William Pickering Prospectus (2 results)
More imagesPublished by Pickering Press, N.P., 1984
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerSingle sheet. 6 1/4" x 15 1/8"; folded size 6 1/4" x 7 5/8" Single sheet. Prospectus for the Pickering Press edition of Joseph Blumenthal's essay on the 19th-century English printer William Pickering. Gives some historical background on Pickering as well as a description of the book. Verso has quotation from Blumenthal. Engraved… head- and tail-piece reproducing the Pickering Press printer's mark in blue. Pickering Press (illustrator).
[William Pickering, publisher] Prospectus for Keynes's 'William Pickering, Publisher. A Memoir & a Hand-list of his Editions.'
Geoffrey Keynes; The Fleuron [William Pickering; The Chiswick Press]
Published by . 'London MCMXXIV | At the office of THE FLEURON'. 'London: Chiswick Press.', 1924
- Hardcover
Seller: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, United KingdomRichard M. Ford Ltd
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used
US$ 38.79
US$ 6.05 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketQuarto (25.5 x 19 cm) bifolium. Attractively-printed on watermarked laid paper. Unbound. Foxed and lightly-creased. Two short 0.5 cm buff strips of cloth from mount neatly adhering to the margin of the reverse of the second leaf. 'PERENNIS ET FRAGRANS.' enclosed within engraved wreath on title. Eighteen-line prospectus for the w…ork on reverse of first leaf, with the recto of the second carrying a full-page facsimile of the title of Pickering's 1844 edition of John Merbecke's 1550 'The Book of Common Prayer Noted', printed in red and black. Printer's slug on reverse of second leaf.
