Newdigate Will Ransom (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Quarter vellum gilt with Enid Marx Curwen Press pattern paper-covered sides, 4to., vii, 186 pages. Illustrated with one and two color facsimiles and tipped-in color plates and samples. Printed at the Curwen Press. Covers are soiled and edgeworn, with some loss of the paper and vellum staining at the rear. A good copy only; the interior is bright and fresh, in archival mylar.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 4to, publisher's vellum-backed decorative paper boards with design by Enid Marx, matching dust jacket. VIII-186 pp., of which 146 are plates, many coloured or mounted samples. A superb work on modern book production with texts by B. H. Newdigate, Great Britain; Will Ransom, United States; Clément-Janin, France and Belgium; Zeitler, Germany; De Roos, Holland; Calabi, Italy; Ettinger, Russia; Junk, Austria; Krecar, Czechoslovakia; De Végh, Hungary; Altherr, Switzerland; Schneider, Yugoslavia; Billows, Scandinavia. Showing the work of Barbier, Emile Bernard, Brangwyn, Brissaud, Maurice Denis, Dulac, Gibbins, McKnight Kauffer, Rockwell Kent, Laboureur, Laurencin, Masereel, Mathey, Paul Nash, Schmied, Seewald, Vertès, Vox, Wadsworth, Zrzavy, and many others. This beautifully produced work covers all the fields of book production: illustration, typography, layout, binding, etc. First edition. Ref. Sims, 137. Excellent copy.…