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Pages From Presses Volume II: Golden Cockerel, Gregynog, Shakespeare Head, Curwen, Nonesuch, Haslewood Books and Cresset
Published by The Whittington Press, Lower Marston Farm, Risbury, Herefordshire, 2022
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA, Savage, MD, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA ESA ILAB IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Hardcover. Number 59 of 95 copies of this beautifully printed book. There are 180 copies in this edition: 45 copies numbered I-XLV, 40 copies numbered i-xl; and 95 copies numbered 1-95. Each version has a different binding and a different number of original leaves.This version has 14 original paper leaves. From the press prospectus: "Never before have original leaves from such high points been gathered together in a single volume, and it is unlikely they will ever be again. They will be accompanied by David's informative and authoritative commentary, much praised in the first volume. The book makes an ideal companion to the first volume, and together they cover perhaps the epitome of fifty years of the British private press movement from Kelmscott on. This is a unique opportunity to acquire original leaves from a selection of the books of the major British fine presses that flourished after the First World War. The book gives collectors the feel of the actual pages from these presses in a way no reproduction can achieve, demonstrating clearly the quality of work of each. The leaves are tipped onto guards so that each side is readily accessible and can be turned naturally." In addition to the individual leaves listed below, there is a large fold-out page opposite the title page with the pressmarks of the various presses printed on Batchelor's Crown and Sceptre paper. Bound in half green buckram with light green paper covers with the blind stamped Whittington watermark on the front cover, and with gilt titling to spine. Set in Neil Winter in 14D Walbaum type and printed at Whittington on Losin hand-made paper. Bound by the Fine Book Bindery, Finedon. Housed in a green buckram and cream paper covered slipcase. In fine condition. Measures 11.5 x 15.5 inches. 138 pages including Chronology and Further Reading. PRI/121223 The leaves included in this edition are: Golden Cockerel Press: Pages 75-76 of The Canterbury Tales, with marginal illustrations by Eric Gill. Pages 357-358 of Paradise Lost Pages 51-52 of The Hundredth Story Gregynog Press: Pages 199-200 of The Plays of Euripides Pages 41-44 of Caneuon Ceiriog Detholiad Pages 207-208 of Erewhon Shakespeare Head Press: Pages 153-154 and 159-160 of The Whole Works of Homer Pages 159-160 of The Works of William Shakespeare Curwen Press: Pages 221-222 of The Legion Book Nonesuch Press: Pages 95-96 and 105-106 of Benito Cereno Pages 523-524 of The Anatomy of Melancholy Pages 619-620 of Odyssey Haslewood Books: Pages 193-194 and 207-208 of Tales from Hans Andersen with hand-colored illustration by Hester Sainsbury Cresset Press: Pages 17-18 from The Apocrypha or The Sheheardes Calendar.
