Bird & Bull Press - Oak Knoll Books

25. (Leaf Book) Wakeman, Frances and Geoffrey.
THE PLOUGH PRESS, 1967–1981, FIFTEEN YEARS
PRINTING IN A LOUGHBOROUGH GARAGE.
Oxford: Plough Press, 1982, tall 8vo., half morocco over marbled paper-covered boards.
(vi), 45, (3) pages. $ 500.00
First edition, limited to 120 numbered copies. A short history accompanied by a
bibliography of the books printed at this fine private press. With illustrations in the text
and numerous specimens of actual Plough Press printing tipped-in (Not noted in Chalmer’s
bibliography of leaf books). The Plough Press has specialized in printing important facts on
the history of papermaking, book illustration, and printing techniques. With the bookplate
and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. This copy is inscribed on the colophon page
“Geoffrey Wakeman, Paul Wakeman, Gavin - this addition to your collection of limited
editions number 68.” Also contains an A.L.s. from the Wakeman’s enclosing the prospectus.
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26. (Leaf Book) Wakeman, Geoffrey.
VICTORIAN COLOUR PRINTING.
Loughborough: The Plough Press, 1981, 4to., leather spine, marbled paper over
boards. 35, (5) pages, 8 plates, with accompanying text, rear pocket containing prints.
$ 950.00
Limited to 141 copies (The Plough Press 1967–1981 p.35). Wakeman has written a precise
and detailed essay on the technical aspects of producing colored illustrations in 19th
century England. This is accompanied by sixteen textual illustrations of type equipment
used and patented by the various printers, and eight original plates showing different
techniques discussed in the book: Baxter’s Process, Knight’s Patent, Chromolithography,
Relief Printing, etc. In a rear pocket are examples of printed ephemera and a set of proofs
printed by Wakeman from an original set of blocks used to print the separate colors.
Important. Some fading of spine. [5109]
27. (Leaf Book) THE WORK & PLAY OF ADRIAN WILSON,
A BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH COMMENTARY.
Edited by Joyce Lancaster Wilson. Austin, TX: W. Thomas Taylor, 1983, folio, quarter
bound in oasis morocco dyed to match the Tuscany Red ink used in the text, Dutch linen
sides stamped with Wilson’s type-juggler device. 158, (2) pages. $ 550.00
Limited to 325 numbered copies (though the bibliography states 350 copies). Adrian Wilson
(1923–1988) was internationally known as a designer and printer of fine books. This beautifully
produced bibliography contains a biographical introduction and illustrates 196 items produced
by Wilson, each accompanied by lengthy comments by Wilson himself concerning the
printing of each book and other pertinent facts. Printed by hand on handmade paper by
Adrian Wilson and containing many tipped-in specimens of his work, some of the specimens
are actual pages, often in color, from these books. A beautifully produced book. Slightly
bumped. [73404]
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