John Martin Letters to William Young (Ms. 89.19)

The letters between John Martin, owner of Black Sparrow Press, and William Young, owner of San Souci Press in Winchester, Massachusetts, date from 4 May 1968 to 18 March 1980 and detail two decades of business and personal relations between book collectors and publishers. The collection also includes two dated catalogs from Black Sparrow Press and one from San Souci Press. These correspondence and catalog listings are an important resource to researchers on modern first edition press books, Charles Bukowski books, and the provenance of several writers’ books.