Ephemera relating to the Press of the Pegacycle Lady and its co-proprietors William Dailey and Victoria Keilus Dailey,

ca. 1971-1992 Eleven business cards; thre event invitations; two typewritten William Dailey Antiquarian Books descriptions; a receipt from Victorian Keilus Dailey Fine Prints and Illustrated Books; three receipts from William Dailey Antiquarian Books; a leaf with several proof printings of William & Victoria Dailey letterhead; a printed pamphlet listing the exhibitions at the Huntington Library in June of 1970; an announcement for the June 1976 grand opening of William & Victoria Dailey's bookshop; two of the same announcements in the Daileys' printed envelopes addressed to other booksellers; two greeting cards from William and Victoria Dailey; three versions of the prospectus for Antiquarian Lust; a copy of the pamphlet A Note on Traditional Japanese Print Sizes (1980), printed by Patrick Reagh for the Daileys; a handwritten note by Victoria Dailey on her letterhead; and a typewritten list of productions by the Press of the Pegacycle Lady between 1971 and 1978 on William & Victoria Dailey letterhead. . A bit of toning to the proofs printed on lower-quality paper, but most items are clean and bright. Overall the items are in near-fine condition; the ephemera collected here illuminates the twenty-year run of the Press of the Pegacycle Lady and the strong connections that William and Victoria Dailey shared with other Los Angeles booksellers and bibliophiles. Between 1971 and 1992, William Dailey published two dozen books and pamphlets under the auspices of the Press of the Pegacycle Lady. Victoria Keilus Dailey joined him in 1972 as apprentice and, later, as his partner. In a lecture given at the Beverly Hills Public Library, Victoria Dailey reflected on the passionate spirit behind the Press: "From the very beginning, bookselling and publishing were the mainstays of our lives. We were crazy about books, and lived the motto of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, amor librorum nos unit — the love of books unites us. After buying and selling books all day long, we found that nothing seemed like more fun than to print them at night — the Pegacycle Lady was definitely a creature of the evening."