(Seaton, England): The Old School Press, 2010. folio. unbound, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (4) pages. Limited to 140 copies, signed by Martyn Ould. Printed for the 16th Oak Knoll Book Fest, October 2010. Reproduces a pre-selection statement issued by the National Book League on the event of its sixth annual exhibition of British Book Design in 1950. READ MORE about Keepsake printed by the Old School Press
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 134179
Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset, England: Old School Press, 2003. broadside (9 by 12 inches). Commemorates Oak Knoll Fest X, New Castle, Delaware. With illustration of St. John's Church. READ MORE about OAK KNOLL BOOK FEST 2003
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 127073
Bognor Regis: The Pear Tree Press, (1935). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. pp.21-44. With comments on hand-printing, wood-engraving and other aspects of the private press book (Ridler 32; Brown, Modern British and American Private Presses, pp.141). Illustrated. James J. Guthrie (1874-1952), was born in Scotland but moved to London as a child. He founded the Pear Tree Press in 1899 when living at Pear Tree Cottage in Ingrave, Essex, England. He moved several times before settling..... READ MORE about BOOK CRAFTSMAN, A TECHNICAL JOURNAL FOR PRINTERS & COLLECTOR S OF FINE EDITIONS. Volume Two
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 17600
Bognor Regis: The Pear Tree Press, 1934. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 20; (21)-44; (45)-64; (65)-84 pages. The first issue (of 4 total) of this periodical with comments on hand-printing, wood-engraving and other aspects of the private press book (Ridler 32; Brown, Modern British and American Private Presses, pp.141). Illustrated. James J. Guthrie (1874-1952), was born in Scotland but moved to London as a child. He founded the Pear Tree Press in 1899 when living at..... READ MORE about THE BOOK CRAFTSMAN, A TECHNICAL JOURNAL FOR PRINTERS & COLLECTORS OF FINE EDITIONS
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 123066
Bognor Regis: The Pear Tree Press, 1934. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 20; (21)-44; (45)-64; (65)-84 pages. The first issue (of 4 total) of this periodical with comments on hand-printing, wood-engraving and other aspects of the private press book (Ridler 32; Brown, Modern British and American Private Presses, pp.141). Illustrated. James J. Guthrie (1874-1952), was born in Scotland but moved to London as a child. He founded the Pear Tree Press in 1899 when living at..... READ MORE about THE BOOK CRAFTSMAN, A TECHNICAL JOURNAL FOR PRINTERS & COLLECTORS OF FINE EDITIONS
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 123067
London: The Pegasus Press, 1928. 8vo. paper wrappers. 32 pages. First catalogue released by the press. Comprehensive descriptive information about each item offered. Indices of authors, titles, and subjects. Wrappers slightly bent near edges. Foxing throughout text. READ MORE about THE PEGASUS PRESS CATALOGUE 1
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 115110
Esher, Surrey: Penmiel Press, (1992). 4to. cloth with paper label on front cover, gilt decoration, stiff paper chemise. (vi), 27+1 pages. This book was printed in an edition of one hundred copies and is signed on the colophon by Edward Burrett (Edward Burrett and the Penmiel Press pg 23). The text paper is by T.H.Saunders pure rage mould-made and the type faces used ( all composed by hand) are monotype Garamond series 156, perpetua titling..... READ MORE about MY WARTIME CARICATURES
Price: $135.00 Order nr. 79898
Esher, Surrey, England: Penmiel Press, 1995. broadside.(20 1/2 by 13 inches). Broadside designed by Edward Burrett, to be distributed upon his death. With date of distribution hand-inscribed by Burrett's daughter Anne Lain. A.L.s. from Lain to Richard Schimmelpfeng, and an A.L.s. to customers from Burrett announcing transfer of printing responsibilities to Tania Field. READ MORE about ADIEU
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133254
Esher, England: The Penmiel Press, 1985. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Prospectus announcing publication of Tribute to Diana Bloomfield: a Pot-pourri of her Wood Engravings and Drawings. Includes specimen drawings. Order form laid in. Folded at lower fore-edge corner. READ MORE about Prospectus for TRIBUTE TO DIANA BLOOMFIELD
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 132635
(Esher, Surrey, England: Penmiel Press), n.d. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Prospectus for E.W. Swanton, Eighty-Not Out. With specimen pages and illustration. READ MORE about Publication Announcement by the Penmiel Press
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133014
(Esher, Surrey, England: Penmiel Press), 1986. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Prospectus for Cy Olney (editor), An Anthology of Words and Pictures. With specimen pages and illustrations. Order form laid in. READ MORE about Publication Announcement by the Penmiel Press
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133017
(Hartford, CT): Pennyroyal Press, n.d. broadside (16 by 12 inches). Announcement of an exhibition of Pennyroyal Press publications and a lecture by Barry Moser at the Trinity College Library, Hartford, Connecticut. READ MORE about PENNYROYAL AT TRINITY
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 133259
N.P. Heritage Series, n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. 8 pages. Reprinted from an edition published by The Cambridge University Press. Illustrated. READ MORE about NOTES ON THE ERAGNY PRESS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 8056
London: Moyer Bell, 1997. 8vo. quarter cloth with decorated paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 127 pages with colophon. First edition. A fine copy. Contains 62 pages of plates of wood-engraved illustrations along with 17 pages of color illustrations. This the most thorough introduction to the life and work of Lucien Pissaro, son of the Impressionist artist Camille Pissaro. This volume establishes Lucien Pissaro as a creator and entrepreneur in his own right. The bibliography is nothing..... READ MORE about THE BOOK ART OF LUCIEN PISSARRO, WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHIC LIST OF THE BOOKS OF THE ERAGNY PRESS...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 55329
London: Bookbang, 1971. 12mo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages printed French fold. Privately printed on handmade paper at the Central School of Art and Design. A poem by Plomer. READ MORE about THE PLANES OF BEDFORD SQUARE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 105625
Loughborough: The Plough Press, (1976). small 4to. paper wrappers. (iv), 55 pages. One of 500 copies. Being a brief history and biography of 23 private presses that have been established in the Loughborough and Leicestershire area of England, with complete checklists of their productions. The presses include, the Twelve by Eight Press of John Mason, the Brewhouse Press, the Plough Press and others. READ MORE about PRIVATE PRESS IN LEICESTERSHIRE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 4661
New Castle, DE and Kidlington, England: Plough Press, 1993. 8vo. cloth, leather spine label. 96 pages with six tipped-in handmade facsimile samples of cloth bindings and 31 other illustrations in black and white. Limited to 180 numbered copies of which this is one of the 125 cloth-bound copies. Printed by hand by Paul Wakeman, the son of Geoffrey Wakeman, at the Plough Press. Three separate essays provide a fascinating study of English trade binding from..... READ MORE about FUNCTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IN BOOKBINDING
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 98809
Oxford: The Plough Press, 1986. small 4to. cloth-backed boards, top edge gilt. (xii), 54, (7) pages. First edition, limited to 120 numbered copies. Printed by hand on Zerkall Elfenbein Halbmatt. Wakeman, a printing historian of the highest regard, has described 51 of the most important titles relating to printing that were written over the explosive second half of the 19th century. He tells how printing was presented to the public, both as a technical science..... READ MORE about THE LITERATURE OF LETTERPRESS PRINTING 1849-1900, A SELECTION
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 14056
Loughborough, Leicestershire: The Plough Press, 1980. small 4to. quarter blue morocco leather, marbled paper-covered boards, gilt title & author on spine. 123, (2) pages with pocket at rear containing five paper samples (four 19th Century samples and one 20th Century samples). First edition limited to 102 numbered copies. Prospectus loosely inserted. A fine copy. Short histories of 14 mills with numerous samples, maps and photographs bound in which were jointly formed by Wakeman & Roderick..... READ MORE about TWENTIETH CENTURY ENGLISH VAT PAPER MILLS
Price: $725.00 Order nr. 38034
N.P. Poltroon Press, 1978. 8vo, foldout brochure. Limited to 40 copies. Type faces employed in the publications of the Poltroon Press. Foldout brochure. READ MORE about DISPLAY OF TYPE IN THE CASES OF POLTROON PRESS & NOVELTY CO
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 132472
(Oxford, UK): The Previous Parrot Press, 1999. 4to. paper-covered boards. (32) pages. Published in a limited edition of 136 numbered copies signed by the author, this is one of the 98 standard copies. A humorous and creative alphabet book, with representations of each letter done in lino blocks. Printed by Phil Abel in black ink on Zerkall paper. Design on front and back covers illustrated in the style of the prints. READ MORE about AN ANAMORPHIC ALPHABET
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 76352
Witney, Oxford, England: Previous Parrot Press, n.d. folio. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Prospectus for Frank Martin, The Wood Engravings of Frank Martin. Includes a biographical essay by Hal Bishop and a foreword by Victor Arwas. Includes nine woodcuts by Martin. READ MORE about THE Prospectus for WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF FRANK MARTIN
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 132521
Witney, Oxford, England: The Previous Parrot Press, n.d. folio. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Prospectus announcing Frank Martin, Reflections and Some History of the Town of Dieppe. Includes three woodcut illustrations by Martin. READ MORE about Prospectus for REFLECTIONS AND SOME HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF DIEPPE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 132522
(London, England: Primrose Hill Press Ltd., 1999). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 26, (4) pages. Table of contents, index. Includes works published by the press and the Primrose Hill Academy. Black and white illustrations, reproductions of woodcut engravings. READ MORE about PRIMROSE HILL PRESS CATALOGUE 1999
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 129424
London, England: Primrose Hill Press, 2000. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 30, (2) pages. Table of contenets, index. A catalogue of in-print and forthcoming publications. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about PRIMROSE HILL PRESS CATALOGUE 2000
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 132208
