Godine at 50: A Bibliographic Biography of an Independent Press, 1970-2020

David R. Godine was born in Cambridge and educated at The Roxbury Latin School, Dartmouth College, and Harvard University. After a brief stint in the Army, he worked for year as a printing apprentice to Harold McGrath at Leonard Baskin¿s Gehenna Press in Northampton. In 1970, along with co-founders Lance Hidy and Martha Rockwell, he converted an abandoned cow barn on a Brookline estate into a printing office from which the company began issuing broadsides, pamphlets, and, ultimately, books, mostly printed from hot metal. By 1975, both the barn and the ambition to make a living as letterpress printers were abandoned in favor of publishing. The company moved to offices in Boston¿s Back Bay and subsequently to other locations in the area, remaining a part of the city¿s publishing fabric until this day.

Table of Contents

Introduction & Brief History of the Press
1. Early Letterpress & Fine Printing
2. Wood Cut & Wood Engraving
3. Fiction
4. Short Stories
5. Literature in Translation
6. Poetry
7. Essay and Criticism
8. Words, Language and Usage
9. Biography & Autobiography
10. History
11. Photography
12. Art
13. Architecture
14. Children¿s Books
15. Nautical & Maritime
16. Music
17. Gardening
18. Cooking and Cuisine
19. Typography
20. Calligraphy
21. Natural History
22. Humor
23. The Sporting Life
24. Outliers & Other Works of Unclassifiable but Undeniable Genius
Posters
Ephemera
Bindings
Typographers, Calligraphers, & Designers
Index