Colvin Press (2 results)

Envelope/ Letterpress Samples. Condition: Near Fine. This envelope includes samples from the Colvin Press: There are 6 historic document Series: 1) Vietnam and the Geneva Agreements 2) American Colonists' Declaration of Independence 3) The Charter of the Organization of American States 4) Program of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (the "Vietcong", 5) War in Vietnam, 6) War Crimes; also, "Why Students revolt, War Prayer by Mark Twain, a colored card with a line from Thomas Paine, a card with a saying by Edmund Burke, and a card with saying from George Orwell. The items were all made on a small printing press.…

First Edition. Tipped-in colour frontispiece, two tipped-in portraits from photographs and one tipped-in facsimile, illustrations, coloured folding plate in pocket at end One of 300 copies. Set in Monotype Baskerville in black and ochre on Zerkall by Bill Hughes Small folio Fine copy, as new, in slipcase. Presentation Copy, inscribed by Simon Lawrence to Ian Rogerson on the half-title Rogerson 27 Brown quarter cloth, Clare Maziarczyk paste paper boards, spine with printed label, by Smith Settle.…