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A History of the Marlborough College Press, 1934-1984 / edited by Richard Russell.

LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Reference 390
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Russell, Richard, 1930- editor.
Wieck, Roger S., associated name, former owner.
Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- associated name, former owner.
Whittington Press, printer, publisher.
Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Marlborough College Press--History.
Marlborough College Press.
Private presses--England--Marlborough--History--20th century.
Private presses.
Printing--Study and teaching--England--Marlborough.
Printing.
Marlborough (England)--Imprints.
Marlborough (England).
Printing--Study and teaching.
England--Marlborough.
Genre:
Decorated papers -- England -- 1984.
Private press books -- England -- 1984.
Buckram quarter bindings.
Handmade papers (fibre products.
Machine-made papers (fibre products.
moldmade paper.
Numbered limited editions.
Signed limited editions.
Typefaces.
Wood engravings.
broadsides (notices)
Facsimile (reproduction) broadsides.
Facsimile (reproduction) type specimens.
histories (visual works)
Type specimens.
Bibliographies
History
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- Gloucestershire -- 20th century.
Physical Description:
51 pages ; 29 cm + 2 folded sheets in pocket
Place of Publication:
Andoversford, Gloucestershire : Whittington Press, 1984.
Credits:
Colophon wood-engraving is by Edward Walters.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-51).
This edition of 220 copies is set in 12-point Monotype Caslon and printed at Whittington on Sommerville laid paper. The tipped-in specimen pages are printed on Armatruda Amalfi hand-made paper in the same Caslon types as the originals, and the two facsimile broadsides are printed by lithography on Colorplan China White paper at Burgess & Son. 200 copies are quarter-bound in Fell Buckram with decorated paper sides, and 20 copies are bound in full goatskin with Whittington marbled endpapers, by Smith Settle & Co. Printed completed May 1984"--colophon page.
Local Notes:
Reference 390: Presented to the Penn Libraries by Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck. Copy number 135 of 220. With two broadsides in rear pastedown pocket. Decorated paper sides.
ISBN:
0904845753
9780904845754
0904845761
9780904845761
OCLC:
11330374

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