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BOOKPLATES FROM MUSSETT'S HERALDIC OFFICE, WITH A NOTE ON THEIR FORERUNNERS.
Lee, Brian North
Printed in an edition limited to 350 copies, of which 300 are for members of the Bookplate Society. A catalogue of bookplates produced by five generations at Mussett's Heraldic Office, London, from 1888-1985, being as complete as possible, a record of a single area of the firm's expertise. "Most of their ex-libris are competent and some are superb examples of heraldic engraving. Prints occur in many collections, some unrecognized because of the minuteness of their signatures, and few have any inkling of the size of the firm's output" (introduction). The catalogue-508 entries- includes all ex-libris, signed and unsigned, in the Mussett archive, together with signed examples from other sources. Wherever possible, the owner is identified, with biographical information where available. Illustrated with 22 plates, containing 2 or 3 images each. Engraving of the premises as frontispiece.
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THE. RENAISSANCE FAIRE BROADSIDE SERIES
by Thomas, Peter & Donna.
One of 10 copies, of which 8 are for sale. In the 1970s and 80s we worked at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire, an event that recreated an English Elizabethian country market fair. Dressed like Robin Hood and Maid Marion, we taught papermaking and bookbinding from ramshackle booths we built out of recycled lumber and swathed in burlap. As we reenacted the roles of papermaker and printer we made and sold blank books and illustrated broadsides. We would print the broadsides in batches of 10-20 at a time, reprinting them when they were nearly sold out. We stopped participating in the Faire in the early 1990s and tucked the left over broadsides away in a trunk.
Ten of those broadsides have now been collected together in this portfolio. They are accompanied by a broadside we printed this year that acts as a " title page." In addition to the broadsides we have also included a 22 page color photographic history of the Faire. We designed and had this printed in 1987 to celebrate the Faires twentieth birthday, and had set aside 10 copies in the trunk. The broadsides and photo book are housed in a unique "pivoting page" box binding we designed especially for the project. This clamshell box-like structure is made from reclaimed old redwood like we used to build our faire booths. The truly unique features of the binding are the translucent vellum-like paper "pocket pages" that are pinned with wooden dowels into a slotted pivoting page holder, and the use of magnets to hold the broadsides in place.
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