Johns Hopkins University Furniture Press chapbooks collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains chapbooks published by Furniture Press Books, from approximately 2004 to 2015.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 2004-2015
Creator
- Furniture Press (Baltimore, Md.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is housed off-site and requires 48-hours' notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections for more information.
Collection is open for use.
Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions. It is not necessary to seek our permission as the owner of the physical work to publish or otherwise use public domain materials that we have made available for use, unless Johns Hopkins University holds the copyright.
Biographical / Historical
Furniture Press Books is a Baltimore-area publisher of handprinted chap/books, pamphlets and zines, as well as full-length books and collections. Christophe Casamassima, an editor, bookmaker and writer, developed the press in 2003 with a handful of likeminded friends at Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland.
Extent
0.24 Cubic Feet (1 legal half-size document box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Furniture Press Books is a Baltimore-area publisher of handprinted chap/books, pamphlets and zines, as well as full-length books and collections. This collection contains chapbooks published by Furniture Press, from approximately 2004 to 2015.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was acquired in 2013 from Furniture Press Books. Additional chapbooks were received from Furniture Press in 2016.
Processing Information
This collection was processed in October 2015 by Annie Tang with additional processing by Kristen Diehl in October 2019.
Subject
- Furniture Press (Baltimore, Md.) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Johns Hopkins University collection of Furniture Press chapbooks
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
The Sheridan Libraries
Special Collections
3400 N Charles St
Baltimore MD 21218 USA
specialcollections@lists.jhu.edu