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49. (Village Press) Cary, Melbert B. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE VILLAGE PRESS.
Including an Account of
the Genesis of the Press by
Frederick W. Goudy and a
Portion of the 1903 Diary of
Will Ransom, Co-Founder.
New York: The Press of the
Woolly Whale, 1938, 8vo.,
cloth, leather spine label, top
edge gilt. (iv), 205, (3) pages.
$ 250.00
First edition, limited to 260
numbered copies. Illustrated.
[35898]
§ One of 40 Copies §
50. (Whittington Press) Butcher, David.
BRITISH PRIVATE PRESS PROSPECTUSES, 1891–2001.
Risbury, Herefordshire: Whittington Press, 2001, folio, full leather, quarter cloth with paper-covered board portfolio, both in a
stepped cloth solander box with full leather spine label. xii, 147, (3) pages with 16 additional leaves of illustrations. $ 1,875.00
Limited edition of 40 numbered copies. The
development of the private press in Britain
during the twentieth century is traced
through this collection of prospectuses that
come from both famous and not so famous
publishers. As the books they represent
become rarer and more expensive, the
prospectuses, which can offer fascinating
clues to the development of the titles they
promote, are becoming collectible items
themselves. This edition contains a portfolio
of rare original prospectuses that the Press
has been collecting over the last 15 years.
Frontispiece is a wood-engraving by Eric
Ravilious for the cover of the Golden
Cockerel Press’ Autumn List 1931. Includes
16 colored plates and three facsimile
prospectuses in the back board. [62804]
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