n.d. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. pp.51-56. An separately issued offprint of this article which had appeared in Matrix published by the Whittington Press. Illustrated. Has a plate. Lacks the mounted woodblock print. READ MORE about THE TECHNIQUE OF CHINESE WOOD-BLOCK PRINTING
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 94714
Melbourne, Australia: Douglas Stewart Fine Books, 2014. small folio. cloth, gilt on cover and spine, slipcase. (xii), 130 pages. Limited to 215 copies, of which this is one of 200 numbered copies bound thus. Tipped-in illustrations and photographs of Corrigan and the bookplates. Text set in Monotype Baskerville at Whittington Press, England. Includes an exclusive 90 minute interview with Pat Corrigan on DVD. Finely bound by hand in gilt-illustrated full cloth, with slipcase, at The..... READ MORE about BOOKPLATES FOR PAT CORRIGAN & FAMILY
Price: $450.00 Order nr. 132672
Melbourne, Australia: Douglas Stewart Fine Books, 2014. small folio. cloth, gilt on cover and spine, slipcase. (xii), 130 pages. Limited to 215 copies, of which this is one of 15 deluxe copies bound in full ostrich skin, contained in a cloth clamshell box, and includes a number of original bookplates signed by the respective artists. Tipped-in illustrations and photographs of Corrigan and the bookplates. Text set in Monotype Baskerville at Whittington Press, England. Includes an..... READ MORE about BOOKPLATES FOR PAT CORRIGAN & FAMILY
Price: $4,500.00 Order nr. 132746
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2008). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 32 pages. Limited to an edition of 300. Held at The Center for Book Arts, New York from September 26 to December 6, 2008 and at The Museum of Printing History, Houston, TX, from January 8 to April 25, 2009, this exhibition focused on the Whittington Press and its influential annual, Matrix, which provides an important platform for typographical dialog on..... READ MORE about ILLUSTRATED FINE PRINTING: WHITTINGTON & MATRIX IN AMERICA
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 103177
(Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Art Laboratory Press, 1970). 32mo. stiff paper wrappers. 27, (3) pages. Limited to 83 numbered copies. Reprint of 1790 edition (Middletown, Connecticut: Moses H. Woodward). Printed by Wyman W. Parker with assistance of Russell T. Limbach. Issued as Keepsake 85 for the Columbiad Club. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about THE FAMOUS HISTORY OF WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 128512
Petersham, MA: Lone Oak Press, 2015. oblong 8vo. quarter cloth with decorated paper covered boards, paper label on spine. unpaginated. First edition limited to 300 copies, of which this is one of 260 numbered copies bound thus. Accompanied by a letter from Abigail Rorer to Richard Schimmelpfeng thanking him for a generous order. The small church in the Gloucestershire village of Whittington in the U K has been part of the backdrop of British wood-engraver..... READ MORE about ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S, WHITTINGTON: A COTSWOLD CHURCH
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 127762
Cloth portfolio with paper cover label containing 10 9 x 12 letter press printed posters issued in celebration of Oak Knoll Fest '94 held in New Castle on October 5th.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1994. folio. cloth portfolio with paper cover label. Cloth portfolio with paper cover label containing 10 9 x 12 letter press printed posters issued in celebration of Oak Knoll Fest '94 held in New Castle on October 5th. Issued in only 50 sets of which 38 are for sale. Each printer was given the same text to incorporate in a poster celebrating this exhibition of private press books. They..... READ MORE about OAK KNOLL FEST 1994, A BOOK ARTS DAY
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 40696
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 1995. 10 x 15 inches. cloth portfolio with paper cover label containing 17 letterpress printed posters. Limited to only 65 sets of which 46 were for sale. Issued in celebration of Oak Knoll Fest, held in New Castle on October 7, 1995. Each private press printer was given the same text to incorporate in a poster celebrating this private press book fair. They added their own design concepts and..... READ MORE about OAK KNOLL FEST 1995
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 42561
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 2003. 10 x 15 inches. cloth portfolio with paper cover label containing 33 letterpress printed posters. Limited to only 125 sets of which 94 are for sale. Issued in celebration of Oak Knoll Fest X, held in New Castle on October 3-5, 2003. The thirty-three broadsides display a broad range of design and printing methods. Organized by Graham Moss, each private press printer chose their own text and design..... READ MORE about OAK KNOLL FEST X 2003
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 75147
N.P. (Whittington Press), 2009. Broadside (8 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches). Text in Italian. A statement of gratitude from the Double Crown Club for hospitality on a visit to Venice. Woodcut illustration by Miriam Macgregor. READ MORE about AI CARI SILVIO, SANDRO & ELISABETTA
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 125857
Manor Farm: The Whittington Press, 1988. small 4to. paper wrappers. 15+(1) pages. A catalogue of The Whittington Press's new books and books advertised in the 1986-87 catalogue with updated information. Printed by hand and illustrated with wood-engraving by John O'Connor and Richard Kennedy. READ MORE about BOOKS COMING FROM THE WHITTINGTON PRES 1988, 1989, & 1990
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 57719
Manor Farm: The Whittington Press, n.d. small 4to. paper wrappers. 15+(1) pages. A catalogue of The Whittington Press's new books and books and reproducing a number of the woodcuts from books being printed. Slightly faded along spine. READ MORE about BOOKS COMING FROM THE WHITTINGTON PRESS 1986-7
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 58979
Leominster: The Whittington Press, (1992). small 4to. self paper wrappers. 16 pages. Catalogue for projects planned for the two next years at the time of printing. Explanatory introduction by the Randles. Covers printed in ocre and black. Illustrations within text printed in brown or yellow and black. Printed on laid paper. READ MORE about BOOKS COMING FROM THE WHITTINGTON PRESS DURING 1993, 1994, & BEYOND
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 78670
(Leominster, Herefordshire, England: The Whittington Press), 2001. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 16 pages. Catalogue of items published by the Whittington Press 1999-2001. Illustrated with two tipped-in paper specimens. READ MORE about BOOKS FROM THE WHITTINGTON PRESS 1999 2000 2001
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 132598
(Andoversford): The Whittington Press, n.d. (but 1985). small 4to. stiff paper wrapper. (12) pages. Catalogue for projects planned for the next year at the time of printing. With detailed descriptions of the publications themselves. Cover printed with blue and black. Illustrations in text. Uncut pages, printed on laid paper. READ MORE about BOOKS FROM THE WHITTINGTON PRESS, 1985
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 78675
(Andoversford, Gloucestershire, England: The Whittington Press), 1983. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 15+(1) pages. A catalogue of items available for 1983/4. Front cover illustrated and illustrations in text. Corrigenda laid in. READ MORE about BOOKS FROM THE WHITTINGTON PRESS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 133013
Leominster: The Whittington Press, n.d. (but circa 1999). small 4to. self paper wrapper. 16 pages. Catalogue for projects planned for the next three years at the time of printing. Explanatory introduction by the Randles. With detailed descriptions of the publications themselves. Cover printed in deep raspberry and black ink. One black and white plate and two paper samples tipped in. Illustrations in text printed in black and fuchsia. Printed on laid paper. READ MORE about BOOKS FROM THE WHITTINGTON PRESS: 1999, 2000, 2001
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 78671
N.P. Whittington Press, 2014. Broadside (10 x 15 3/4 inches). Advertises the Summer Show, September 6, 2014. With wood engraving by Norman Janes. READ MORE about THE FORTY-FIFTH WHITTINGTON SUMMER SHOW
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 125863
Andoversford: Whittington Press, (1983). folio. cloth, paper cover and spine labels, slipcase. xvi, 68, (2) pages. Limited to 260 numbered copies. Two page foreword by John Randle followed by a six page autobiography by Weissenborn with tipped-in photographs. The text is followed by a selection of over 2000 of his engravings printed in either black, blue or red. Weissenborn, before his death in 1982 at the age of 83, had fifteen of his books printed..... READ MORE about HELLMUTH WEISSENBORN, ENGRAVER WITH AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION BY THE ARTIST
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 10804
N.P. Whittington Press, 2012. broadside (13 by 11 inches. Broadside announcing publication of Anna Nyburg's biography of Hellmuth Weißenborn From Leipzig to London. Illustrated. READ MORE about IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR OLD FRIEND & MENTOR HELLMUTH WEIßENBORN
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 132609
Andoversford, Gloucestershire, England: The Whittington Press, 1982. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cloth clamshell box. (vi), 112 pages. First edition, limited to 450 numbered copies. Twenty-one chapters on various aspects of printing, private press, illustration and papermaking. Includes articles by Adrian Cunningham on Eric Gill, John Biggs on wood-engraving in Russia, James Mosely on Gill and the Golden Cockerel Type, John Randle on the Rampant Lions Press and many others. Foldout frontispiece, a 1918 letter..... READ MORE about MATRIX 02, A REVIEW FOR PRINTERS & BIBLIOPHILES
Price: $595.00 Order nr. 129285
Cheltenham: The Whittington Press, 1985. small 4to. quarter black morocco over patterned paper-covered boards, slipcase. (iv), 164 pages. One of the 80 numbered copies bound thus. 25 articles and many plates, tipped-in samples, etc. Schmoller on An Italian Paperchase, Dreyfus on the Curwen Press, Henry Morris on his Bird & Bull Press and many others on private presses, printing and papermaking. Early deluxe editions of Matrix are exceedingly rare. Fine copy. READ MORE about MATRIX 05
Price: $1,000.00 Order nr. 12416
Manor Farm: The Whittington Press, 1986. small 4to. quarter morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, slipcase. (iv), 182 pages. Limited to 900 copies of which this is one of the 100 numbered copies bound this way. Filled with tipped in plates and other illustrations and many fine articles on printing and private press. Has an article on Robert Gibbings, Vance Gerry on the Castle Press, Renee Weber on the pattern papers and woodcuts of John DePol..... READ MORE about MATRIX 06
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 17157
Manor Farm: The Whittington Press, 1986. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, glassine dust wrapper. (vi), 182 pages. First edition, limited to 900 numbered copies; this is "contributor's copy. John Depol 1987." (Butcher 88). Articles by Roderick Cave on the Chiswick and Golden Cockerel Presses, paper-chasing by Tanya Schmoller, Geoffrey Wakeman on letterpress printing, John DePol and his woodcut pattern papers, etc. Fine condition. READ MORE about MATRIX 06
Price: $185.00 Order nr. 17478
Manor Farm: The Whittington Press, 1986. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, custom clamshell box with gilt lettering on spine. (vi), 182 pages. First edition, limited to 900 numbered copies; this is "contributor's copy. John Depol 1987." (Butcher 88). Articles by Roderick Cave on the Chiswick and Golden Cockerel Presses, paper-chasing by Tanya Schmoller, Geoffrey Wakeman on letterpress printing, John DePol and his woodcut pattern papers, etc. READ MORE about MATRIX 06
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 124978
