“For billionaire booklovers”: George D. Sproul’s St. Dunstan Editions

dc.contributor.authorHovde, Sarah
dc.date.accessioned2025-12-05T19:16:44Z
dc.date.issued2024-12
dc.description.abstractThis article introduces the St. Dunstan Illuminated Editions, a set of editions de luxe produced by New York-based publisher George D. Sproul between approximately 1901 and 1903, and attempts to place them within the history of other “deluxe” editions published around the turn of the century . It provides a brief history of the books’ publication plan, illuminators, and intended subscribers, as well as a short overview of legal actions during their initial publication phase. It finishes by looking at their shifting financial value since publication as seen through auction outcomes and booksellers’ pricing.
dc.description.urihttps://doi.org/10.1086/733087
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/91ng-eth2
dc.identifier.citationHovde, Sarah. “‘For billionaire booklovers’: George D. Sproul’s St. Dunstan editions.” Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 118, no. 4 (December 2024): 593-613. https://doi.org/10.1086/733087
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/34957
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Chicago Press
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland Librariesen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, MD)en_us
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
dc.subjectPublishers and publishing--United States--20th century
dc.subjectLimited editions---United States--20th century
dc.subjectFine books--United States--20th century
dc.subjectBook collectors--United States--20th century
dc.subjectBooks--Prices
dc.title“For billionaire booklovers”: George D. Sproul’s St. Dunstan Editions
dc.typeArticle
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