Bird & Bull Press - Oak Knoll Books

22. (Leaf Book) Causley, Monroe S.
ARTHUR W. RUSHMORE & THE GOLDEN HIND PRESS.
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2005, 8 x 11.5 inches, quarter leather, slipcase. 120 pages. $ 150.00
First edition, limited to only 160 numbered copies, each
one numbered and signed by author. The work is a short
biography of Arthur Rushmore and a comprehensive
bibliography of his works set by hand for Harper &
Brothers and his own Golden Hind Press. This edition was
hand set in Monotype and printed on an old Heidelberg
press. Tipped in are examples of the unique paste papers
produced by the Golden Hind Press along with actual
pages from the press’ numerous works. This important
edition is quarter-leather bound and gold stamped for the
discriminating collector. The bibliography covers all known
works designed and/or printed by Rushmore from his early
days at Harper & Brothers (1927) to his death in 1955 and a
few titles printed by his wife shortly thereafter. This special
edition on Rushmore and his place in the American fine
press tradition will be appreciated by all enthusiasts of this
important genre. Printed in Athens, Greece by Kotinos in
association with The Madison Public Library in Madison,
New Jersey. SALES RIGHTS: Worldwide. [79692]
23. (Leaf Book) Hornby, C.H. St J. A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BOOKS
PRINTED AT THE ASHENDENE PRESS MDCCCXCV–MCMXXXV.
Chelsea: The Ashendene Press, 1935, 4to., full leather with a stamped gilt design on the front cover and title in gilt on spine,
five raised bands, top edge gilt, others uncut, original marbled paper-covered slipcase. (viii), 172 pages. $ 3,000.00
Limited to 390 numbered and signed copies. (Bibliography XL; Leaf Book -
Chalmers 65). The last book of the press. Printed on paper specially made by
Joseph Batchelor & Sons and hand-printed by Hornby. Contains an historical
introduction by Hornby followed by the detailed bibliographical descriptions of
both the books and the ephemera printed at the press. Illustrated with collotype
and photogravures (printed by Emery Walker), showing plates of bindings and
several of the hand-painted vellum copies. Also includes examples of
woodcuts, facsimile pages from important books, printer’s
marks, samples of initial
letters, watermarks, and a
few actual specimens of
press work (thus making
this a leaf book). With
some initial letters filled in
by hand by Graily Hewitt.
Hornby’s introduction is
most informative about
his goals in establishing
the Press, and also reveals
his personality and sense
of humor - at one point
he jokes about collectors’
frustrations at obtaining
copies of a book with a very small limitation. Slipcase
rubbed with abrased places at bottom and top. [18565]
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