A New Specimen Book of Curwen Pattern Papers
McKitterick, David
Published by The Whittington Press, Andoversford, Gloucester, 1987
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[6], ix-xii, 105pp, [3]. Original half cloth and paper over boards in original slipcase. Covers slightly rubbed, internally bright and clean. Slipcase creased to bottom edge, but solid. Number one hundred and seventy-five of two hundred and fifty copies bound thus, with another eighty-five quarter bound in leather with additional full sheets of paper. With thirty-two paper samples tipped in. Butcher 91 Size: 4to. Seller Inventory # 004192
Bibliographic Details
Title: A New Specimen Book of Curwen Pattern Papers
Publisher: The Whittington Press, Andoversford, Gloucester
Publication Date: 1987
Binding: Hardback
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition.
Book Type: Private Press
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A New Specimen Book of Curwen Pattern Papers
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Whittington Press, 1987
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom
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Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback, cloth spine and printed paper covered boards, complete with slipcase. 27.5 x 19.5cm. 105pp, [2]. 8 Photographic reproductions on glossy paper, 32 tipped in reproductions of Curwen pattern papers printed by the Senecio Press. Number 27 of 250 regular copies, from a total edition of 335 copies. An excellent copy. Seller Inventory # 17512
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A New Specimen Book of Curwen Press Pattern Papers.
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Andoversford: The Whittington Press, April 1987., 1987
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Hardcover
Seller: OJ-BOOKS ABA / PBFA, SOLIHULL, United Kingdom
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Copy No. '49' of 250 numbered copies set in 12 point Monotype Lutetia, printed on Zerkall mould-made and Colorplan papers and quarter bound in blue buckram and Curwen pattern paper; from a total edition of 335 copies. 85 copies were quarter-bound in leather with five additional full sheets of pattern paper. The eight plates and re-printed pattern papers were printed at the Senecio Press. Housed in a paper-covered slipcase. Small Quarto. pp. [i-viii] ix-xii, 106 [limitation page] [5 blank], bottle-green endpapers. A book in Fine condition in a Very Good slipcase. Seller Inventory # 103848
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[SPECIAL PRESS] [DELUXE EDITION] A NEW SPECIMEN BOOK OF CURWEN PATTERN PAPERS
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The Whittington press, Manor Farm, Andoversford, Gloucestershire, 1987
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Seller: BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
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Quarter Leather. Condition: Near Fine binding. Limited Edition. Quarto; in quarter morocco over colorful paper covered boards; 105 pages, with 31 tipped in pattern paper samples (each sample being one twelfth of a whole sheet, the samples designed by Edward Bawden; Claud Lovat Fraser; Elizabeth Friedlander; Emil Otto Hoppe; Thomas Lowinsky; Enid Marx; Paul Nash; Sarah Nechamkin; Eric Ravilious; Michael Rothenstein; Albert Rutherston; Graham Sutherland; and with [8] photographic plated; with a separate portfolio containing five full sheets of pattern paper designed by Enid Marx, Edward Bawden; Thomas Lowinsky, and two sheets by Elizabeth Friedlander; trace of fade to the morocco spine, and a trace of discoloration to the spine of the portfolio.~~Limited ed. of 335 numbered copies. 250 copies are quarter-bound buckram and Curwen pattern paper, and 85 copies quarter bound in leather with 5 additional full sheets of pattern paper. ~~This is copy number IV of 85. The book and the portfolio are housed in a slipcase. Near Fine binding. Seller Inventory # 297655
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A New Specimen Book of Curwen Pattern Papers
Published by
The Whittington Press, Andoversford, Gloucester, 1987
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Zetetic Books, Berkhamsted, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. [8], ix-xii, 105pp, [3]. Original half goat and paper designed by Lovat Fraser over boards, title in gilt to spine, t.e.g., with the matching portfolio with five full sheets of Curwen pattern papers, both housed in the original slipcase. Spine very slightly faded, very minor rubbing to extremities, otherwise bright and clean, portfolio spine lightly browned, slipcase with some discolouring towards entry point of lower panel. One of the extra sheets of paper has a crease. With thirty-two paper samples tipped in, and five full sheets in the portfolio. Number IX of eighty-five copies bound thus, with another two hundred and fifty bound in quarter buckram. "This book came about through the discovery by Hans Schmoller of a collection of Curwen pattern papers in the possession of Robert Simon, the nephew of Oliver Simon of Curwen Press fame . This discovery provided a unique opportunity to publish a description of the papers, together with tipped-in samples of a representative selection" (Butcher, 'The Whittington Press, A Bibliography 1982-93', page 90). Butcher 91 Size: 4to. Seller Inventory # 004279
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A New Specimen Book of Curwen Pattern Papers
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Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, London, United Kingdom
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Copy LXXV of 85 deluxe copies, with an additional 250 regular copies. 8 Photographic reproductions on glossy paper, 32 tipped in reproductions of Curwen pattern papers printed by the Senecio Press, along with a further 5 full sheets folded in a separate portfolio. Original quarter goatskin over Curwen pattern paper designed by Claude Lovat Fraser, spine lettered in gilt, with the separate portfolio covered in the same paper, all contained within a green paper covered box. Fine, the slightest of rubbing to corners, slight fading to spine and a little offsetting to the portfolio where it has contacted the goatskin. Glocestershire, Whittington Press. Including Paul Nash's original introduction to the 1928 sampler of pattern papers from the Curwen Press and an introduction and short history of the press by David McKitterick. This is the best edition of a fine work on the pattern papers of the Curwen Press, including work by the foremost designers of the period, including Edward Bawden, Harry Carter, Enid Marx, Paul Nash, Eric Ravilious, Albert Rutherston and others. . Seller Inventory # 228574
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