Publications
The Society of Printers has issued numerous publications for members, and the public.
An abbreviated, illustrated list is available here. | ☛ denotes In-Print titles for sale.
Books
- The Development of Printing as an Art - 1906
- Giambattista Bodoni of Parma, by T. M. Cleland - 1916
- Address of William Dana Orcutt, Esqr - 1940
- A Testimonial Dinner to William Dana Orcutt - 1942
- Miscellany: A Co-operative Venture in Wartime Printing Produced by Members for Private Distribution to the Society - 1945
- Printing as an Art: A History of the Society of Printers, Boston, 1905–1955, by Ray Nash. Published for the Society of Printers by Harvard University Press - 1955
- D. B. Updike and John Bianchi: A Note on Their Association, by Daniel Bianchi - 1966
- Aesopic | 24 Bewick wood engravings with couplets by Anthony Hecht. Designed by Leonard Baskin and printed at the Gehenna Press- 1968
- Benjamin Franklin, Printer edited by James Mooney- 1970
- The Trajan Inscription, with an Essay by Father Edward Catich - 1974
- A Biographical Directory of the Society of Printers - 1974
- The Suffolk Resolves, 1774, edited and with an introduction by James E. Mooney - 1976
- The Riverside Press in Retrospect: 1852–1971, by Charles A. Rheault, Jr. 1979
- SP at Seventy-five: The Society of Printers, 1955–1980, by Charles A. Rheault, Jr. 1981
- Type Pi: Recipes from Members of the Society of Printers - 1983.
- T. J. Lyons: A Biography and Critical Essay, by Al Gowan - 1987
- Society of Printers Yearbook, 1993–1994 - 1994
- A Biographical Directory of the Society of Printers - 1999
- Strings Attached: Dorothy Abbe, Her Work and WAD, by Anne C. Bromer.
Co-published by the Boston Public Library - 2001 - SP at Seventy-five: The Society of Printers, 1955–1980, by Charles A. Rheault, Jr.
Reprinted 2005 - The SP Century, edited by Scott-Martin Kosofsky
Co-published by the Boston Public Library, in association with Oak Knoll Press - 2006 - In the School of Baskin, Three Essays by Bruce Chandler, Lance Hidy, and Barry Moser - 2008
- Printing Office Collection, Books in the printing library of Roderick Stinehour - 2010
Pamphlets and Keepsakes
- “The Society of Printers” - 1905
- “Harvard Course in Printing” pamphlet - 1916
- “Reports of the President and Treasurer” - 1914
- “Public Library of the City of Boston” - 1924
- “The Caslon Crowd” by Carl Purington Rollins - 1924
- “Wood Engraving and Wood Engravers” by Hiram Campbell Merrill. - 1937
- “Founders’ Day” commentary by Ray Nash - 1945
- “The Work of Carl Purington Rollins” 1950
- “The Trend of the Fifty of ’Fifty-two” by Ronald Murray. - 1953
- “The Seven Champions of Typography” by Daniel Berkeley Updike. - 1955
- “Printing as an Art” by Bruce Rogers. 1956
- “WAD: To Celebrate a Life” by Dorothy Abbe. - 1957
- “A Typographic Disquisition,” by Joseph Blumenthal. - 1969
- “Printerum est errere.” edited by James Mooney - 1972
- “Truth and the Obligation of the Printer.” by Benjamin Franklin | designed and printed by David Godine and Associates - 1973
- Seventy-fifth Anniversary Alphabet, drawn by John Benson. - 1980
- “The Crew of the Ship ‘Earth,’ ” by W. A. Dwiggins. - 1981
- “D. B. Updike on the Aims of the Society of Printers.” - 1983
- “Caslon Flowers,” by W. A. Dwiggins. - 1983
- “Remarks,” by Barry Moser. - 1986
- “Stephen Harvard on ‘The Electronic Scriptorium.’ ” - 1989
- “The Preface to the Second Edition of Printing Types,” by Daniel Berkeley Updike. - 1993
- Folder for 1994–95 SP meeting announcements. - 1995
- “On Membership,” by Victor Curran. - 1997
- Calendar, 2003–04, - 2003
- Centennial Keepsake Box containing 37 individual keepsakes. - 2005
Membership Rosters and Directories
Membership rosters and directories were produced for the following years:
1915, 1915–16, 1916–17, 1931, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1943–44, 1950–51, 1957, 1965, 1971, 1979, 1984, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1993, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007–2008, and 2010–2011.