The Strawberry Hill Press and its printing house: an account and an iconography / Stephen Clarke

Clarke, Stephen (1949-)

Published by New Haven, Conn.: Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University: distributed by Yale University Press, 2011

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Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective wrapping. Physical description; 142 p.: ill. (some col.), maps (some. col.), plans, ports.; 27 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; "My abbey is a perfect cottage or academy" -- I print much better than I write, and I love my trade" -- Plagues with printers and gallantries of the press -- The printing house displayed -- Neglected and forgot -- Plans: the changing configuration for the printing house -- The printing house of the Strawberry Hill Press: an iconography. Summary; Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill Press, founded in 1757, is the most celebrated of the early English private presses, unique for the importance of the books, pamphlets and ephemera it produced. This illustrated study of the Press draws on a remarkable array of surviving images of the Printing House, many of them newly discovered and previously unstudied. But more than that, this book provides an original and sustained analysis of Walpole's extraordinary literary endeavour, and of the complex variety of purposes that the Press fulfilled. The volume not only assesses all known images to discover what they can tell us about Walpole's Press, but also reveals that, quite unexpectedly, a large part of Walpole's Printing House survives to this day. Subjects; Walpole, Horace 4th Earl of Orford 1717-1797. Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England) - History. Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) - History. Private presses - England - History - 18th century. Twickenham (London, England) - Imprints. Industrial / commercial art & design. Printing, packaging & reprographic industry. England. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Publishing. LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading. ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Strawberry Hill Press and its printing house: an account and an iconography / Stephen Clarke
• Publisher: New Haven, Conn.: Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University: distributed by Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st edition.
• Weight: 1 kilogram