The chessplayer : & other essays / Edward Thomas ; with an introduction by R. George Thomas ; and with two wood-engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917, author.

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):

Chess.

chess.

Genre:

letterpress printing.

Private press books (Publishing) -- Whittington Press.

Essays.

Marbled papers.

Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- Gloucestershire -- 20th century.

Physical Description:

viii, 28 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Andoversford : Whittington Press, [1981]

Contents:

The chessplayer

The listener

Penderyn

Notes:

"375 copies hand-set in 14-point Caslon, of which 350 are printed on Heritage laid paper & quarter-bound in Whittington marbled paper, and 25 (i-xxv) printed on Arches Crème paper and bound in vellum."--Colophon

Local Notes:

Whittington 9: Presented to the Penn Libraries by Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck in 2019. Number 71.

ISBN:

0904845362

9780904845365

OCLC:

16560965