Oxford alembic press (33 risultati)

Hardback. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Large 8vo. Original publisher's black cloth, over decorated red and black papered boards, lettered gilt at the spine. Bookplate of Peter Hardiman Scott (1920-1999) journalist, broadcaster, poet and thriller writer. He served as the BBC's first political editor, from 1970 to 19…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A signed, Numbered and Limited edition of 110 copies of which this is No. 23. Inscribed in the poet's hand, as follows, "Vera with Love from John" and signed separately on Title-Page. Colophon has copy No. and details that the print is 10 point Plantin by Solo-type and…

A prospectus and catalogue promoting current and new titles as at 1991 together with a short list of five titles available from previous years. Red printed wrappers, sewn with red thread. Octavo, 215 x 150 mm, pp. [8] with four illustrations in red and one example of Maziarczyk Paste Papers tipped-in. A prospectus in Very Good c…

A prospectus and catalogue promoting current and four forthcoming titles as at 1992 together with a short list of seven titles available from previous years. Light brown printed wrappers, sewn with matching thread. Octavo, 215 x 150 mm, pp. [8] with one illustration and one example of a Compton Marbling pattern tipped-in. An ord…

One of an edition limited to 95 copies with text set in 12pt and 10pt Bembo. 50 copies (of which this is one) were printed on Rivoli paper and 45 copies were printed on Five Seasons Recycled paper. Grey paper wrappers with title and decorative border printed in red to the upper panel, sewn with brown thread. Quarto, 280 x 200 mm…

LIMITED EDITION No. 9 of 250 copies Tall 8vo. hardback in quarter dark blue morocco, gilt, with marbled boards, in dark blue cloth-covered slipcase. Burnt orange endpapers matching slipcase lining. 91pp. with tipped-in b/w portraits of Greene and Low. With loose 4pp. Prospectus. A clean copy with no markings or inscriptions. A V…

LIMITED EDITION No. 8 of 250 copies Tall 8vo. hardback in quarter dark blue morocco, gilt, with marbled boards, in dark blue cloth-covered slipcase. Burnt orange endpapers matching slipcase lining. 91pp. with tipped-in b/w portraits of Greene and Low. With 2 loose 4pp. Publisher's leaflets (one a prospectus, the other a list of…

One of the rarest and most beautifully produced of the fine press bibliographies. 74 items described in great detail. Numerous tipped-in samples of the press' work, including a few printed on exotic papers. Beautifully printed on fine wove paper. Edition limited to 100 numbered copies. 4to. Bound by Claire Bolton in quarter clot…

One of an edition limited to 60 copies of a miniature book machine set in 10pt Gloucester Bold Italic and printed in purple ink. Stiff marbled card wrappers backed with blue paper, frill lace decoration to the lower edge of the upper board, printed and decorated blue paper label, sewn onto yellow threads. 75 x 75 mm, pp. [16] wi…

One of an edition limited to 30 copies printed on Rivoli paper using a Vandercook SP15 cylinder proof press. The text was set in 10pt Modern Extended using a Monotype pneumatic key-board and cast with a Monotype Composition caster. A specimen of some 8300 figures (numerals and fractions) cast on a Monotype Super caster and then…

One of an edition limited to 50 copies printed in red ink on a Vandercook 4 and 16 page imposition. Text set in 6pt Old Style, Plantin, Baskerville, Imprint, Gill, Greek, Grotesque, Modern, Spartan, Times, and Univers. Brown card covers sewn with brown thread, patterned paper wrappers. 72 x 50 mm, pp. 32. A miniature book in Fin…

Edition limited to 250 copies (this, no. 105), 8vo, pp. 77, [3]; 16 photographic illustrationson rectos and versos of 8 plates, shop plans, facsimiles, and tables in the text; original terracotta cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards, gilt titling on spine; fine. The long and esteemed history of the Wells Bookshop and bind…

Copy number '77' 0f an edition limited to 250 copies machine setr on Caslon by Solo-Type and printed on Rivoli paper. Quarter brick-red cloth over oprinted and illustrated paper covered boards, gilt lettering to the spine, orange-brown endpapers. Octavo, 250 x 175, pp. 80 with illustrations. A book in Fine condition. 50 de-luxe…

Copy number '32' of an edition limited to 95 (100) copies. Machine set in Bembo and printed on 150 gsm Hahnemuhle paper on an Arab foolscap folio press and bound by Claire Bolton. Quarter bound in burgundy cloth over Payhembury marbled paper boards, grey endpapers, printed paper label to the spine. 260 x 170 mm, pp. [1-4] 5-57 […

One of 50 de-luxe copies, from a total edition of 250 copies, hand-bound by Tim Wiltshire at the bindery in Winchester. Machine set text in Caslon by Solo-Type and printed on Rivoli paper. Light brown quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards, gilt lettering and decorative devices to the spine using original tools. Small…

Cloth. Condizione: Fine. A very scarce superb limited edition copy comprising the complete and correspondence between Graham Greene and David Low, who held a strong friendship for many years. A very scarce limited edition of two hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered one hundred and forty one.Publisher's prospectus…

Copy number '88' of an edition limited to 100 copies printed in brown and green, set in Bell by Solo-Type on Five Seasons recycled paper, 4 samples of papyrus in progressive states tipped-in, pp. 33, oblong 16mo. Original grey boards covered with gauze-cloth, backed with green cloth, upper board with hieroglyphics printed in gre…

Condizione: Fine. first Edition Thus. First Edition. Original decorated wrappers, printed labels, fine. Miniature Book 2 1/2" by 2 3/4". #38 or 140 copies. "A limited and numbered edition of 140 copies, cast in 9/10 point Old Style by David Bolton, and designed, printed, and bound by Claire Bolton at The Alembic Press, Hyde Farm…

Copy number '5' of an edition limited to 25 copies. Seventy-one loose printed cards enclosed in a printed card box with a tab closure. An eight line wood-letter alphabet set printed in red and black in Delittle's Sans 54/56, with foreground one side and background, on the reverse. The letters 'Q' and 'X' were deliberately omitte…