Caxton Press

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Images of the Caxton Press in Christchurch.

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Image: The Group (Christchurch) :1952 Group show; paintings, drawings, scuplture, architecture, pottery, crafts. [Catalogue cover]. 1952.

The Group (Christchurch) :1952 Group show; paintings, drawings, scuplture, architecture, pottery, crafts. [Catalogue cover]. 1952.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Denis Glover, founder of Caxton Press, with Book Week display in Alexander Turnbull Library

Denis Glover, founder of Caxton Press, with Book Week display in Alexander Turnbull Library

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Service of thanksgiving and benediction for the centenary and restoration of Rangiatea, 1848-1948. Otaki, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, 18 March 1950. Order of service. Page 5.

Service of thanksgiving and benediction for the centenary and restoration of Rangiatea, 1848-1948. Otaki, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, 18 March 1950. Or...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Archibald Baxter's 'We will not cease' cover

Archibald Baxter's 'We will not cease' cover

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Bensemann, Leo Vernon, 1912-1986 :[Portrait of poet Denis Glover. ca 1937?]

Bensemann, Leo Vernon, 1912-1986 :[Portrait of poet Denis Glover. ca 1937?]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Between the Lines: Denis Glover 1912-1980

Between the Lines: Denis Glover 1912-1980

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Book

the caxton press - Home and Building, Volume 18 Number 1 (June 1955)

Victoria University of Wellington

Research paper

Adventure and art : literature publishing in Christchurch, 1934-95.

University of Canterbury Library

Book

Caxton Press Christchurch - Home & Building, Volume 12 Number 6 (June-July 1950)

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: 'Some typefaces at a glance' Book 7 Christchurch: Caxton Press , 1948, P.32

'Some typefaces at a glance' Book 7 Christchurch: Caxton Press , 1948, P.32

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: The Group (Christchurch) :Group show 48. [1948. Catalogue cover].

The Group (Christchurch) :Group show 48. [1948. Catalogue cover].

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: A letter to a very young lady on her marriage

A letter to a very young lady on her marriage

University of Otago

Image: Service of thanksgiving and benediction for the centenary and restoration of Rangiatea, 1848-1948. Otaki, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, 18 March 1950. [Order of service. Cover].

Service of thanksgiving and benediction for the centenary and restoration of Rangiatea, 1848-1948. Otaki, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, 18 March 1950. [O...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Poets Denis Glover and Hone Tuwhare

Poets Denis Glover and Hone Tuwhare

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Portrait of Denis Glover, 1973

Portrait of Denis Glover, 1973

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Ian Milner (left), Denis Glover (centre) and Robert Lowry, at Christchurch, 1933

Ian Milner (left), Denis Glover (centre) and Robert Lowry, at Christchurch, 1933

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage