Collection: Books, Book Design and Prospectuses

This wide-ranging collection of 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.

Prospectus leaflet – Goat Green or The Better Gift, Gwenda Morgan | Golden Cockerel Press, 1937

Prospectus leaflet – Goat Green or The Better Gift, Gwenda Morgan | Golden Cockerel Press, 1937

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Specimen page/prospectus – Twenty-five sonnets of Shakespeare | The Shakespeare Head Press | Undated, perhaps c.1922

Specimen page/prospectus – Twenty-five sonnets of Shakespeare | The Shakespeare Head Press | Undated, perhaps c.1922

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Leaflet and order form for Charles Holtzapffel’s Printing Apparatus for the use of Amateurs by The Parlour Press | Undated, possibly 1971

Leaflet and order form for Charles Holtzapffel’s Printing Apparatus for the use of Amateurs by The Parlour Press | Undated, possibly 1971

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Rampant Lions Press booklet – Books Designed and Printed by Will and Sebastian Carter | 1980

Rampant Lions Press booklet – Books Designed and Printed by Will and Sebastian Carter | 1980

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Binding your own books by John Woodcock. Puffin Picture Book 104.

Binding your own books by John Woodcock. Puffin Picture Book 104.

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The Maypole of Merrymount from the Twice-told takes of Nathaniel Hawthorne | Merrymount Press, 1947

The Maypole of Merrymount from the Twice-told takes of Nathaniel Hawthorne | Merrymount Press, 1947

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Prospectus – Hellmuth Weissenborn Painter & Graphic Artist | Bachman & Turner | Whittington Press, 1976

Prospectus – Hellmuth Weissenborn Painter & Graphic Artist | Bachman & Turner | Whittington Press, 1976

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Five leaflets for The Rainbow Press relating to books by Ted Hughes – 1970s | Fine Limited First Editions

Five leaflets for The Rainbow Press relating to books by Ted Hughes – 1970s | Fine Limited First Editions

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Private Presses and the Printing Industry | James Moran – British Printer supplement, 1962

Private Presses and the Printing Industry | James Moran – British Printer supplement, 1962

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Prospectus for Through The Looking Glass Lewis Carroll | The Inky Parrot Press | Illustrations by Angel Domínguez

Prospectus for Through The Looking Glass Lewis Carroll | The Inky Parrot Press | Illustrations by Angel Domínguez

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Promotional leaflet for Ravilious Engravings | The Wood Lea Press

Promotional leaflet for Ravilious Engravings | The Wood Lea Press

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Prospectus leaflet for Edward Gibbon's Library | Geoffrey Keynes | Jonathan Cape c.1940

Prospectus leaflet for Edward Gibbon's Library | Geoffrey Keynes | Jonathan Cape c.1940

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Les nouvelles conquêtes de la Science. L'Électricité by Louis Figuier c.1870

Les nouvelles conquêtes de la Science. L'Électricité by Louis Figuier c.1870

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Pages from Books Set on the Monotype Composing Machine | The Monotype Corporation, 1931

Pages from Books Set on the Monotype Composing Machine | The Monotype Corporation, 1931

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Prospectus for Florence Press Books in Florence types designed by Herbert P. Horne | Messrs Chatto and Windus, 1908

Prospectus for Florence Press Books in Florence types designed by Herbert P. Horne | Messrs Chatto and Windus, 1908

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The Spiral Press exhibition catalogue | Joseph Blumenthal, New York, 1968

The Spiral Press exhibition catalogue | Joseph Blumenthal, New York, 1968

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Specimen pages for The Bamboo Dancer Clover Hill Press Cleverdon | Eileen Mayo, 1937

Specimen pages for The Bamboo Dancer Clover Hill Press Cleverdon | Eileen Mayo, 1937

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Leaflet for Edmund Blampied 'Modern Masters of Etching' | The Studio, 1926

Leaflet for Edmund Blampied 'Modern Masters of Etching' | The Studio, 1926

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A Note on the Format – The Nonesuch Dickens | Nonesuch Press, 1937 | Text by Francis Meynell

A Note on the Format – The Nonesuch Dickens | Nonesuch Press, 1937 | Text by Francis Meynell

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Prospectus for Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe | Basilisk Press| illustrations by Edward Gordon Craig

Prospectus for Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe | Basilisk Press| illustrations by Edward Gordon Craig

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Leaflet to promote the publication Clay Cuts by Jack Clemo | woodcuts by Stan Dobbin, 1991 | Previous Parrot Press

Leaflet to promote the publication Clay Cuts by Jack Clemo | woodcuts by Stan Dobbin, 1991 | Previous Parrot Press

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Promotional leaflet/prospectus for The Shakespeare Head – Brontë | Basil Blackwell, c.1931

Promotional leaflet/prospectus for The Shakespeare Head – Brontë | Basil Blackwell, c.1931

Regular price £65.00 GBP

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Hommage a Gérard Blanchard. Cahiers Gutenberg. No. 30, October 1998 ATypI, Lyon

Hommage a Gérard Blanchard. Cahiers Gutenberg. No. 30, October 1998 ATypI, Lyon

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Book design and production journal | Vol 3 No 2, 1960

Book design and production journal | Vol 3 No 2, 1960

Regular price £28.00 GBP

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