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(Center for Book Arts).

ILLUSTRATED FINE PRINTING: WHITTINGTON & MATRIX IN AMERICA.

(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

Price: $25.00 save 15% $21.25 other currencies Order nr. 103177

(Columbiad Club).

THE FAMOUS HISTORY OF WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT.

(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

Price: $75.00 other currencies Order nr. 128512

Corrington, John William.

THE ANATOMY OF LOVE & OTHER POEMS. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD WHITTINGTON.

Fort Lauderdale: Roman Books, 1964. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 86 pages. First edition. Southern author. One of 1,000 copies. Printed at the Auerhahn Press, San Francisco. Wrappers creased and lightly soiled. READ MORE

Price: $65.00 other currencies Order nr. 112624

(Limited Editions Club).

EVERGREEN TALES; OR, TALES FOR THE AGELESS: DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT / THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD / THE UGLY DUCKLING.

3 Volumes.
New York, NY: The Limited Editions Club, 1949. 4to. decorated cloth, all in paper-covered slipcases with paper spine label. 37+(1); 43, (3); 44, (4) pages. 3 Volumes. Limited to 2500 numbered copies printed of each volume (LEC 228). Box 5: The Ugly Duckling (Everett Gee Jackson) unsigned and The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood (Sylvain Sauvage) and The Story of Dick Whittington and His Cat (Robert Lawson). All volumes with prefatory comments. Signed by the... READ MORE

Price: $120.00 other currencies Order nr. 129276

(Lone Oak Press). Macgregor, Miriam & Abigail Rorer.

ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S, WHITTINGTON: A COTSWOLD CHURCH.

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

Price: $225.00 other currencies Order nr. 127762

(Nine Elms Press). Nash, John R.

MR COBDEN-SANDERSON'S TWO HANDED ENGINE.

London: The Nine Elms Press, (1994). 8vo. Morris willow-pattern stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. (iv), 23, (3) pages. Limited to 350 copies printed by Whittington for Harold Smith. Signed by the author. On the Doves Press and Emery Walker's relationship to T.J. Cobden-Sanderson. Small bump to tail of spine, else fine. READ MORE

Price: $35.00 other currencies Order nr. 40900

Ong, George.

FROM ALMELOVEEN TO WHITTINGTON: BOOK & MANUSCRIPT CATALOGUES 15451995 FROM THE COLLECTION OF GEORGE ONG.

New York: The Grolier Club, 2007. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 72 pages. This book showcases works from the collection of George Ong that were on exhibition at the Grolier Club from January 24 to March 9, 2007. The books is mostly an enumerative or systematic bibliography, as opposed to a critical or analytical bibliography. Sir Walter W. Greg defined this type of bibliography as "the classification of individual books according to some guiding principle."... READ MORE

Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 106667

(Private Press).

OAK KNOLL FEST X 2003.

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

Price: $200.00 other currencies Order nr. 75147

Randle, John and Rose (editors).

TYPE & TYPOGRAPHY, HIGHLIGHTS FROM MATRIX, THE REVIEW FOR PRINTERS AND BIBLIOPHILES.

West New York, NJ: Mark Batty, 2003. 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xx, (iv), 374, (2) pages. First edition. Designed by Jerry Kelly and set in the Comenius font, designed by Hermann Zapf for Berthold in 1976.This book is the first of a planned series of anthologies from "Matrix," the respected journal of fine printing, typography, and book design produced annually for more than 20 years by John and Rose Randle at the Whittington Press... READ MORE

Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 73850

Tao, Geng and Liang Dong.

THE TECHNIQUE OF CHINESE WOOD-BLOCK PRINTING.

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

Price: $17.50 other currencies Order nr. 94714

(Whittington Press).

AI CARI SILVIO, SANDRO & ELISABETTA.

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

Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 125857

(Whittington Press). Bishop, Hal.

LOST & FOUND.

Risbury, Herefordshire: Whittington Press, The. 2010. 8vo. half-bound in buckram and paper. 112. Trade edition, one of 225 copies. Lost and Found will show all sixteen of the blocks for The Mill on the Floss for the first time, as well as reconstructing the larger palimpsest images on the reverse of the blocks. As Hal Bishop remarked in Matrix 26, 'Despite the loss of the short central section of each block, Rachel's compositional whole is... READ MORE

Price: $215.00 other currencies Order nr. 105220

(Whittington Press). Bodger, Lowell.

PROGRESSING BACKWARD.

N.P. (Whittington Press), 1999. Broadside (10 1/2 by 19 inches). Broadside with quotation from Lowell Bodger. Two edges uncut. Bent at corners. READ MORE

Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 125855

(Whittington Press).

BOOKS COMING FROM THE WHITTINGTON PRES 1988, 1989, & 1990.

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

Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 57719

(Whittington Press).

BOOKS COMING FROM THE WHITTINGTON PRESS 1986-7.

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

Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 58979

(Whittington Press).

BOOKS COMING FROM THE WHITTINGTON PRESS DURING 1993, 1994, & BEYOND.

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

Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 78670

(Whittington Press).

BOOKS FROM THE WHITTINGTON PRESS, 1985.

(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

Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 78675

(Whittington Press).

BOOKS FROM THE WHITTINGTON PRESS: 1999, 2000, 2001.

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

Price: $17.50 other currencies Order nr. 78671

(Whittington Press). Butcher, David (compiler).

THE WHITTINGTON PRESS, A BIBLIOGRAPHY 1982-93.

Lower Marston Farm: Whittington Press, 1996. folio. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, slipcase. (x), 179, (3) pages. Edition of 380 copies, numbered, 244 bound thus (Leaf Book - Chalmers 211). A catalogue raisonné of the works published by The Whittington Press between 1982 and 1993 compiled by David Butcher, with an introduction and notes by John Randle. Includes, with full limitations given, books published by The Whittington Press, titles produced for other publishers, minor publications and... READ MORE

Price: $150.00 other currencies Order nr. 46149

(Whittington Press). Butcher, David.

INDEX TO MATRIX 1-21.

(Lower Marston Farm, Risbury): Matrix (ie The Whittington Press, 2003). 8vo. limp paper-covered boards, paper dust jacket. (viii), xiv, 72 pages. First edition, printed in an edition of 500 copies of which this is one of 400 from the trade edition. Prefaced with a history of Matrix followed by the index which covers 500 articles and includes 10,000 entries. An essential reference. Destined to be a scarce item, this was not issued as part of... READ MORE

Price: $175.00 other currencies Order nr. 75260

(Whittington Press). Butcher, David.

INDEX TO MATRIX 1-5, 1981-1985.

(Lower Marston Farm, Risbury: Whittington Press), n.d. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (7) pages. Printed at the Whittington Press. READ MORE

Price: $45.00 other currencies Order nr. 108924

(Whittington Press).

CENTAUR.

N.P. (Whittington Press), 2014. Broadside (13 x 18 1/2 inches). Reprint. Description of Centaur, a 20th century Roman typeface designed by Bruce Rogers in 1915. Wood engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn. Printed for Whittington Press Open Days, 2011 and 2014. Bent at corners. READ MORE

Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 125862

(Whittington Press). Craig, John.

VENICE.

2 Volumes.
(Risbury, Herefordshire, England: The Whittington Press, 2015). 4to. half leather, illustrated paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut, slipcase. unpaginated. 2 Volumes. Limited to 560 copies, 60 half-bound in Oasis leather with a portfolio of prints. This copy thus bound and signed by author and designer John Craig on colophon. The reflections of "a Venice amateur." Engraved illustrations of Venice, including tipped-in and foldout items. With prints in a portfolio bound with quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. Pages French-fold. READ MORE

Price: $600.00 other currencies Order nr. 128656

(Whittington Press). Hanscomb, Brian.

CORNWALL, AN INTERIOR VISION.

Lower Marston: Whittington Press, 1992. 4to. ribbon tied stiff paper wrappers, slipcase with paper label on spine. (21) pages. Limited to 135 signed and numbered copies, this being one of a hundred of the trade edition. (Butcher 115). Printed by the artist on F.J. Head hand-made paper, and bound in Japanese style. Contains eight mesmerizing copper engravings by Hanscomb, accompanied by short, verse-like texts which relate to each engraving all which capture the beauty and... READ MORE

Price: $175.00 other currencies Order nr. 36616

(Whittington Press). Henry, Barbara.

VISITING THE WHITTINGTON PRESS.

(Risbury): Whittington Press, 2010. oblong 8vo. pictorial paper covered boards, dust jacket, slipcase (with added handprinted label by the Whittington Press). Limited to 65 numbered copies. A book produced by Apple in the new method of producing small numbers of well illustrated books by computer. Loosely inserted is a hand-printed four page brochure with text describing the project on the first page, signatures of all involved on the second page, a color photograph of Patrick... READ MORE

Price: $110.00 other currencies Order nr. 105211

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