This page lists addenda and corrigenda to my book A Western Publisher, Paul Elder & Company 1898-1968, published in 2026 by the Book Club of California.
Addenda
p186
The Entirely New Cynic’s Calendar of Revised Wisdom for 1905, by Ethel Watts Mumford, Oliver Herford, and Addison Mizner. Cover artwork by Oliver Herford. 1904. (95)
Fairy Tales Up-to-Now, by Wallace Irwin. Cover artwork by Spencer Wright. 1904. (98)
p191
Prosit, edited by Clotho [pseudonym of the Spinners’ Club]. Cover artwork and frontispiece by Gordon Ross. 1904. (246)
The Psychological Year Book, by Janet M. Young. Cover artwork by Spencer Wright. 1904. (247)
Corrigenda
p58
Paragraph 6, lines 4-6
replace:
It’s not clear when the Sutter & Stockton store closed, but by 1972 the building had been demolished for construction of the 36-story Grand Hyatt Union Square hotel.
with:
Nevertheless, Paul Elder’s Books at Sutter & Stockton closed for good on December 29, 1969. The building was soon demolished for construction of the 36-story Grand Hyatt Union Square hotel.
p58
Paragraph 7, line 1
replace “county” with “County”
p194
Entry for Verses from Many Seas
replace “Fred Carpenter Warner” with “Fred Warner Carpenter”
p197
Entry for Like a Gothic Cathedral
replace “Zamoran” with “Zamorano”