Britten's Aldeburgh : with eighty-one engravings & three two-colour linocuts / by the author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Craig, John, 1931- author, wood engraver.

Contributor:

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

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

Whittington Press, publisher, printer.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976--Homes and haunts--England--Aldeburgh.

Britten, Benjamin.

Composers--England.

Composers.

Aldeburgh (England)--In art.

Aldeburgh (England).

linoleum block printing.

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Homes.

England.

England--Aldeburgh.

Genre:

Linocuts.

Wood engravings.

fine press books.

Art

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations, music, mounted plates ; 33 cm, in slipcase

Place of Publication:

Risbury, England : The Whittington Press, [1997]

Notes:

"This edition of 440 copies is set in 13-point Poliphilus and Blado and printed at Whittington on a special making of Zerkall mould-made paper. 352 copies are half-bound by The Fine Bindery in buckram with an enlarged linocut by John Craig; 60 copies are similarly bound in Oasis leather with a portfolio of a selection of the engravings; and 28 copies are bound by James Brockman to a design by himself and John Craig, with a portfolio of the engravings."--Colophon

Local Notes:

Whittington 12: Presented to the Penn Libraries by Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck in 2019. Edition number 227 of 440. In slipcase.

ISBN:

1854280171

9781854280176

OCLC:

317810207