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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Prospectus for Reynolds Stone Engravings | John Murray c. 1977
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Leaflet for The Wood-Engravings of Paul Nash | The Wood Lea Press c.1997
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Spanish Interiors and Furniture | Arthur Byne & Mildred Stapley | Dover Books, 1969
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I Remember (you, him, her, us, them) by John Crombie | Kickshaws, Paris, 1991 | No. 63/135
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Circus Turn by Ronald Ron King | Circle Press 1994, unlimited edition
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Mon Oncle Benjamin by Claude Tillier | Illustrations by Joseph Hemard | Editions Athena, Paris 1950
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Prospectus for The Story of Cupid and Psyche | William Morris | Clover Hill, 1974
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Prospectus & Retrospectus of the Nonesuch Press, 1932
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Penguins on the March. Penguin Collectors Society. Facsimile reprint from Typographica 5 Herbert Spencer's 1962 survey of Penguin design, 2013
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Prospectus for The Diary of a Madman by Nicolas Gogol with aquaitints by A. Alexeieff | The Cresset Press 1929
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Le Petit Chaperon Vert suivi d’autres contes by André Lichtenberger | Pochoir by Joseph Hémard | 1922
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Prospectus to promote Edward Bawden editioned prints | Wood Lea Press, 2005
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Japanese Book-binding by Kōjirō Ikegami | Weatherhill, New York, 1986
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Books, mostly scholarly, and some Ephemera | Designed by George Mackie | NLS 1991
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Deux Nocturnes Cur-Nonsky (Sailland) | Illustrations by Joseph Hémard coloured in pochoir by Artdeco, 1927
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The Title Page – its Early Development 1460-1510 by Margaret M. Smith | The British Library and Oak Knoll Press, 2000
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Decadence in Print by Patricia Wall | Oxford Polytechnic Department of Printing, 1973
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Caractère Noel 1956 – Bibliotheque Imaginaire Printel Paris
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Leaflet – Entertaining à la Carte | Fortnum & Mason | Peyton Skipwith | Mainstone Press, 2007
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Prospectus for Glue and Lacquer translated by Harold Acton illustrations Eric Gill Golden Cockerel Press c1941
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Golden Cockerel Press prospectus 'Against Women' | Gwyn Williams, John Petts 1953
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Mise en Page: The Theory and Practice of Lay-out Alfred Tolmer | The Studio, 1931
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Spring, Sunshine and a Chanticleer | The Golden Cockerel Press prospectus, 1935
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Topiary: An Historical Diversion | Peter Barker-Mill | Golden Cockerel Press prospectus, 1954
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Bound volume of eight Golden Cockerel Press prospectus from 1937, 1951-1955
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An Introduction to the Kelmscott Press | Andrew Isherwood | V&A/NAL 1986
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Promotional leaflet: Paul the Hero of the Fire by Edward Ardizzone | Constable, 1962
Regular price £35.00 GBPRegular priceUnit price / perSale price £35.00 GBP
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