he published James Thomson's The City of Dreadful Night, and the year after that, 1893, he published two books, including his first anthology, Songs of Adieu. In 1894, two more books and the first of his well-known catalogs came out, and 1895 saw a further 8 titles and the first issue of The Bibelot. Thus by 1895, he had published 16 books, and decided to sell his stationery business and publish full-time. In 1892, Mosher married again, to Anna M. Littlefield. By the end of Mosher’s publishing program in 1923 there would be 384 titles, 338 reprints of those editions, and 61 “privately printed” books for a total of 783 books grouped into fourteen different series, all limited editions, covering his favorite authors including William Morris, Oscar Wilde, Fiona Macleod (William Sharp), Robert Louis Stevenson, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Walter Pater, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Richard Jeffries, Vernon Lee (Violet Paget), Edward FitzGerald, Walt Whitman, Andrew Lang, George Meredith, John Addington Symons, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Matthew Arnold, Maurice Hewlett, Francis Thompson, Marcel Schwob, J. W. Mackail, Ernest Dowson, John Ruskin, George Gissing, William Butler Yeats, Richard Burton, and others. References Bishop, Philip R. "Thomas Bird Mosher: Pirate Prince of Publishers--A Comprehensive Bibliography & Source Guide to The Mosher Books Reflecting England's National Literature & Design." With an Introduction by William E. Fredeman. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press and London: The British Library, 1998. Biographical and other information on Thomas Bird Mosher & THE MOSHER PRESS Stevens, Edward F. Thomas Bird Mosher of Portland, Maine. Portland, Maine: The Southworth-Anthoesen Press, 1941. Limited edition in 350 copies presenting a concise life of Mosher and an account of his work as printer and graphic designer. Strouse, Norman H. "The Passionate Pirate." North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1964. Van Trump, James D. and Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr. (1962) "Thomas Bird Mosher: Publisher and Pirate." The Book Collector 11 no 3 (autumn): 295-312. External links Portland Room Special Collections - Portland Public Library The Mosher Press 1852 births 1923 deaths American publishers (people) People from Biddeford, Maine Businesspeople from Portland, Maine Businesspeople from New York City Businesspeople from Philadelphia Businesspeople from Boston Private press movement people