The Doves Press / Marianne Tidcombe.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Tidcombe, Marianne, author.

Contributor:

British Library, publisher.

Oak Knoll Press, publisher.

St. Edmundsbury Press, printer.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Doves Press--History.

Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James), 1840-1922.

Walker, Emery, 1851-1933.

Doves Press.

Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Publishers and publishing.

History.

Great Britain.

Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--Biography.

Local Subjects:

Doves Press.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xii, 258 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Manufacture:

Bury St. Edmonds : St. Edmondsbury Press.

Place of Publication:

London : British Library, 2002.

New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press.

Summary:

"The Doves Press is the fullest account to date of this, the first and most famous private press of the twentieth century." "Beginning with the full text of T.J. Cobden-Sanderson's 'The Ideal Book', and its author's reaction to the books printed by Willam Morris at the Kelmscott Press, The Doves Press tells the story of the cutting of the famous Doves type, the printing of Paradise Lost, Paradise Regain'd, and The English Bible, and Cobden-Sanderson's close collaboration with the calligrapher Edward Johnston. The saga of Cobden-Sanderson's short and stormy partnership with Emery Walker is recounted in detail, leading ultimately to the final episode where Cobden-Sanderson throws the Doves type into the River Thames to prevent it from falling into Walker's hands after his death." "A detailed descriptive bibliography of all the books and papers printed at the Doves Press is provided, together with a list of all ephemeral items. This book will be welcomed by all those with an interest in the history of printing, the Arts and Crafts movement, private presses, calligraphy, and fine books."--Jacket.

Contents:

Prologue: T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, 'The Threefold Purpose of the Doves Press', 1916

pt. I. Idea and the Ideal: Cobden-Sanderson's reaction to the Kelmscott Press, 1892

pt. II. Doves Press

pt. III. Cobden-Sanderson's 'Pro Iracundia sua Apologia'

pt. IV. Books and Papers printed at the Doves Press

App. 1. Cost of the Doves type

App. 2. Final inventory of the Doves Press

App. 3. Emery Walker vs. Annie Cobden-Sanderson, and Walker's Statement about the Doves Press

App. 4. Hammersmith Publishing Society

App. 5. Key figures involved in the Doves Press.

Notes:

'Printed in England by St. Edmundsbury Press, Bury St. Edmonds.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-245) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck copy has dust jacket. Also, laid in, circular and bookmark from Yankee Peddler, and a pamphlet: Maine Antiquarian Booksellers Directory 1985.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck copy has dust jacket.

Other Format:

Online version: Tidcombe, Marianne. Doves Press.

ISBN:

0712347089

9780712347082

1584560843

9781584560845

OCLC:

59380840