Kelmscott, Doves, and Ashendene : the private press credos / with an introduction by Will Ransom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ransom, Will, 1878-1955, editor.

Contributor:

Ritchie, Ward, 1905-1996, book designer, printer.

Typophiles (New York, N.Y.), issuing body.

Book Club of California, publisher.

Ward Ritchie Press, printer.

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

Series:

Publication (Book Club of California) ; no. 82.

[Book Club of California. Publication] ; [82]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ashendene Press.

Doves Press.

Kelmscott Press.

Hammersmith (London, England)--Imprints.

Hammersmith (London, England).

Chelsea (London, England)--Imprints.

Chelsea (London, England).

England--London--Chelsea.

England--London--Hammersmith.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Limitation statements (Publishing)

Machine-made papers (Paper)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Janson.

Dust jackets (Binding)

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Heymes, Gwendolyne S., 1906-1966 (label) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

vi, 197 pages illustrations 19 cm

Manufacture:

Los Angeles : Ward Ritchie Press

Place of Publication:

[San Francisco] : The Book Club of California, 1952.

Contents:

The private press tradition / by Will Ransom

Printing / by William Morris and Emery Walker

Village press announcement / by Frederic W. Goudy

A note on his aims in founding the Kelmscott Press / by William Morris

A short history and description of the Kelmscott Press / by S.C. Cockerell

The ideal book, or, Book beautiful / by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson

Salve aeternum aeternumque vale / by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson

The Doves Press / by Alfred W. Pollard

On a master craftsman by a scribe who worked for him / by Edward Johnston

The Doves Press type and its disposition

The Ashendene Press / by C.H. StJ. Hornby

A great printer / by Sir Sidney Cockerell.

Notes:

"The special contents of this edition are copyright, 1952, by Paul A. Bennett for The Typophiles."--Verso of title leaf.

"To our delight, Will Ransom welcomed the assignment to compile and edit this book ...We welcome the cooperation of the Book Club of California in publishing this miscellany on the private press tradition. A special edition with the club imprint, for their members, has also been printed under the direction of Ward Ritchie in Los Angeles. Ward's contribution to this book has been considerable: Not only has he attended to its design and typography and seen it through the press but also has gathered illustrative material and verified many reference sources."--A note on this book and its editor.

"300 copies printed for members of the Book Club of California by the Ward Ritchie Press of Los Angeles September 1952"--Colophon.

"Title in red and black; chapter headings and marginal captions in red. Type Janson linotype. Paper machine made ... 700 copies (400 for the Typophiles of New York, 300 for The Book Club of California) printed by the Ward Ritchie Press."--Book Club of California.

Binding: quarter tan cloth over pale grey-green boards; printed white paper spine label ("KELMSCOTT DOVES AND ASHENDENE").

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-193).

Local Notes:

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has manuscript note ("EC C829") in pencil on front free endpaper.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2017.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has address label ("MRS M E HEYMES 998 CHESTNUT ST SAN FRANCISCO CA 94109") of Gwendolyne S. Heymes (1906-1966) on front pastedown.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy in clear dust jacket (damaged).

Cited in:

Book Club of California. The hundredth book http://www.bccbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/BCCvol1-The-Hundredth-Book.pdf 82 (page 42)

Lewis, Oscar. First 75 years the story of the Book Club of California, 1912-1987, 82 (page 48)

OCLC:

1248632