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The Whittington Press : a bibliography 1982-1993 / compiled by David Butcher ; with an introduction and notes by John Randle.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Whittington 7
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Butcher, David, 1945- compiler.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Whittington Press--Bibliography.
- Whittington Press.
- Gloucestershire (England)--Imprints.
- Gloucestershire (England).
- Genre:
- Marbled boards (binding components)
- moldmade paper.
- roman (upright typeface group)
- slipcases.
- type sizes.
- Vellum (skin) quarter bindings.
- Wood engravings.
- Private press books.
- Type specimens.
- Bibliographies.
- fine press books.
- Bibliographies
- Physical Description:
- 179 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 34 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Herefordshire, England : Whittington Press, 1996.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- "This edition of 380 copies ... printed on Zerkall mould-made papers. The engravings are printed from the wood, & the triton plates are printed by CTD Printers. The 136 leather & quarter-vellum copies each contain a set of tipped in specimen pages, mostly from the original printing. Bound by The Fine Bindery, with papers marbled by Rebecca Gryspeerdt. 28 copies (i-xxviii) are bound in inlaid leathers to a design by Miriam Macgregor, with a separate portfolio of Press ephemera. 28 copies (I-XXVIII) are bound in full Oasis leather with Whittington marbled endpapers, with a separate portfolio of Press ephemera. 80 copies (1-80) are quarter-bound in vellum and Whittington marbled sides. 244 copies (1-244 without the tipped in specimen pages) are quarter bound in buckram with pochoir sides to a design by Miriam Macgregor. The willow tree outside the Press in Miriam Macgregor's engraving also suggested the cover designs of the inlaid leather and quarter-buckram copies. This is copy no: ..."--Colophon.
- Issued in a slipcase.
- Local Notes:
- Whittington 7: Presented to the Penn Libraries by Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck in 2019. Edition number 72 of 380. Among the books quarter-bound in buckram with pochoir sides. In slipcase.
- ISBN:
- 1854280295
- 9781854280299
- OCLC:
- 35997408
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