The reading room press (5 risultati)

One of an edition limited to 120 copies 'set in variety of Bodoni styles with a sprinkling of Caslon.' Printed on Zerkall paper by Miles Wigfield with his Albion press of 1832. Sewn into Hayle Mill Antique Rose paper wrappers. 210 x 167 mm, pp. [12] with a wood engraving of the windmill by Keith Pettit, originally commissioned by Anthony Baker of the Gruffyground Press for a project which faltered, together with a colour photograph tipped-in. A booklet in Fine condition, now in a clear, archival quality, protective display pocket.…

Copy number '65' of an edition limited to 75 copies set in 10pt Caslon and 30pt Chisel and printed on Liber Charta paper from St Cuthberts Mill on an 1832 Barrett & Cope Albion. Quarter brown cloth over paste-patterned paper boards, gilt lettering to the cloth of the upper board, light brown endpapers. 12mo., 184 x 155 mm, pp. [24] with a frontispiece engraving of the breast bone of a Tawny Owl, and five engravings of owls using blocks supplied by Victoria Hall and Nigel Hamway, originally cut to illustrate Yarrell's 'A History of British Birds'. A sample of the paper used for the covers of 'Bewick's Matchem' is also tipped-in. A book in Fine condition.…

Copy number '7' of an edition limited to 100 copies, set in Koch-Kursiv type and printed on Zerkall paper by Miles Wigfield using an Albion Press. Quarter orange cloth over paper covered boards, the paper by Ludlow Bookbinders, being a wood-engraved 1930s design by Olive Openshaw and taken from a plate prepared by Paul Kershaw, gilt lettering to the spine, grey endpapers. 12¼" x 8", pp. [24] with six engravings by Jane Lydbury printed from the wood. A book in Fine condition, now in a clear, archival quality, protective display pocket.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Limited. Hardback, Quarter blue cloth sewn in japanese style over paper covered boards with a printed paper label to the upper board - bound by Paul Kidson's Ludlow Bookbinders using a patterned paper designed and printed by Paul Kershaw. [16]pp french-folded, with 9 engravings printed, for the first time, from the original wood blocks. No. 5 of a limited edition of only 103 copies. copies. Previously owned by Simon Brett, with a bookplate to front pastedown. Some faint creasing to a couple of pages. A nice, clean copy.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Copy number '66' of an edition limited to 103 copies. Set in Jan van Kimpen's Lutetia with his Open Rman Capitals and Romulus for display. Printed on grey Zerkall Ingres paper by Miles Wigfield on his Albion Press, and bound by Paul Kidson's Ludlow Bookbinders using patterned paper designed and printed by Paul Kershaw. Quarter blue cloth sewn in japanese style over paper covered boards with a printed paper label to the upper board. 280 x 230 mm, pp. [16 ] french-folded, with nine engravings printed, for the first time, from the original wood blocks. A prospectus (pp. 4) on mauve paper is laid in. A book in Fine condition. Thijs Mauve (1915-1996) was a Dutch artist and engraver, the grandson of Anton Mauve, a leading member of the Hague School and cousin-in-law to Van Gogh. In 1949, Mauve was commissioned to design a book commemorating the reconstruction of the Port of Rotterdam following its destruction in May 1940 during World War II. Each chapter of the book, depicting a particular area of restoration, was headed by a wood engraving printed from line blocks.…