The alembic press winchester (35 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. Sewn wrappers, 4 by 3 inches, (18) pages, two mounted paper cuts. Copy No. 91 of an unspecified number printed. A fine copy.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. Marbled paper-covered card wrappers, cover label, small 8vo., 70 pages, illusrated with wood engravings by Jill Barker. Revised edition. One of 150 numbered copies hand-set in Bembo types. Bare trace of wear, else a fine copy in archival mylar.

Marbleised Wrapper. Condizione: As New. Limited 58/150. Marbleised Wrapper. As New. Limited 58/150. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 70p. compiled by Claire Bolton with introduction by John Ryder. First published in 1983. This is the revised edition. Jill Barker (illustratore).

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. No.49 of a limited edition of 150 copies of this 2nd edition. All in VG condition throughout. One-page flyer for third edition tipped in. Jill Barker (illustratore).

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Limited Edition. No. 230 of limited edition of 500, signed by the author. 35 pages. Some fingermarks on covers. Size: 210mm Tall, 8vo. Book.

Soft Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Limited/Numbered. Number 117 of 125 copies pp 42 A crisp copy with very slight shelfwear Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. Number 46 of 110 (150) copies handset in Bembo and printed in red and black on Zerkall paper. Bound in card with marbled paper wrappers, printed label superimposed on the front. A near fine copy. First published in 1983.

Copy number '99' of an edition limited to 125 copies hand set in Kennerley and printed on 125 gsm Abbey Mills Text, on a Golding treadle platen. Manilla card covers with grey Ingres endpapers and grey/green Ingres wrapper, engraving on upper panel of the wrappers, gilt title page. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-42 [2, blank] with 16 illustrations from old engravings of printing equipment. A book in Fine condition. Alembic Press Bibliography: B21. …

Copy number '54' of an edition limited to 110 copies hand set in 5pt Modern Italic. Blue paper printed wrappers, sewn with blue thread. Oblong 32mo, 70 x 102 mm, pp. [20]. Page [6] has a tiny envelope affixed to it with 'Miracle Inside'. The ninth in the series of 'Tales'. A miniature book in Fine condition. 70 copies were sent to the British Printing Society Publishing Group (BPSPG).…

Edition limited to 120 copies, 8vo, pp. [38]; full-page map, full-page watermark, 6 other illustrations from old wood engravings; fine in original marbled paper wrappers, printed paper label on the upper cover. History of a 17th-century English papermaking mill and reprinting an inventory of its equipment.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo. Printed on 120gsm. Conqueror White Wove. No. 81 of just 100 copies.Internally clean and without inscription. Bound in grey wrappers with illustration to upper wrapper. The head of the wrapper is sun-faded to the top 2cm. Otherwise a lovely copy of a SCARCE title. Samples of type. blocks borders and ornaments both black and coloured (illustratore).…

One of 110 copies hand set in Bodoni Ultra and printed on 90gsm, red Ingres paper sewn into a printed red card cover with red thread. Oblong miniature, 72 x 105 mm, pp. [20]. A miniature book in Fine condition. The tenth 'Tale' in the series. 70 copies were sent to the BPSPG.

REVISED EDITION, LIMITED TO 150 COPIES, THIS BEING NUMBER 14, QUARTER LEATHER OVER MARBLED CARD COVERS, FINE COPY, WOOD CUTS BY JILL BARKER. WITH A NOTE FROM THE COMPILER.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. Generally in fine or near fine condition.

Revised edition. Copy number '111' of an edition limited to 150 copies, hand set in Bembo and printed on a Arab Foolscap Folio press. Cream card covers with marbled paper wrappers, printed title label to the upper wrapper panel, grey endpapers. Small Octavo, 175 x 125 mm, pp. [1-4] 5-70 [2 blank] with thirteen wood engravings. …

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. Handset in Bembo, with specimens of 26 type-faces. One of 100 numbered copies printed in black and various colours on white wove paper. Sewn into card covers, cut flush, with Swedish grey card covers prined in black. A fine copy. The first book from the Press.

Copy number '76' of an edition limited to 95 copies. Set in Egyptian Expanded and printed on brown Kraft paper. Oblong 48mo, 70 x 115 mm, 10 zig-zag folding pages with linocut by Tristan Bolton. The seventh book in a series. A miniature booklet in Very Good condition. 65 copies to the BPSPG. The Alembic Press Bibliography: B22.…

Copy number '90' of a (second) edition limited to 100 copies printed on Conqueror Vellum Laid paper and hand set in 2 line small pica Caslon Ronde. Cream card wrappers, framed title lettering to the upper cover, sewn with white thread. Oblong miniature, 75 x 105 mm., pp. [20] with two linocuts of drawings by Rebecca Bolton and Melissa Hunter. A miniature book in Fine condition. The first edition of 'The Tale of Two Princesses' [B2] December 1978, consisted of 78 copies, 70 of which were sent to the British Printing Society Publishing Group (BPSPG). Alembic Bibliography: B6.…

Copy number '50' of a (second) edition limited to 100 copies printed on Conqueror Vellum Laid paper and hand set in 2 line small pica Caslon Ronde. Cream card wrappers, framed title lettering to the upper cover, sewn with white thread. Oblong miniature, 75 x 105 mm., pp. [20] with two linocuts of drawings by Rebecca Bolton and Melissa Hunter. A miniature book in Fine condition. The first edition of 'The Tale of Two Princesses' [B2] December 1978, consisted of 78 copies, 70 of which were sent to the British Printing Society Publishing Group (BPSPG). Alembic Bibliography: B6.…

One of a second edition limited (according to the colophon, but see note) to 480 copies hand set in Kennerley with typographic ornaments and printed for All Saints' Church Restoration Appeal. Assorted colour bond, stapled into gold, printed card covers; some had blue covers. A reprint of an earlier book (B10) with one less recipe. 145 x 105 mm, pp.16. A book in Fine condition. Note: The Alembic Bibliography states that there were 450 copies in this edition. Alembic Bibliography: B34.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. Printed Ingres paper over card covers, folio, (12) leaves. One of 50 numbered copies of this experiment in nature printing. A fine copy.

Edition limited to 150 copies (this, no. 41), revised edition, 12mo, pp. 70; wood engravings by Jill Barker printed in red throughout, fine in original brown calf-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. Brief lists of bookbinders, booksellers, libraries, museums, wood engravers, etc.

Copy number '247' of an edition limited to 500 copies signed by the author. Hand set and printed in 14 point Kennerly type on Conqueror Laid paper. Printed, illustrated and decorated cream card wrappers, sewn with white thread. Octavo, 210 x 145 mm., pp. [1-4] 5-35 [blank] with two engravings by the author. Together with a note from Claire Bolton to Jonathan Gili dated 1.7.82. A book in Fine condition Jonathan Gili (19 April 1943 1 October 2004) was a British filmmaker, editor and director, who produced numerous and wide-ranging television documentary and features programmes, mostly for the BBC.…

Copy number '9' of an edition limited to 70 copies set in 40 line Antique Elongated and printed on an Arab foolscap Folio on Zerkall paper. Printed brick-red Ingres paper wrappers over white card cover, with pages sewn into three sections and glued to the cover. Narrow small quarto, 250 x 90 mm, pp. [36]. A book in Fine condition. …

Copy number '50' of an edition limited to 150 copies printed on 100gsm Conqueror White Laid paper sewn into red card covers and hand set in 18 point Monotype Old English. Oblong, 75 x 102 mm, pp. [16] with two linocuts of illustrations by Rebecca Bolton. A miniature book in Fine condition. 70 copies were sent to BPSPG. Alembic Bibliography: B4.…

Copy number '12' of an edition limited to 150 numbered copies hand set in 14pt Kennerly and various sizes and faces of wood letter. Printed on a Golding No. 6 platen on grey Victory Cartridge paper. Publisher's grey Helicon (faux leather) with the Alembic Press mark on the upper cover, printed paper label to the spine, grey tint lettering endpapers. Square, 150 x 155 mm, pp. [36]. A book in Very Good condition. The wood letter specimens used in this book were mainly cut by Day & Collins, with 'U' and 'V' by Delittle of York and eight letters by unknown makers. William Makepiece Thackeray (1811-63), an English novelist and illustrator, wrote the verses for each letter of the alphabet in around 1833 in the form of a notepaper book for the education of Eddy Chadwick, the son of a friend; that book was first published in 1929 by John Murray with Thackeray's own drawings.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Number 120 of 150 copies handset in Kennerley, printed on Gunny [jute & cotton] paper. 11 samples of paper tipped-in. Quarter rust cloth, jute cotton over boards, with block-printed endpapers designed by Barbara Bliss. A fine copy. Eleven papers are represented, one from the nineteenth-century, the rest contemporary. Nigel Macfarlane helped in the revival of the manufacture of these papers at Khadi in India.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 42 pages, illustrations in text, near fine/fine condition in paper covered boards and leather spine, spine very slightly rubbed and faded, number 8 of 125 copies.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Nine different papers from Nepal and Bhutan, sewn in three sections with paper wrapper, the whole being housed in a specially made portfolio with red cotton ties. Handset in Kennerley with 19 Nepali motifs , most printed in a second colour. Number 10 of 108 copies. Fine condition. 'As the papers were all of varying size they had to be folded and cut by hand before I began. I printed each sheet doubled with a sheet of 'Yellow Pages' inside to absorb any ink that might go through to the paper. I lost a number of letters from when they hit bits of rock, bark or charcoal, but apart from tthat had no trouble printing. The type area for each page for delibarately varied to avoid the need for accurate registration, which would have been impossible with such irregular edges to the paper.' (B19).…

Number 139 of 150 copies. Number 139 of 150 copies. 48pp. 11 tipped in paper samples. Oblong 8vo. Publisher's cloth-backed paper boards 48pp. 11 tipped in paper samples. Oblong 8vo.