Purchased, 1980 July.
[identification of item], Broadside Printed by the Golden Hind Press (Madison, New Jersey) Featuring the Poem "The Gentleman from Copenhagen" and a Reproduction of James Thurber's Muggs Drawing, SPEC.RARE.MMS.0311, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University
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Processed by: Mackenzie Sommers, 2018 November; Finding aid written by: Mackenzie Sommers, 2018 November.
The Golden Hind Press was a small press founded in 1927 by Arthur W. Rushmore (1883-1955). Rushmore wanted to create a press for his experimentation with typography, title page design, page layout, and illustration. He founded the press in his family's large farm house and the press was run by his family. Edna Keeler Rushmore, his wife, served as compositor while Elaine and Delight Rushmore, his daughters, served as proof reader and designer of German paste paper covers. The press produced 200 books, including several limited editions of Edna St. Vincent Millay's poems and plays. The press printed its last publication in 1963.
James Thurber (1894-1961) was an American cartoonist and humorist. He wrote memoirs, fables, short stories, and essays, most of which were published in The New Yorker, and were often accompanied by his cartoons. Thurber was fond of his dogs and frequently drew cartoons of dogs he had owned.
The Broadside Printed by the Golden Hind Press (Madison, New Jersey) Featuring the Poem "The Gentleman from Copenhagen" and a Reproduction of James Thurber's Muggs Drawing is a broadside printed by Golden Hind Press in 1949. A note imprinted on the broadside specifies that the poem verses were written by the Poet Laureate of the production department of Harper & Brothers publisher and read at the farewell luncheon for Soren Klitgaard in New York City. The note goes on to attribute the cartoon dog drawing to Rembrandt Harmens va Rijin, but the cartoon is a reproduction of one drawn by James Thurber of one of his dogs, Muggs.