Portraits of presses : of Fleece, Gregynog, I.M. Imprimit, Old Stile, Rampant Lions, Rocket, Tern, Whittington & CTD / photographs by Ski Harrison ; with commentaries by the printers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrison, Ski, photographer.

Contributor:

Wieck, Roger S., associated name, former owner.

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- associated name, former owner.

Fine Bindery (Firm), binder.

Büttenpapierfabrik Hahnemühle, papermaker.

CTD (Firm), printer.

Whittington Press, printer, publisher.

Press Collection (Library of Congress)

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Private presses--Great Britain--Pictorial works.

Private presses.

Fleece Press.

Gregynog Press.

I.M. Imprimit (Firm).

Old Stile Press.

Rampant Lions Press.

Rocket Press.

Tern Press.

Whittington Press.

CTD (Firm).

Great Britain.

Genre:

Illustrated works

Illustrated works.

Mould-made papers (Paper) -- Great Britain -- 20th century.

Physical Description:

xi, 53 pages, 70 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 28 x 30 cm

Place of Publication:

Risbury, Herefordshire : The Whittington Press, 1997.

Contents:

The Fleece Press / Simon Lawrence

Gwasg Gregynog / David Esslemont

I.M. Imprimit / Ian Mortimer

The Old Stile Press / Nicolas McDowall

The Rampant Lions Press / Sebastian Carter

The Rocket Press / Jonathan Stephenson

The Tern Press / Nicholas and Mary Parry

The Whittington Press / John Randle

Mind and eye at CTD / John Randle.

Notes:

"[An] edition of 500 copies, 350 of which are for sale, is set in 13-point Poliphilus and printed on Bugra Bütten mould-made paper. The tritone plates are printed by CTD Printers on Parallux Matt Art, 27 copies are quarter-bound in leather with a portfolio of photographic prints of each press. Bound by the Fine Bindery."--Colophon.

Includes seven examples of printers' works (some folded), tipped in. Issued in a slipcase.

LC has copy no. 139.

Local Notes:

Whittington 13: Presented to the Penn Libraries by Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck in 2019. Edition number 473 of 500. In slipcase.

ISBN:

185428052X

9781854280527

OCLC:

38590915