John randle introduction (7 risultati)

quarto, boards in dust jacket. Condizione: New. First Edition. First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. 392pp. Mark Batty Publisher, This is the first of a planned series of hardcover anthologies drawing on the sum and substance of the respected and renowned journal MATRIX, produced for over 20 years by John and Rose Randle at The Whittington Press. In this first Matrix anthology the focus is on type and typography. The carefully selected content spans centuries and continents. The list of contributors reads like a veritable "Who's Who" from the world of type and the book arts. Their subject matter is both esoteric and entertaining: Sebastian Carter on the types of Jan van Krimpen; Jan van Krimpen on " Preparing Designs for Monotype Faces"; John Dreyfus on the typographical importance of Maximillian Vox; James Mosley on "Eric Gill and the Golden Cockerel Type"; Jerry Kelly examining "The Dust Jacket Designs of Hermann Zapf"; and over 30 more. With over 200 illustrations.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Unpaginated 16pp exhibition catalogue. Thread bound with illustrations by Richard Kennedy, Miriam Macgregor, Hellmuth Weissenborn and Judy Ling Wong. Printed at The Whittington Press in a limited edition of 1500 copies. Brown thin card covers. Exhibition took place from 4th to 19th December 1981 and included engravings, lithographs and drawings by these four artists. As well as books printed at the Press from 1971 to 1981. Tin y crease to top right hand corner of front cover. Otherwise in fine condition. Will adjust overseas shipping costs to reflect weight and size of this booklet. Richard Kennedy; Miriam Macgregor; Hellmuth Weissenborn; Judy Ling Wong (illustratore). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Size: 9 5/8 in. x 13 ¼ in. 179 pp. Illustrated with b/w photos and samples of printing. Paper covered boards with green buckram spine and hinges. This is copy No. 34 of the 244 copies (out of a total of 380 copies) which were printed without tipped-in specimen pages. A catalogue of works by Whittington Press, including titles produced for other publishers, minor publications and ephemera, catalogues and prospectuses, posters and broadsides. An appendix with a checklist of books published from 1972 to 1981 along with indices to tiles, names, and subjects. In a fine slipcase. Weight is 4.5 lbs. Postage may be extra on this item.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Half scarlet oasis leather gilt with decorated paper-covered boards, portfolio, slipcase, large 4to.,(30) pages, illustrated with (32) full page wood engravings, several in color for the first time, by John O'Connor. Of 200 copies printed, this is one of 55 numbered copies bound thus and initialed by the artist. Printed from Bell type on Fabriano, Hahnemuhle and Oxford creme laid paper. Portfolio encloses proofs and a color wood engraving colored, titled and signed by the artist. A fine copy with a fine buckram and paper portfolio in a fine buckram and pink paper-covered slipcase. John O'Connor (illustratore). Signed by Artist.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Full green oasis leather, small thick folio, portfolio, solander case, (4), 179, (86) pages. Illustrated with signed proof prints, wood engravings, line drawings, paper samples, etc., with many mounted specimens. Copy XVI (the "B" Deluxe edition), one of 28 copies of a total of 380 copies printed from Caslon type on Zerkall mould-made paper, with Whittington marbled endpapers and a separate portfolio of Press ephemera comprising 37 additional specimens. Extensive bibliography for the period 1982-1993 by David Butcher and with notes by the printer and publisher John Randle. A checklist of the titles printed between 1972-1981 is included as an appendix. A fine copy in a better than very good solander case with trivial signs of use and with a leather gilt spine.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Quarter creme vellum gilt with marbled paper-covered boards, slipcase, large folio, (vi), 83, (3) pages. Illustrated with six original wood engravings, a perspex engraving, a linocut, five mounted photographs, drawings, and a large folded type-specimen on Amalfi handmade paper. Of a total of 320 numbered copies printed with various colors on Zerkall Halbmatt mould-made paper, this is one of 95 copies bound by Woolnough in quarter natural vellum and marbled paper-covered boards by Colleen Gryspeerdt, with 48 specimen leaves mounted on labelled brown Colorplan paper and an additional leaf listing subscribers. A fine copy in a very slightly rubbed brown cloth and paper-covered board slipcase with a cover engraving.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Copy number '109' of an edition limited to 530 copies of which this is one of 430 copies quarter bound in brown buckram over printed paper covered boards (other than 30 presentation copies similarly bound). Gilt lettering to the spine and top-edge tan stained. Printed on Zerkall mould-made paper using specimens of 21 Monotype typefaces in several sizes with a tipped-in specimen of Centaur type. Housed in the original buckram edged, paper covered board slipcase. Folio, [4, blank] [half-title] [blank] [title-page] [publisher] i-iv [3, contents] [blank] 125 [blank] [colophon] [5, blank] with illustrations by artists including Miriam Macgregor, Howard Phipps, Gwend Morgan, Robert Gibbings, Hellmuyth Weissenborn and Edward Ardizzine. A book in Fine condition in a Fine slipcase. 55 copies were quarter bound in Nigerian Goatskin and printed covers with a separate portfolio of broadsides of types and ornaments; 15 copies were full bound, with the separate portfolio.…