T. M., The Way of the World, William Congreve. 1959,Extent 3 items.

72.2.98.1-29Cosgrave, John O'Hara, Old Creole Days, George Washington Cable. 1943,Extent 29 items.

72.2.130A.1-52Covarrubias, Miguel, All Men Are Brothers, translated by Pearl S. Buck. 1948,Extent 52 items.

72.2.130B.1-33Covarrubias, Miguel, All Men Are Brothers, translated by Pearl S. Buck. 1948,Extent 33 items.

72.2.130C.1-74Covarrubias, Miguel, All Men Are Brothers, translated by Pearl S. Buck. 1948,Extent 74 items.

72.2.130D.1-48Covarrubias, Miguel, All Men Are Brothers, translated by Pearl S. Buck. 1948Extent 48 items.

72.2.132.1-83Curry, John Steuart, The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane. 1944Extent 83 items.

72.2.33.1-18Daniel, Lewis, Ulysses, James Joyce. (not used in final publication) 1935Extent 18 items.

72.2.34.1-31Daugherty, James, Barnaby Rudge, Charles Dickens. (Heritage Press) 1941Extent 38 items.

72.2.35.1-5Derain, Andre, Salome, Oscar Wilde. 1938Extent 5 items.

72.2.36.1-6Dignimont, Andre, The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins. 1959Extent 6 items.

72.2.37.1-9Dixon, Maynard, Oregon Trail, Francis Parkman. 1943Extent 9 items.

72.2.19.1-6Du Bois, Guy Pène, South Wind, Norman Douglas. 1932Extent 6 items.

72.2.30.1-86Duvoisin, Roger, A Child's Garden of Verses, Robert Louis Stevenson. 1944Extent 86 items.

72.2.38A.1-89Duvoisin, Roger, Mother Goose, William Rose Benet. (Heritage Press) 1936Extent 89 items.

72.2.38B.1-57Duvoisin, Roger, Mother Goose, William Rose Benet. (Heritage Press) 1936Extent 57 items.

72.2.39.1-26Dwiggins, W. A., Tartarin of Tarascon, Alphonse Daudet. 1930Extent 26 items.

72.2.40.1-25Eichenberg, Fritz, Resurrection, Leo Tolstoy. 1963Extent 75 items.

72.2.41.1-11Erni, Hans, The Trial and Death of Socrates, Plato. 1962Extent 35 items.

72.2.42Falls, C. B., Two Medieval Tales, Robert Louis Stevenson. 1930Extent 1 item.

72.2.43.1-16Farleigh, John, Prometheus Bound, Aeschylus, translated by Rex Warner, and Prometheus Unbound, Percy Bysshe Shelley. 1965Extent 16 items.

Floethe, Richard, See entry under Bohmer, Gunther & Floethe, Richard Extent 0 items.

72.2.44A.1-24Freedman, Barnett, Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy. 1951Extent 24 items.

72.2.44B.1-16Freedman, Barnett, Henry IV, Part I, William Shakespeare. 1939Extent 16 items.

72.2.45.1-25Freeman, Don, Diedrich Knickerbocker's History of New-York, Washington Irving. 1940Extent 25 items.

72.2.46.1-44Freitas, Lima de, Ferdinand and Isabella, William Hickling Prescott. 1967Extent 118 items.

72.2.131Frietas, Lima de, Nostromo, Joseph Conrad. 1961Extent 58 items.

72.2.47A.1-4Galanis, Demetrios, Troilus and Cressida, William Shakespeare. 1939Extent 4 items.

72.2.47B.1-2Galanis, Demetrios, Oedipus the King, Sophocles. 1955Extent 2 items.

72.2.134A.1-56
Alexeieff, Alexandre, The Gambler and Notes from Underground, Fyodor Dostoevsky. 1967,
Extent 56 items.

72.2.134B.1-106
Alexeieff, Alexandre, The Gambler and Notes from Underground, Fyodor Dostoevsky. 1967,
Extent 106 items.

72.2.134C.1-6
Alexeieff, Alexandre, The Gambler and Notes from Underground, Fyodor Dostoevsky. 1967,
Extent 6 items.

72.2.1.1-28
Angelo, Valenti, The Koran, translated by Arthur Jeffery. 1958
Extent 28 items.

72.2.2.1-18
Angelo, Valenti, King John, William Shakespeare. 1939,
Extent 18 items.

72.2.3.1-16
Angelo, Valenti, The Song of Songs. 1935,
Extent 25 items.

72.2.4.1-26
Angelo, Valenti, Twice-Told Tales, Nathaniel Hawthorne. 1966,
Extent 105 items.

72.2.144.1-185
Angelo, Valenti, The Book of Psalms. 1960,
Extent 185 items.

72.2.5.1-20
Ardizzone, Edward, Richard III, William Shakespeare. 1939,
Extent 20 items.

72.2.6.1-32
Ardizzone, Edward, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, William Shakespeare. 1959,
Extent 32 items.

72.2.7.1-12
Austen, John, Comedy of Errors, William Shakespeare. 1939,
Extent 12 items.

72.2.8.1-76
Austen, John, David Copperfield, Charles Dickens. 1935,
Extent 76 items.

72.2.9.1-10
Austen, John, The Frogs, Aristophanes. 1937,
Extent 10 items.

72.2.10.1-36
Austen, John, Lorna Doone, Richard Doddridge Blackmore. 1943,
Extent 36 items.

72.2.11.1-73
Austen, John, The Old Wives Tale, Arnold Bennett. 1941,
Extent 73 items.

72.2.12.1-40
Austen, John, Vicar of Wakefield, Oliver Goldsmith. 1939,
Extent 40 items.

72.2.13A.1-8
Ball, Robert, Bleak House, Charles Dickens. 1942,
Extent 8 items.

72.2.13B.1-20
Ball, Robert, Waverly, Sir Walter Scott. 1961,
Extent 36 items.

72.2.142.1-21
Bank, Arnold, Thus Spake Zarathustra, Nietzsche. 1964,
Extent 21 items.

72.2.14A.1-47
Bawden, Edward, Histories of Herodotus, translated by Harry Carter. 1958,
Extent 47 items.

72.2.14B.1-12
Bawden, Edward, Henry IV, Part II, William Shakespeare. 1939,
Extent 12 items.

72.2.15A.1-18
Ben Sussan, Rene, Volpone, Ben Jonson. 1952,
Extent 18 items.

72.2.15B.1-20
Ben Sussan, Rene, Eugenie Grandet, Honore de Balzac. 1960,
Extent 20 items.

72.2.15C.1-16
Ben Sussan, Rene, The Cid, translated by Robert Southey. 1958,
Extent 16 items.

72.2.15D.1-50
Ben Sussan, Rene, The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare. 1939,
Extent 51 items.

72.2.15E.1-99
Ben Sussan, Rene, Sheridan's Plays, Richard Brinsley Sheridan. (Heritage Press) 1956,
Extent 99 items.

72.2.17.1.-15
Berg, Yngve, Cymbeline, William Shakespeare. 1939,
Extent 15 items.

72.2.16A.1-19
Blesso, S. J., The Spy, James Fenimore Cooper. (photostats) 1963,
Extent 19 items.

72.2.16B.
Blesso, S. J., The Spy, James Fenimore Cooper. (photostats) 1963,
Extent 1 item.

72.2.20.1-97
Brissaud, Pierre, Cyrano De Bergerac, Edmond Rostand. 1954,
Extent 89 items.

72.2.21.1-62
Brissaud, Pierre, The Memoirs of Saint-Simon, translated by Desmond Flower. 1959,
Extent 62 items.

72.2.18.1-18
Bohmer, Gunther & Floethe, Richard, All's Well That Ends Well, William Shakespeare. 1939,
Extent 18 items.

72.2.22.1-18
Buday, George, Timon of Athens, William Shakespeare. 1939,
Extent 18 items.

72.2.23
Busoni, Rafaello, Pandora's Box, Nathaniel Hawthorne. 1951,
Extent 13 items.

72.2.24.1-13
Cameron, Malcolm, The Story of Jack and the Beanstalk. 1952,
Extent 13 items.

72.2.25.1-6
Carnevali, Francesco, Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare. 1939,
Extent 6 items.

72.2.26.1-12
Chamberlain, Samuel, The Education of Henry Adams, Henry Adams. 1942,
Extent 12 items.

72.2.27.1-16
Charlot, Jean, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Thornton Wilder. 1962,
Extent 16 items.

72.2.28.1-18
Charlot, Jean, Henry VI, Part III, William Shakespeare. 1939,
Extent 18 items.

72.2.31.1-7
Cleland, T. M., Essays of Michel de Montaigne. 1946,
Extent 7 items.

72.2.32.1-3
Cleland, T. M., The Way of the World, William Congreve. 1959,
Extent 3 items.

72.2.98.1-29
Cosgrave, John O'Hara, Old Creole Days, George Washington Cable. 1943,
Extent 29 items.

72.2.130A.1-52
Covarrubias, Miguel, All Men Are Brothers, translated by Pearl S. Buck. 1948,
Extent 52 items.

72.2.130B.1-33
Covarrubias, Miguel, All Men Are Brothers, translated by Pearl S. Buck. 1948,
Extent 33 items.

72.2.130C.1-74
Covarrubias, Miguel, All Men Are Brothers, translated by Pearl S. Buck. 1948,
Extent 74 items.

72.2.130D.1-48
Covarrubias, Miguel, All Men Are Brothers, translated by Pearl S. Buck. 1948
Extent 48 items.

72.2.132.1-83
Curry, John Steuart, The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane. 1944
Extent 83 items.

72.2.33.1-18
Daniel, Lewis, Ulysses, James Joyce. (not used in final publication) 1935
Extent 18 items.

72.2.34.1-31
Daugherty, James, Barnaby Rudge, Charles Dickens. (Heritage Press) 1941
Extent 38 items.

72.2.35.1-5
Derain, Andre, Salome, Oscar Wilde. 1938
Extent 5 items.

72.2.36.1-6
Dignimont, Andre, The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins. 1959
Extent 6 items.

72.2.37.1-9
Dixon, Maynard, Oregon Trail, Francis Parkman. 1943
Extent 9 items.

72.2.19.1-6
Du Bois, Guy Pène, South Wind, Norman Douglas. 1932
Extent 6 items.

72.2.30.1-86
Duvoisin, Roger, A Child's Garden of Verses, Robert Louis Stevenson. 1944
Extent 86 items.

72.2.38A.1-89
Duvoisin, Roger, Mother Goose, William Rose Benet. (Heritage Press) 1936
Extent 89 items.

72.2.38B.1-57
Duvoisin, Roger, Mother Goose, William Rose Benet. (Heritage Press) 1936
Extent 57 items.

72.2.39.1-26
Dwiggins, W. A., Tartarin of Tarascon, Alphonse Daudet. 1930
Extent 26 items.

72.2.40.1-25
Eichenberg, Fritz, Resurrection, Leo Tolstoy. 1963
Extent 75 items.

72.2.41.1-11
Erni, Hans, The Trial and Death of Socrates, Plato. 1962
Extent 35 items.

72.2.42
Falls, C. B., Two Medieval Tales, Robert Louis Stevenson. 1930
Extent 1 item.

72.2.43.1-16
Farleigh, John, Prometheus Bound, Aeschylus, translated by Rex Warner, and Prometheus Unbound, Percy Bysshe Shelley. 1965
Extent 16 items.

Floethe, Richard, See entry under Bohmer, Gunther & Floethe, Richard
Extent 0 items.

72.2.44A.1-24
Freedman, Barnett, Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy. 1951
Extent 24 items.

72.2.44B.1-16
Freedman, Barnett, Henry IV, Part I, William Shakespeare. 1939
Extent 16 items.

72.2.45.1-25
Freeman, Don, Diedrich Knickerbocker's History of New-York, Washington Irving. 1940
Extent 25 items.

72.2.46.1-44
Freitas, Lima de, Ferdinand and Isabella, William Hickling Prescott. 1967
Extent 118 items.

72.2.131
Frietas, Lima de, Nostromo, Joseph Conrad. 1961
Extent 58 items.

72.2.47A.1-4
Galanis, Demetrios, Troilus and Cressida, William Shakespeare. 1939
Extent 4 items.

72.2.47B.1-2
Galanis, Demetrios, Oedipus the King, Sophocles. 1955
Extent 2 items.

72.2.48.1-13
Gauguin, Paul, Moon and Sixpence, W. Somerset Maugham. 1941
Extent 13 items.

72.2.49.1-58
Gentleman, David, The Swiss Family Robinson, Johann David Wyss. 1963
Extent 58 items.

72.2.50A.1-27
Gibbings, Robert, The Voyage of the Beagle, Charles Darwin. 1956
Extent 27 items.

72.2.50B.1-7
Gibbings, Robert, Othello, William Shakespeare. 1939
Extent 7 items.

72.2.51A.1-67; 72.2.51B.1-31; 72.2.51C.1-10
Gorsline, Douglas, The Complete Angler, Izaak Walton. 1948
Extent 108 items.

72.2.51D.1-36
Gorsline, Douglas, The Complete Angler, Izaak Walton. 1948
Extent 36 items.

72.2.51E.1-10
Gorsline, Douglas, The Complete Angler, Izaak Walton. 1948
Extent 10 items.

72.2.51F.1-2
Gorsline, Douglas, The Complete Angler, Izaak Walton. 1948
Extent 2 items.

72.2.52.1-41
Grant, Gordon, The Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. 1945
Extent 42 items.

72.2.53.1-250
Guilbeau, Honore, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain. 1949
Extent 250 items.

72.2.54.1-74
Hassall, Joan, The Poems of Robert Burns. 1965
Extent 91 items.