Miscellany Type Compiled Whittington, Signed (3 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine binding. Folio. [4], iv, [4], 125, [2] pp., illus., facs. Limited edition, number 379 of 460 copies from the regular edition. The full edition was 530 copies. As issued, in cloth-backed, patterned paper over boards; 3 tipped in broadsides as issued; in publisher's slipcase. This copy with additional folded broadside specimen sheet: "This magnificent series of 96-point Caslon Swash Capitals. . ." laid in; subscription card as well as manuscript note on Whittington stationary card signed by Randall thanking the recipient of the book. A beautiful copy in trivially rubbed slipcase. Randall employs 21 typefaces using between 3 and 10 sizes per face, to create this specimen book in which he presents the faces using published selections that are printed in incrementally smaller type. Faces include: Baskerville, Bodoni, Caslon, Centaur, Garamond, Perpetua, Times Roman, and more. Illustrations throughout by Gwenda Morgan, Eric Gill, Robert Gibbings, Edward Ardizzone, and others.

The broadsides include items from the Press's collection of handmade papers acquired from the Oxford University Press, and four items assembled by Erik Voss. They include marbled paper samples for the Press of Colleen Gryspeerdt a hand-colored illustration by Carmen Voss, a signed Miriam Macgregor wood-engraving, and three blocks designed for Richard Kennedy's A Boy a the Hogarth Press, which are printed here for the first time. Quarto. [12], 125, [3] pp. Printed on Zerkall mould-made paper in a variety of faces and colors. Displays over twenty types. Woodcut illustrations by Richard Kennedy, Miriam Macgregor, Gwenda Morgan, Hellmuth Weissenborn and others. Three tipped in handmade paper samples. Quarter-bound in Nigerian Goatskin over patterned boards. This is one of fifty-five copies in this special binding, containing a separate portfolio of broadsides of types and ornaments. A few minor spots to spines, otherwise a fine copy in slipcase. One of fifty-five copies of this special edition, out of a total edition of 530 copies.

Condition: A very fine copy. Folio, illustrated with woodcuts by Richard Kennedy, Miriam Macgregor, Gwenda Morgan, Hellmuth Weissenborn and others, quarter Niger morocco, with separate portfolio of broadsides, in publisher's cloth & board slipcase. A very fine copy. First edition. One of 55 deluxe copies, specially bound, and with a separate portfolio, out of a total edition of 530 copies printed. The broadsides include items from the Press's collection of handmade papers acquired from the Oxford University Press, and four items assembled by Erik Voss. They include marbled paper samples for the Press of Colleen Gryspeerdt a hand-colored illustration by Carmen Voss, a signed Miriam Macgregor wood-engraving, and three blocks designed for Richard Kennedy's A Boy at the Hogarth Press, which are printed here for the first time.