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AMOURS DE VOYAGE
Clough, Arthur Hugh
An Epistolary Novella in Verse.
Limited to an edition of 125 copies. Edited by Patrick Scott with an afterword by Crispin Elsted. Illustrated with wood engravings by Abigail Rorer, which were printed from the blocks. We hear the written voices of various tourists, who are intertwined socially, as they discover Italy during Garibaldi's bid for Rome. The text is set in 12pt Van Dijck and printed on Zerkall Soft White Wove. Design, typography and cover drawing are by Crispin Elsted. Jan Elsted printed the edition. It won a Judge's Award at the Oxford Book Fair 2007.
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GEORGE W. JONES : PRINTER LAUREATE
by Wallis, Lawrence
Limited to 45 copies, hand-bound by The Fine Bindery of Wellingborough and containing original samples of George W. Jones' printing. The samples, loosely contained in the separate portfolio, are four leaves from The Canterbury Tales, two leaves from The Georgics of Vergil, two leaves from Two Centuries of Typefounding, one leaf from Pearl, and one leaf from A Calendar for the Year 1923. Also, two copies of the dust jacket for this book are in the portfolio. This book provides the first extensive study of the life and work of George W. Jones and fills a gap in the literature of printing. (Not in Leaf Book - Chalmers). With a printed label mounted on the front pastedown giving the information about this special edition. This label is hand-numbered and signed by the author.
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