# Harrison of Paris

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French publishing house

**Harrison of Paris** was a publishing house originally founded in Paris in 1930 by [Monroe Wheeler](/source/Monroe_Wheeler) and [Barbara Harrison Wescott](/source/Barbara_Harrison_Wescott).[1]

## Origins

In the 1920s [Monroe Wheeler](/source/Monroe_Wheeler) bought a small print press he named *Manikin*. Partnering with [Barbara Harrison Wescott](/source/Barbara_Harrison_Wescott) in 1930 they founded Harrison of Paris and specialized in limited-edition books, publishing in total 13 books, two of which by [Glenway Wescott](/source/Glenway_Wescott), Wheeler's longtime partner and Harrison's brother-in-law. Harrison of Paris moved to New York City in 1934, the same year it stopped production.[1]

## Catalogue

- 1930 *Venus and Adonis* by [William Shakespeare](/source/William_Shakespeare)

- 1930 *The Wild West* by [Bret Harte](/source/Bret_Harte), illustrations by [Pierre Falké](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pierre_Falk%C3%A9&action=edit&redlink=1)

- 1930 *A Sketch of my Life* by [Thomas Mann](/source/Thomas_Mann)

- 1930 *The Babe's Bed* by [Glenway Wescott](/source/Glenway_Wescott)

- 1931 *Fables of Aesop*, translation by Sir [Roger L'Estrange](/source/Roger_L'Estrange), illustrations by [Alexander Calder](/source/Alexander_Calder)

- 1931 *Carmen and Letters from Spain* by [Prosper Mérimée](/source/Prosper_M%C3%A9rim%C3%A9e), illustrations by [Maurice Barraud](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice_Barraud&action=edit&redlink=1)

- 1931 *The Death of Madame* by [Comtesse de Lafayette](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comtesse_de_Lafayette&action=edit&redlink=1), translation by [Monroe Wheeler](/source/Monroe_Wheeler)

- 1931 *A Gentle Spirit* by [Fyodor Dostoevsky](/source/Fyodor_Dostoevsky), translation by [Constance Garnett](/source/Constance_Garnett), illustrations by [Christian Bérard](/source/Christian_B%C3%A9rard)

- 1931 *Childe Harolde's Pilgrimage* by [Lord Byron](/source/Lord_Byron), illustrations by Sir [Francis Cyril Rose](/source/Francis_Cyril_Rose)

- 1931 *A Calendar of Saints for Unbelievers* by [Glenway Wescott](/source/Glenway_Wescott), illustrations by [Pavel Tchelitchew](/source/Pavel_Tchelitchew)

- 1932 *A Typographical Commonplace Book*

- 1933 *French Song-Book* by [Katherine Anne Porter](/source/Katherine_Anne_Porter)

- 1934 *Hacienda* by [Katherine Anne Porter](/source/Katherine_Anne_Porter)[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-beinecke_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-beinecke_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-beinecke_1-2) ["Harrison of Paris Records"](http://drs.library.yale.edu/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=beinecke:hop&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes). [Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library](/source/Beinecke_Rare_Book_and_Manuscript_Library).

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