The Clark Library holds an extensive collection of limited-edition monographs, printed in relief or intaglio, focused on high-quality production and a careful attention to handwork. This major area of the Clark Library’s collection includes examples of fine printing in the broader area of book arts, with an emphasis on American fine presses — California printers in particular — and works representative of the Third Stream, including selected contemporary book artists from across the country and around the world. Works of these presses are supplemented and contextualized with reference books and the personal libraries of printers and publishers, as well as prints, printers’ proofs, prospectuses, ephemera, and archives that provide a broad perspective of the arts of the book. For highlights of these collections, ranging from William Morris’s Kelmscott Press to modern Southern California printers and book artists, please consult the research guides below

SEARCHING THE CATALOG:
To find printed books, broadsides, maps, periodicals, bound manuscripts, and other discrete items from this period, consult UC Library Search. To limit by collection, click on “Advanced Search,” in the top right-hand corner and use “press coll.” in Holding Call Number. Once you have search results, you can limit to the Clark Library by selecting it from the “UCLA Locations” facet on the left-hand side.

ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS:
For detailed inventories of archival collections, please consult our LibGuide to related archives at the Clark Library, or the Clark Library’s page on the Online Archive of California (OAC).

RESEARCH GUIDES
Clark Library research guides:
Archival Collections at the Clark Library

Book Arts and Fine Press at the Clark Library

Gender Studies at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library

LGBTQ+ Studies at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library

UCLA Library research guides:
Typography – Design Media Arts – Research Guides at UCLA Library

Resources for Artists – Artists’ Books

DIGITAL RESOURCES
Eric Gill 

See our Collection Development Policy for more information!.