Alderbrink Press was a book publishing firm in Chicago run by

Ralph Fletcher Seymour Ralph Fletcher Seymour (March 18, 1876 – January 1, 1966) was an American artist, author, and publisher of the late nineteenth and the twentieth centuries. Though long based in Chicago, he was also noted for his work in the American Southwest ...

from 1897 until 1965. The Alderbrink Press maintained the traditions of the Arts and Crafts Movement. One early appreciation of its work said that it published "a variety of books in various styles, but all show great care in fitting together traits and materials which harmonize, and not a few deserve unreserved praise."J. Christian Bay, "Scarce and Beautiful Imprints of Chicago," in ''The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America'', vol. 14 (University of Chicago Press, 1920), 93
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accessed September 11, 2011 Among the works that appeared under its imprint were

Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements o ...

's ''The Japanese Print'' (1912) and ''Experimenting with Human Lives'' (1923), and

Alice Corbin Alice Corbin Henderson (April 16, 1881 – July 18, 1949) was an American poet, author and poetry editor. Early life and education Alice Corbin was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Her mother died in 1884 and she was briefly sent to live with her f ...

's ''Red Earth: Poems of New Mexico'' (1920). It published

Henry Blake Fuller Henry Blake Fuller (January 9, 1857 – July 28, 1929) was an American novelist and short story writer. He was born and worked in Chicago, Illinois. He is perhaps the earliest novelist from Chicago to gain a national reputation. His exploration ...

's ''

Bertram Cope's Year ''Bertram Cope's Year'' is a 1919 novel by Henry Blake Fuller, sometimes called the first American homosexual novel. Publication and reception Fuller completed work on the novel in May 1918. After failing to interest several New York publishin ...

'' (1919).

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