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37. PARENTHESIS: THE NEWSLETTER OF THE FINE PRESS BOOK ASSOCIATION.
16 volumes. Cheltenham: Premiere Press, 1998–2009, small 4to., stiff paper wrappers. Various pagination. $ 650.00
Issues number One (May, 1998)
to Sixteen (February 2009),
the complete run to date.
Collections of essays about fine
printing with articles such as
the “Ten most interesting books
produced in England between
1913 and 1939,” “American
Book Design in the Post-
War Years” and “Counterblast
to the Monstrous March of
Megabytes.” Illustrated mostly
with woodcuts and wood
engravings used for book
illustration. Cover illustration of
number one cut by Vance Gerry
and stencilled by Anthea Steel;
number two is by Clive Hicks-
Jenkins from The Affectionate
Shepeard; number three is
“The Duke of Beaufort’s Hunt
Point-to-Point, Bushton” from
The Wood Engravings of Frank
Martin. [103785]
38. (Plain Wrapper Press) PLAIN WRAPPER PRESS, 1966–1988, AN ILLUSTRATED
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORK OF RICHARD-GABRIEL RUMMONDS.
With Bibliographical Descriptions
by Elaine Smyth and a Foreword
by Decherd Turner. Austin, TX:
W. Thomas Taylor, 1993, small
4to., quarter vellum with specially
produced fabric covers. 74, (2)
pages. $ 375.00
Limited to 340 copies of which
this is one of 40 copies printed on
Magnani mouldmade paper and
quarter bound in vellum. Designed
and printed by Bradley Hutchinson
at the printing office of W. Thomas
Taylor with Monotype Dante set by
Michael and Winifred Bixler and
photographs in color by Carrington
Weems. [92349]
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