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Paul Elder & Company

San Francisco bookseller & publisher, 1898-1968

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  • People
    • Paul Elder, Sr.
    • Paul Elder, Jr.
    • Morgan Shepard, aka “John Martin”
    • John Henry Nash
    • William Doxey
    • Others
  • Bookstores
    • Mills Building (1897)
    • 238 Post (1898-1906)
    • Santa Barbara (1904-1909)
    • Bush & Van Ness (1906-1909)
    • New York City (1906-1909)
    • 239 Grant (1909-1921)
    • The PPIE Bookstore (1915)
    • 239 Post (1921-1948)
    • Sutter & Stockton (1948-1968)
    • Mills Building (1949-1968)
  • Publishing
    • Elder & Shepard (1898-1903)
    • Paul Elder & Co. (1903-1918)
    • Later Years (1918-1950)
  • Books
    • The Checklist
    • Index
    • Index to Book Series
    • Checklist printing history
    • Errata to printed checklists
  • Impressions
    • Impressions Magazine
    • Index to Impressions Magazine
  • Ephemera
    • Ephemera Guide
    • Catalogues
    • Calendars
    • Greeting Cards
    • Broadsides
    • Leaflets & Mottoes
    • Postcards
    • Bookmarks
    • Miscellany
  • Art
    • Objets d’Art
    • The Paul Elder Gallery
  • A Western Publisher
    • About my book
    • Errata
  • Exhibitions
    • San Francisco Public Library 2004
    • Book Club of California 2023
  • FAQ
  • Your host

Frequently Asked Questions

Paul Elder’s books:

  1. How much is my Paul Elder book worth?
  2. How many books did Elder publish?
  3. How many books on the 1915 Panama-Pacific Internation Exposition did Elder publish?
  4. What are those “postage stamps” on the inside back cover?
  5. Do all of Elder’s books have colophons?
  6. What is a tomoyé?

Paul Elder’s bookstores:

  1. Do any of Elder’s bookstores still exist?
  2. Do any furnishings from Elder’s bookstores still exist?
  3. Is the “Paul Elder Gallery” connected with Paul Elder & Company?

My books about Paul Elder:

  1. Where can I get a copy of A Western Publisher?
  2. When are you going to put the checklist online?
  3. Are there any titles missing from the checklist?
  4. Where can I purchase a checklist?
  5. When will you publish the bibliography?

Miscellany:

  1. Which is your favorite Paul Elder book?
  2. Will you be organizing another exhibition on Paul Elder?
  3. Who are you?

My book is published!

A Western Publisher: Paul Elder & Company (1898-1968) has been published by the Book Club of California! Would you like a copy? Here’s how to get one.

Do you own a copy of Fairy Tales Up-to-Now? If you would send me photographs of the front and back cover, I would be grateful. I am surveying images so that I can get a better idea of when the printings occurred. Thank you very much in advance!

Features

Index to Impressions magazine

How much is my Paul Elder book worth?

Frequently Asked Questions

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