About Taylor

Most great collectors started when they were young, and most great collections started with a passion for a particular object or subject. This was the case for Taylor Kirkpatrick, who has built an important collection of rare books and manuscripts over the last four decades.  His areas of focus include Ernest Hemingway, Aesop’s Fables and its variants, book art, children’s books, and fine bindings. In addition, he established the Know Your ABCs: Alternative Books for Children Diversity Collection at the University of Denver, a physical collection of books and online materials that moves beyond the mainstream infant and early childhood bestseller lists to represent families across a spectrum of inclusion and diversity, from race to sexual orientation to gender identity and disability.