Collection: Books, Book Design and Prospectuses
This wide-ranging collection of vintage material covers the subjects of book design and publishing, along with a unique selection of publishers' prospectus leaflets and promotional material – from major publishers to private presses.
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Bibliographical Citation by Cyril C. Barnard, 2nd edition | James Clarke & Co Ltd 1960
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Fine Print. A Review for the Arts of the Book – Vol 16, No. 1, Spring 1990
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The Private Library 4th series vol 1:2 – Summer 1988 | David Gentleman, Peter Tucker
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Prospectus for Harvesting Colour. The Year in a Marbler’s Workshop by Ann Muir
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The book illustrations of Orlando Jewitt by Frank Broomhead | Private Libraries Association, 1995
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Prospectus – The Voyage of the Challenger | Herbert Swire | Golden Cockerel Press, 1938
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Booklet: Pages from Dropmore Books | Dropmore Press, London, c. 1950
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Thomas Frognall Dibdin. Bibliographer & Bibliomaniac Extraordinary 1776-1847 by E.J. O’Dywer | Pinner Private Libraries Association, 1967
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Prospectus for Chapman by Havelock Ellis | Bloomsbury, The Nonesuch Press, 1934
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The Phaidon Press. A retrospect and prospectus 1923-1948
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Promotional leaflet for Oscar Wilde by Frank Harris with a preface by Bernard Shaw | Constable & Co, 1938. Maggs Bros
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Prospectus for The Putney Debates by Jack Emery. Lino-cuts by Clare Melinsky | The Rampant Lions Press
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Old Picture Books by Alfred W. Pollard | William Charles Copperthwaite signature | Methuen & Co, 1902
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Christmas Picture Books: 1952 and 1954 | Victoria & Albert Museum / HMSO
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John Murray Paperbacks | 6-page leaflet advertising 5 new titles for Summer 1964
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Boekenliefhebbers en hun boeken | Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum, 2002
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L'aventure des éscritures – La Page Bibliothèque nationale de France | Anne Zali, 1999
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Images & Texts. Their Production & Distribution in the 18th & 19th Centuries | Edited by Peter Isaac & Barry McKay | Oak Knoll Press
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A checklist of books by Balzac papers of William Hobart Royce by Albert J George | Syracuse University Press, 1960
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The Rocket Press ephemera – two leaflets: change of address and promotional leaflet
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Trading Words by Claire Hoertz Badaracco | Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995
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Christmas Broadside Number Ten by John Fuller | Lockwood Memorial Library, 1977
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Eton College Library. An exhibition of printed books, 1455-1974 Paul Quarrie DCC
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Kelmscott Lecture 1986, Morris and the printed book. A reconsideration of his views on type and book design in the light of later computer-aided techniques by John Dreyfus | William Morris Society, 1986
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