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JAMES LUMSDEN & SON OF GLASGOW, THEIR JUVENILE BOOKS AND CHAPBOOKS.
Roscoe, S. and R.A. Brimmell
First edition. Little information regarding the firm of James Lumsden and Son has survived. It seems they first became interested in publishing books for children around the end of the eighteenth century. Although the firm attracted little notice in their own age, their juvenile books have now become collector's pieces. Lumsden books show a distinctive quality: it is not easy to define and does not hold in all cases, but these books are easily recognizable to the experienced eye. It is a certain trimness (primness one might almost call it) in the covers, the quality of the paper used, the excellent typeface and the occasional use of colored inks. This important reference book contains 172 lengthy bibliographical descriptions of these fascinating books. There is also an historical introduction which describes the type of books published by this intriguing firm. With the Randeria bookplate.
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> LUMSDEN, JAMES
> BRIMMELL, R.A.
> PRIVATE LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION
> UNITED KINGDOM
> CHILDREN'S BOOKS, EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
> CHILDREN'S BOOKS, NINETEENTH CENTURY
> PUBLISHING HISTORY, EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
> PUBLISHING HISTORY, NINETEENTH CENTURY
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> from the collection of Alfred Brazier and Phiroze Randeria
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> Crutchley, Brian, THE UNIVERSITY PRINTING HOUSES AT CAMBRIDGE FROM THE SIXTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
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FLEURON, A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY
by Morison, Stanley (editor)
Limited to 1370 copies. Article on Karl Klingspor by Julius Rodenberg including a list of books printed at the Private Press of the Gebr. Klingspor, articles on Laboureur, Bulmer, and "Towards an Ideal Italick" by Stanley Morison. Small bump along bottom of front cover and small tears at spine ends.
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