eragny press moore (2 risultati)

Frontispiece, tailpiece and 2 headpieces designed and engraved on wood by Thomas Sturge Moore, initial letters designed by Lucien and engraved by Esther Pissarro. One of 175 copies, printed in Brook type on Arches Eragny watermarked paper. 12mo., bound by the important American bookbinders Stikeman in full brown morocco, with their stamp on the verso of the front free endpaper, tooled in gilt with a decorative gilt roll border of leaves and two gilt fillet borders, corner pieces on both sides of gilt fleurons, dots, flowers and tendrils, spine in compartments with raised bands and lettered in gilt, panels with gilt tooling, spine rubbed at joints, otherwise very good. Sturge Moore's book is dedicated to Sybil Pye, the great woman binder, who was a school mistress. For details of her close relationship with Sturge Moore see 'Women Bookbinders 1880-1920' by Marianne Tidcombe. Booklabel of Helmut Friedlander, a renowned New York lawyer, banker and book collector whose collection was sold at Christie's in 2001.

Hardcover. Condizione: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. A key resource for understanding the role of the Eragny Press in the private press movement. One of 235 copies. Description: Quarter buff paper boards with a repeat pattern of 'daisy' printed in green and pink, gold stamped on upper left cover: T.S. MOORE. Octavo: 21 × 13.5 cm; pag.: [28 ll. -paginated 4-52], with 15 wood engravings in black and white, printed recto only and 1 pressmark. Ref.: Genz EP17 Condition: Covers show very minor wear to extremities and a few marks to upper and rear board. Some slight tanning to free endpapers (as often). Internally, clean and free of marks. Notes: The 17th printing by the Eragny Press, published as a 'bibliography' of the prints to date. With an introduction by T.S. Moore and text extracts from 'A Defence of the Revival of Printing' (Ricketts, Vale Press, 1899) and 'De la Typographie' (Ricketts, Pissarro, Vale Press 1898).