Re: Knickerbocker Press

["Robert J. Milevski" <milevski@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>]

Another note about the Knickerbocker Press, which is probably not helpful 
for your needs: I believe that it was part of the G. P. Putnam's Sons 
organization, much as the Riverside Press was part of the Houghton Mifflin 
publishing house.

Robert Milevski

At 07:46 PM 2/15/01 -0800, you wrote:
> Hello everyone.  I really don't have any experience with rare books, but I
> joined the list because I am taking a course on print culture and am
> interested in learning more beyond the classroom.  I am
> hoping someone can give me a little information on the Knickerbocker
> Press.  I have a small volume that is the second book in a series
> autobiography of Goethe (titled "The Boyhood and Youth of
> Goethe--Translated from the German by John Oxenford).  The book does not
> appear to include a  publication date.  If anyone has information on the
> press or on this series of books, I'd be interested in receiving it.
> Thank you in advance!
>
> Celia Perez
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