Book Arts and Special Coll. :: SFPL :: San Francisco Public Library Mobile

100 Larkin St.
San Francisco,
94102
415-557-4400

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Sun	12-5
Mon	10-6
Tue	10-6
Wed	10-6
Thu	10-6
Fri	12-6
Sat	10-6

The Marjorie G. and Carl W. Stern Book Arts & Special Collections Center houses major collections on printing history, calligraphy and lettering, wit and humor, little maga/zines, early children’s books, and several smaller collections . The Center sponsors a variety of exhibitions and programs on a regular basis.

sfpl.org/bookarts

Holiday Lecture 2011: Printing at the Margins: an ink-stained history of women & work

Guidelines for Use of the Collection

Collections

Robert Grabhorn Collection on the History of Printing and the Development of the Book
Richard Harrison Collection of Calligraphy and Lettering
Schmulowitz Collection of Wit and Humor (SCOWAH)
Fox Collection of Early Children's Books
Little Maga/Zine Collection
Sherlock Holmes Collection
Robert Frost Collection
James D. Phelan California Authors Collection
Panama Canal Collection

Research Resources

American Book Prices Current - (ABPC) Accessible only in the Main Library
Early American Imprints
First Series, 1639-1800
Second Series, 1801-1819

More About the Collections

Highlights from the collection
Publications
Collection Development Plan
The Albion Press at the San Franciso Public Library