Publications

The American Print Collectors Society sponsors three regular publications — Imprint, the Newsletter, and the membership guide — all of which are included as membership benefits. AHPCS also has sponsored several important specialty publications.

Imprint

Imprint is a scholarly journal published twice yearly. It is the only publication devoted solely to American historical prints. Each issue of Imprint features several articles and book reviews.

Please see the Imprint annotated bibliography for summaries of all articles from 1976 through the present. 

Imprint articles are abstracted and indexed in R.I.L.A. (International Repertory of the literature of Art) through 1900, and B.H.A. (Bibliography of the History of Art) after 1990, Williamstown, Massachusetts, and in Historical Abstracts and/or America: History and life.

Newsletter

The Newsletter, which appears quarterly, provides information about events, exhibitions, members, auction prices, and other matters of interest to collectors.

Classified advertising space in the Newsletter is available. If you wish to place an ad the cost is $3.00 per line of 60 characters with a minimum charge of $15.00. Count each letter, number, punctuation mark and space as one character. Send check and copy to: AHPCS, 94 Marine Street, Farmingdale, NY 11735-5605. Your ad will appear in the next issue.

Please see the newsletter back-issues page for copies of recent issues.

Membership Guide

The annual membership guide, which lists all members and their field of interest, has proved to be a valuable aid for collecting, as well as for business and social relationships.

Specialty Publications

Our specialty publications are in-depth treatments of topics of interest to collectors of specific types of prints. These publications currently include:

• Identifying Audubon Bird Prints. Originals, States, Editions, Restrikes, and Facsimilies and Reproductions, by Robert Braun. American Historical Print Collectors Society, 2001. Paper. 16 p. Color illustrations.
  
  An updated reprint of Robert Braun's seminal article from Imprint [Volume 21, Number 2.]. This publication includes all the information needed to identify, for any Audubon print, whether it is an original or a reproduction, and if an original, what edition it is. This just issued reprint has been updated by the author to include newer reproductions, and is illustrated fully in color. Single copies $15 (post paid) for non-members, $11 (post paid) for members. Members may buy five or more copies for $9 each plus postage (to be billed). To order, send your request plus a check (payable to AHPCS) to: AHPCS, 94 Marine Street, Farmingdale, NY 11735-5605

• An Audubon Concordance--Migration Through the Plate Numbers, By Nancy Braun and Robert Braun.
  
  A soft-bound book with spiral plastic spine, 122 8.5 x 11 pages, containing 18 tables correlating the various plate numbers, images, titles, modern and scientific names of birds and plants depicted, sizes and formats of images, first names of birds, other images in the plates, etc. in the Havell Folio, Bowen Octavo, and Bien Folio editions. $25 post paid; ten or more copies are $15 each plus postage (to be billed). To order, send your request plus a check (payable to AHPCS) to: AHPCS, 94 Marine Street, Farmingdale, NY 11735-5605

• Currier & Ives - The New Best 50. 80 p. Edition limited to 2000; Milwaukee, 1991.
  
  A hard bound book presenting the results of the Society's three year project involving the review of over 7000 prints published by Currier & Ives. and an "election" by the national membership of 50 Best large and 50 Best small folio subjects. All 100 elected prints are illustrated in color, with text commentary and analysis. $25 each for members; $30 each for non-members. Price for five volumes or more, $18 each. Shipping is $2 per volume; five or more is $1 per volume. To order, send your request plus a check (payable to AHPCS) to: AHPCS New Best 50, 915 Sherwood Drive, Lake Bluff, IL 60044.

These important publications can be ordered from AHPCS with special pricing for larger quantities.

Imprint

The Newsletter

The membership guide

Identifying Audubon Bird Prints