9780002613095 - Matrix 9 a Review for Printers & Bibliophiles by John and Rosalind Editors the Whittington Press Randle (21 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 56x77cm, single unfolded sheet printed 8-up. Printed in black in Caslon on Somerville mould-made paper, comprising pps. 100, 101, 108, 109, 112, 105, 104, [97] A specimen, or more likely a rejected, complete sheet from the Whittington Press printing of Matrix 20 in 2000. The sheet is in Fine condition, but has some minor ink smudging in the margins of pps.108 and 109, so could well have been rejected on this basis. There is one small illustration - a Nonesuch press device from p104. An unusual opportunity to acquire an item of Whittington 'work in progress'. Fine (rolled).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 28.5 x 19.5 cm. Limited ed. of 925 copies. Pp. (6), 203, (2), many illustrations and inserts. Excellent copy in stiff card covers. Similar dust wrapper. In protective sleeve. With it some Press ephemera.

Board. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Limited. Edition of 850 copies. A bright crisp in near mint condition, in a bright dj which as a few small marks to the rear panel. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Flexible Boards. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Paperbound quarto, 234 pp., frontis, color & b/w photos & illus., some tipped-in, foldout. Matrix 13, Winter 1993, first edition, Limited edition one of 925 copies of which 835 are bound in stiff covers (this is one). Decorated flexible boards book in fine cond., d/w in fine cond.

Soft Cover. Condition: Mint. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 800 copies published, 720 in stiff covers and 80 quarter bound in Oasis leather and marbled paper, this edition in printed stiff covers, dust jacket intact, internally crisp and clean accompanied by leaflet, internally crisp and clean, a fascinating insight into to the impressive world of publishing. A very handsome copy.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 850 copies published, 770 in stiff covers and 80 quarter bound in Oasis leather and marbled paper, this edition in printed stiff covers, bottom edge of spine ever so slightly worn, bottom corners very slightly bumped, dust jacket intact, very small tear in top of spine edge, internally crisp and clean accompanied by Fine Press Book Association leaflet, Matrix 18 reservation slip, News of books from Whittington leaflet 1998, internally crisp and clean, a fascinating insight into to the impressive world of publishing. A very handsome copy.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 825 copies published, 745 in stiff covers and 80 quarter bound in Oasis leather and marbled paper, this edition in printed stiff covers, dust jacket intact, internally crisp and clean accompanied by Matrix 22 reservation slip and 'Apology for Delay' slip, internally crisp and clean, a fascinating insight into to the impressive world of publishing. A very handsome copy.

Card Covers. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. [viii], 237 pp. Orange card covers in colour illustrated. One of 925 Limited Edition copies. Slight yellowing to jacket spine; otherwise all in near fine condition, clean and bright. With several inserts for Whittington Press. Colour and black & white illustrations throughout. A review for Printers & Bibliophiles. 02613093 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Limited Edition. In a total edition of 925 copies, of which 820 are bound in stiff covers (this is one of the unnumbered 820). The paper used is Sommerville Laid, Hahnemuhle and Zerkall papers. The book is set in 12-point Monotype Caslon at The Fine Bindery. Book is mint, with dozens of fine etchings and wonderful photographs on photographic paper.Cover shows a very evocative and beautiful print of a woman in back and white. (see photos) laid in is prospectus of the new edition Matrix 10 (1990). A must collectible for those interested in both reference material and beautiful printing. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Special limited edition of 105 copies bound in green quarter leather/green and blue marbled paper boards. 207pp, illustrated with inserts, plates, specimen leaves , many colour, a printed wrapper in pocket at rear. In a slipcase, no insert ; quarto.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. [Publisher's colophon]: "This edition of 925 copies is set in 12-point Monotype Caslon and printed at the Whittington Press on Sommerville Laid, Hahnemuhle and Zerkall papers. The half-tones are printed as tritones at CTD Printers, except for those between pp. 112-21 which are printed at the Senecio Press, and the line blocks are made by Keene Engraving. 820 copies are bound in stiff covers [this copy is one of the 820] and 105 copies are quarter-bound in Oasis leather and paper marbled by Colleen Gryspeerdt and include 'A Letter to Colette' bound in the same style as the original in the Clark Library, Los Angeles. Edited by John & Rosalind Randle, & bound by The Fine Bindery August 1989. 8 in. x 11 1/4 in., half-title with Robert Gibbings wood-engraving; photographic frontispiece portrait of Gibbings; [4]pp., 1-200 pp. + final leaf with mounted photographic reproduction: Gibbings' Willow. Illustrated with black & white photographic half-tone plates; historical photographs relating to Gibbings & others, fold-outs (Wharfedale), woodcuts, inserted printed leaves or illustrations; a signed Shirley Jones mezzotint (135/300), at p. 80; a Chinese woodblock print (Rongbaozhai Studio, Beijing), at p. 173; illustrations of D'Ambrosio books, Bengali type faces, etc." With the printed order form for Matrix 10, inserted in this copy. Light pink stiff wrappers, with a Gibbings woodcut, and printed contents on the front cover. The paper spine shows very light fading. This issue contains much on Robert Gibbings and Stanley Morison. [Contents from the front cover]: [1] The Four Fathers of Richard Kennedy, by John Randle; [2] Thoughts on Wood: Robert Gibbings; [3] Reminiscences of Albert Cooper: Sue Walker & Martin Andrews; [4] Notes on the Printing Methods of the Golden Cockerel Press: A. C. Cooper; [5] My Career in Medicine: Robert Gibbings; [6] Gibbings & Gill: Arcady in Berkshire: Fiona MacCarthy; [7] A Letter to Colette: Robert Gibbings; [8] Some Correspondence between Robert Gibbings & Thomas Balston: John Dreyfus; [9] The Robert Gibbings Collection in Reading University Library: Michael Bott; [10] Robert Gibbings & the University of Reading: Michael Bott & Martin Andrews; [11] Robert Gibbings & the 'Willow': Sue Walker & Martin Andrews; [12] Remembering Stanley Morison: Brooke Crutchley & David McKitterick; [13] Word & Print at the Red Hen Press: Shirley Jones; [14] The Wrington Wharfedale: Bernard Seward; [15] A Collection of Printers' Flowers: Mark Arman; [16] D'Ambrosio: Ward Ritchie, Gloria Stuart & Joseph D'Ambrosio; [17] Stanley Morison & Jan van Krimpen: a Survey of their Correspondence: Sebastian Carter; [18] From Metal Type to Digital Letterforms: Fiona Ross; [19] The Printing of the 'Alice' Engravings: Jonathan Stephenson; [20] The Making of the 'Vigil of Venus': Roderick Cave; [21] Jan Tschichold & Chinese Woodblock Printing: Charles Antin; [22] The Rylands Private Press Collection: D. W. Riley; [23] Book Review: 'Eric Gill' by Fiona MacCarthy: Brocard Sewell; [24] Private Press Books 1988: A Review: David Chambers; [25] 'Chrissakes, Dummy!' by Patrick Reagh. Weight: 2 3/4 lbs. Postage may be extra on this item.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Special limited edition of 80 copies bound in tan quarter leather/rtan marbled paper boards. 209pp, illustrated with inserts, plates, specimen leaves , many colour, some folding. Blue papers covers in pocket at rearIn a slipcase which also contains one of 80 copies , printed on Zercall mouls made paper and bound in Wookey Hole hand-made. ; quarto; Signed by Illustrator.

Special limited edition, 1 of 80 copies, from a total edition of 800 copies. Quarter-bound in Oasis leather and paper marbled by Christopher Rowlatt, and with a separate portfolio of engravings by John De Pol 4to, 245 pp, mounted specimen leaves, inserts, plates, illustrations, many colour, some folding. The Winter 1999 issue of this highly literate and gloriously produced chronicle of fine printing, private press work and the book arts. Each issue of Matrix is not only a thoroughly enjoyable read but also a visual and tactile delight with numerous tipped-in specimen papers, pieces of fine printing, etc - it really cannot be too highly recommended. Contents - 2000 & all that, by Bernard Roberts; The Wayzgoose Broadsides, by Mike Hudson; Pure Typography: Lowell Bodger, by Justin Howes; Function and Propriety at the Architectural Review, by Alan Powers; Ron King & Circle Press, by David Chambers; The Monotype News Letter, by Vivian Ridler; Warren Editions, by Jonathan Gili; Generic Kelmscott, by Theo Rehak; American Proprietary Typefaces, by John Dreyfus; A Triumph of Evocation, by Olive Cook; Singing an Unconcerned Song: Gilbert Beale and the Cadenza Press, by Michael Taylor; Attitudes and Inspirations: the Crafts before 1939, by Tanya Harrod; John Stroble Fass, and a Visit to Lititz, by John De Pol with A Note on the Hammer Creek Press, by Caroline F Schimmel; Ganymed, by Ann Baer; The Canopy Press, by Jonah Jones; Some German Type Specimens, by Alan Dodson; The Compagnie Typographique, by John Bidwell; The Lyons Lithographs, by Richard Russell; The Books of Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova 1881-1962, by Adela Spindler Roatcap; Will Ransom and the Cummingtons: Some Correspondence, 1941-44, edited by Roderick Cave; An Adventure of Rediscovery, by Joanna Selborne; The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, by Martin Andrews; Raymond Hawthorn and the Metaphysical in Art, by Hal Bishop; Private Press Books 1998: a Review, by David Chambers; Book Reviews, by Simon Lawrence, Miriam Macgregor, Paul Luna, Alan Powers, David Butcher, Dan Carr, Sebastian Carter, Glenn Storhaug, James Davis, John Randle and David Wishart. Copy No. XXIV. Fine in Fine slipcase.

Special limited edition, 1 of 80 copies, from a total edition of 850 copies. Quarter-bound in Oasis leather and paper marbled by Rebecca Gryspeerdt, and containg a separate portfolio of engravings by Joan Ellis 4to, 195 pp, mounted specimen leaves, inserts, plates, illustrations, many colour, some folding. The Winter 1997 issue of this highly literate and gloriously produced chronicle of fine printing, private press work and the book arts. Each issue of Matrix is not only a thoroughly enjoyable read but also a visual and tactile delight with numerous tipped-in specimen papers, pieces of fine printing, etc - it really cannot be too highly recommended. Contents - The Typographical Importance of Maximilien Vox, by John Dreyfus; Washi Tour, Japan, by Maureen Richardson; Punch-cutting and Printing Ungut & Stanislaus, by Richard Arlin; The Southwold Columbian, by Olive Cook; The Compleat Caslon, by Justin Howes; Joan Ellis: a Lost Engraver from the Underwood School, by Hal Bishop; Bowne & Co., Stationers, by Barbara Henry; Caslon - a Lively Survival, by Alan Dodson; The Dust-jacket Designs of Hermann Zapf, by Jerry Kelly; Two Oxford Bible Types, by Paul Luna; The Ratdolt-Hammer Synthesis, by Theo Rehak; Bishop Fell's Overlooked Bequest in the OUP Museum by Peter Foden; The Digitised Golden Cockerel, by Sebastian Carter; Some Typographical Journals, 1900-1939, by Ruari McLean; Saving Face: the ITC Golden Cockerel Type, by Roderick Cave; Dada, what did YOU do in the Great War?, by Mike Hudson; Folio, a Cockerel's Fledgling, by Roderick Cave; El Lissitzky 1914-1924: Prouns' to Die Kunstismen', by Adela Spindler Roatcap; Bruce Rogers and the Harvard University Press: some less-known work, by J. F. Coakley; Private Press Books 1996: a Review, by David Chambers; Portraits of Presses, by John Randle; Book Reviews, by Dan Carr, John O'Connor, John Dreyfus, David Butcher, Simon Lawrence, David Esslemont; The Book Collection of Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst at Dartington Hall, by Lottie Hoare. Copy No. XXXI.Spine a little darkened, otherwise Fine in Fine slipcase.

Special limited edition, 1 of 80 copies, from a total edition of 825 copies. Quarter-bound in Oasis leather and paper marbled by Colleen Gryspeerd, and with a separate portfolio of engravings by Rachel Reckitt, 4to, 236 pp, mounted specimen leaves, inserts, plates, illustrations, many colour, some folding. The Winter 1998 issue of this highly literate and gloriously produced chronicle of fine printing, private press work and the book arts. Each issue of Matrix is not only a thoroughly enjoyable read but also a visual and tactile delight with numerous tipped-in specimen papers, pieces of fine printing, etc - it really cannot be too highly recommended. Contents - Typographer and Comp, by Michael Clapham; Jan Tschichold, An Afterword, by Ruari McLean; Ben Nicholson and Printing, by Alan Powers; LA Type, by Wm Erik Voss; The Fanfare Press, by David McKitterick; Photography and the Visual Arts, by Olive Cook; Bruce Rogers and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Michael Johnson; Rachel Reckitt: Letters from the Blitz, by Hal Bishop; Characters in Search of an Author, by Brian Webb; Memories of Joseph Thorp, by Jonah Jones; Gravure at Thames and Hudson, By Ian Mackenzie-Kerr; Zodiaque and Heliogravure, by Sheila Hönigsberg; Forging Links at the Latin Press: Some Letters between Guido Morris and Will Ransom, edited by Roderick Cave; My First Years as a Printer, by Guido Morris; Researching the Revival of the Fell Types, by Martyn Ould and Martyn Thomas; An English Printer in Paris, by Michael Caine; The Significance of Sixteen-point Body, by Theo Rehak; A Curious View of Book Design at the University Printing House in Cambridge, 1939-56, by John Dreyfus; The Papermaking Girls of the Maqattam Garbage Settlement, by Maureen Richardson; From Pink Order to Blue Label, by Michael Black; Dinner with the Wangs: Ceremonial Papers of the Chinese, Part 3, by Roderick Cave; Type for Books, and Books for Type, by Sebastian Carter; A Sentimental Typographic Journey, by Paul Hayden Duensing; The Ultimate Type Specimen Book, by Roy Millington; Enid Marx, R.D.I, by Alan Powers; Fabrics for Hard Wear, by Enid Marx; Edward Craig, by John Randle; Rewriting History? Observations on the Centenary Issue of The Monotype Recorder, by Dan Carr; Private Press Books 1997: a Review, by David Chambers; Book Reviews, by Simon Lawrence, David McKitterick, Glenn Storhaug, John Craig, John Randle and David Esslemont. Copy Number XV. Fine in slipcase.

Special limited edition, 1 of 80 copies, from a total edition of 825 copies. Quarter-bound in Oasis leather and paper marbled by Colleen Gryspeerd, and with a separate portfolio of engravings by Rachel Reckitt, 4to, 236 pp, mounted specimen leaves, inserts, plates, illustrations, many colour, some folding. The Winter 1998 issue of this highly literate and gloriously produced chronicle of fine printing, private press work and the book arts. Each issue of Matrix is not only a thoroughly enjoyable read but also a visual and tactile delight with numerous tipped-in specimen papers, pieces of fine printing, etc - it really cannot be too highly recommended. Contents - Typographer and Comp, by Michael Clapham; Jan Tschichold, An Afterword, by Ruari McLean; Ben Nicholson and Printing, by Alan Powers; LA Type, by Wm Erik Voss; The Fanfare Press, by David McKitterick; Photography and the Visual Arts, by Olive Cook; Bruce Rogers and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Michael Johnson; Rachel Reckitt: Letters from the Blitz, by Hal Bishop; Characters in Search of an Author, by Brian Webb; Memories of Joseph Thorp, by Jonah Jones; Gravure at Thames and Hudson, By Ian Mackenzie-Kerr; Zodiaque and Heliogravure, by Sheila Hönigsberg; Forging Links at the Latin Press: Some Letters between Guido Morris and Will Ransom, edited by Roderick Cave; My First Years as a Printer, by Guido Morris; Researching the Revival of the Fell Types, by Martyn Ould and Martyn Thomas; An English Printer in Paris, by Michael Caine; The Significance of Sixteen-point Body, by Theo Rehak; A Curious View of Book Design at the University Printing House in Cambridge, 1939-56, by John Dreyfus; The Papermaking Girls of the Maqattam Garbage Settlement, by Maureen Richardson; From Pink Order to Blue Label, by Michael Black; Dinner with the Wangs: Ceremonial Papers of the Chinese, Part 3, by Roderick Cave; Type for Books, and Books for Type, by Sebastian Carter; A Sentimental Typographic Journey, by Paul Hayden Duensing; The Ultimate Type Specimen Book, by Roy Millington; Enid Marx, R.D.I, by Alan Powers; Fabrics for Hard Wear, by Enid Marx; Edward Craig, by John Randle; Rewriting History? Observations on the Centenary Issue of The Monotype Recorder, by Dan Carr; Private Press Books 1997: a Review, by David Chambers; Book Reviews, by Simon Lawrence, David McKitterick, Glenn Storhaug, John Craig, John Randle and David Esslemont. Copy No. XXXIV. Front board of the separate portfolio has some orange offsetting from contact with the the main volume, otherwise Fine in Fine slipcase.

Special limited edition, 1 of 80 copies, from a total edition of 825 copies. Quarter-bound in Oasis leather and paper marbled by Christopher Rowlatt, and containing a separate portfolio of engravings by Freda Tremlett, 4to, 234 pp, mounted specimen leaves, inserts, plates, illustrations, many colour, some folding. The Winter 2000 issue of this highly literate and gloriously produced chronicle of fine printing, private press work and the book arts. Each issue of Matrix is not only a thoroughly enjoyable read but also a visual and tactile delight with numerous tipped-in specimen papers, pieces of fine printing, etc - it really cannot be too highly recommended. Contents - Caslon's Punches and Matrices, by Justin Howes; The Correspondence of Daniel Berkeley Updike and Thomas Maitland Cleland, by William S. Peterson; High Places & Extended Views, by Paul Kershaw; Novelty and the Sense of Continuity, by Olive Cook; Emerson Wulling, Printer for Pleasure, by Gaylord Schanilec; Icones, by Leonard Baskin; Frank Sidgwick's Diary, edited and introduced by Ann Baer; James Davis, by Nicolas Barker; The Making of the Borges Book in Verona, by Richard-Gabriel Rummonds; The Universal Penman, by Jonah Jones; Nonesuch Revisited, by John Dreyfus, with a supplement by David McKitterick; The Arrighi Ornaments, by Theo Rehak; Father Brocard Sewell, by Fiona MacCarthy; A Century for the Century, by Jerry Kelly; Adventures of a Marbler, by Robin Heyeck; Typographic Sculpture: the Survival of Punchcutting at the Imprimerie Nationale, by Dan Carr; Tales from Bleeding Heart Yard, by Simon Lawrence; The American Typecasting Fellowship Conference, 2000, by Julia Ferrari; Black Ink, by Sarah Daniels; 'Leave Nothing to be Desired', by Harold Dotterill; Printing & the Mind of Man, by Sebastian Carter; New Borders: the Working Life of Elizabeth Friedlander, by Pauline Paucker; Tranh Dong Ho: a Vietnamese Paperchase, by Roderick Cave; Freda Tremlett, the Ruskin School and Farrago by Hal Bishop; The Wrington Wharfedale: an Afterword, by Bernard Seward; Private Press Books 1999: a Review, by David Chambers; Book Reviews, by Simon Lawrence, Pat Jaffé. Jonah Jones, Glenn Storhaug and Sebastian Carter. Copy No. XX! Fine in Fine slipcase.

Special limited edition, 1 of 85 copies, from a total edition of 825 copies. Quarter-bound in Oasis leather and marbled paper, and containing a separate portfolio of engravings by Reg Boulton, 4to, 198 pp, mounted specimen leaves, inserts, plates, illustrations, many colour, some folding. The Winter 2002 issue of this highly literate and gloriously produced chronicle of fine printing, private press work and the book arts. Each issue of Matrix is not only a thoroughly enjoyable read but also a visual and tactile delight with numerous tipped-in specimen papers, pieces of fine printing, etc - it really cannot be too highly recommended. Contents- New York Revisited, by Kenneth Auchincloss; The Incunabula of the Rampant Lions Press, by Sebastian Carter; The Birth of a Book: Ravilious at War, by Simon Lawrence and Anne Ullmann; Charlene Garry and the Basilisk Press, by Bernard Roberts; Collaboration, by Wesley W. Bates and William Rueter; A Decade in the Writing: the Biography of Robert Gibbings, by Martin Andrews; Playing with Kabel, by John Grice; Indian toys, by Graham Moss and Kathy Whalen; Looking for Cockerel Eggs, by Roderick Cave; Jackdaws: Lost and Found after Forty Years, by Alan Powers; One Hundred and Fifty Years of Type and Printing Machinery at Nebiolo, by Enrico Tallone; Henry Moore: Books and Friendships, by Alan Wilkinson; gy, ou la Promenade Fantastique, by Nelly Gable; Reg Boulton - Artist-Engraver, by Hal Bishop; Tiern - Creating a New Type, by Nicholas Parry; Cutting Parmenides, by Dan Carr; Ernest A. Lindner, by Nicolas Barker; On Collecting Homer, by Michael C. Lang; The Woodcut Novels of Lynd Ward, by David A. Berona; Close Encounters with Gutenberg - The Justification of Johann Gutenberg and 'G', by Douglas Martin; Gudrun Zapf von Hesse, by John Dreyfus; Private Press Books 2001- a Review, by David Chambers; Book Reviews, by Alan Powers, Ruari Mclean, Bernard Roberts, Bill Stewart, Michael Harvey, Pat Jaff Simon Mcminn, Ronald Gordon, Crispin Elsted, Roderick Cave and John Randle. Copy No. LIII. Fine in Fine slipcase.

Special limited edition, 1 of 85 copies, from a total edition of 800 copies. Quarter-bound in Oasis leather and marbled paper, and with a facsimile of the 1920 Klingspor calendar, 4to, 203 pp, mounted specimen leaves, inserts, plates, illustrations, many colour, some folding. The Winter 2003 issue of this highly literate and gloriously produced chronicle of fine printing, private press work and the book arts. Each issue of Matrix is not only a thoroughly enjoyable read but also a visual and tactile delight with numerous tipped-in specimen papers, pieces of fine printing, etc - it really cannot be too highly recommended. Contents - The Fine Press and the Bookbinder, by Anthony Dowd; Three Books of Fell, by Martyn Ould; The French Letter, by John Grice; Vive La Verve, by John Smith; The Forgotten Pleasures of Hand-setting, by Miriam Macgregor; Cobden-Sanderson, Jacobi and the Disposal of the Doves Press Plant, by Marianne Tidcombe; A Nursery of Inventions, by Rory Young; Working with Olive Cook, by Lucy Archer; An Album of Charles T. Jacobi, by William S. Peterson; David Wishart, 1928-2003, by John Randle; Jean-Gabriel Daragnès: an Artist-Craftsman Fallen into Oblivion, by Peter Frank; My Concaténation of Types, by Michael Caine; Latterday Letterpress Printer, by Dennis Gould; The Origins of Shanty Bay Press, by Walter Bachinski; Eric Gill, Jacques Raverat and an abortive Four Gospels, by Roderick Cave; Aspects of Golden Cockerel, by Simon Lawrence; Sanspareil Matrices, by James Mosley; Eric Milner-White: Cleric & Collector, by Richard Russell; John Dreyfus, by David McKitterick; Casting Five-Line Pica from Sanspareil Matrices, by Stan Nelson, Jim Walczak and Ellen McKee; Casting Chinese Type, by Dan Carr; Klingspor Calendars, by Jerry Kelly; Encouraging the Trombones: the Uses of Display and Titling Faces, by Crispin Elsted; The Book Design Collection at Manchester Metropolitan University, by Gaye Smith; Private Press Books 2002: a Review, by David Chambers; Book Reviews, by Alan Powers, Ruari Mclean, Simon Lawrence, Bernard Roberts, David McKitterick, Simon Brett, Adela Spinder Roatcap, John Randle. Copy No. XLI. Fine in Fine slipcase.

Ordinary limited editions of between 715 and 880 copies. 20 volumes, stiff covers in dustjackets, 4to, between 166 and 245 pp per issue, mounted specimen leaves, inserts, plates, illustrations, many colour, some folding. An excellent run of 20 annual issues of Matrix, the highly literate and gloriously produced chronicle of fine printing, private press work and the book arts. Anyone interested in the work or writings of such names as Robert Gibbings, Eric Gill, John Buckland-Wright, Jan Tschichold, Stanley Morison, Brooke Crutchley, Harry Carter, Roderick Cave or a host of others will find much to fascinate here. Each issue is not only a thoroughly enjoyable read but also a visual and tactile delight with numerous tipped-in specimen papers, pieces of fine printing, etc - Matrix really cannot be too highly recommended. Fine set.

Special de luxe limited editions of between 40 and 110 copies. 32 vols special editions in original morocco or vellum-backed marbled boards, slipcased; 4to, between 70 and 245 pp per issue, mounted specimen leaves, inserts, plates, illustrations, many colour, some folding. This collection comprises: (A) an unbroken run of the de luxe special editions of the first 30 annual issues of Matrix; (B) the Index volume to Numbers 1-21; and (C) Type & Typography. Most of the special de luxe editions include additional material to that of the ordinary limited editions, in many cases in a separate portfolio included in the slipcase, and sometimes inserted. Matrix is a highly literate and gloriously produced chronicle of fine printing, private press work and the book arts. Anyone interested in the work or writings of such names as Robert Gibbings, Eric Gill, John Buckland-Wright, Jan Tschichold, Stanley Morison, Brooke Crutchley, Harry Carter, Roderick Cave or a host of others will find much to fascinate here. Each issue is not only a thoroughly enjoyable read but also a visual and tactile delight with numerous tipped-in specimen papers, pieces of fine printing, etc - Matrix really cannot be too highly recommended. Fine set in Very Good slipcases save for a few minor scuffs and slight fading of a few spines.