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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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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Prospectus for The Role of Line in Art by Wyndham Lewis The Strawberry Press 2007
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Two leaflets from the Incline Press – 'Give a Book a Home' and Brian North Lee's 'The Lure of the Label' 2003
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Prospectus leaflet – The Inward Laugh | Edward Bawden & his circle | Fleece Press, 2008
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Modern Books & Writers | 1951 Exhibition at the National Book League
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The Open & Closed Book. Contemporary Book Arts | Victoria & Albert Museum, 1979
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A Lovers Progress Nancy Quennell | Golden Cockerel Press prospectus 1938
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Leaflet to promote A Handful of Hares | Anne Cathcart | Inky Parrot Press, 2009
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The Whittington Press | Publications 1978-9 | Second edition leaflet
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Books from The Whittington Press 1983 & 1984 | Leaflet/prospectus
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Artists' Choice Editions | 3 x prospectuses – Carol Manheim / Dennis Hall
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Une Histoire à Rallonges | John Crombie | Kickshaws Press 2004 | limited edition, numbered 30/100
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Specimen pages – William Blake’s writings | Edited by Geoffrey Keynes | Nonesuch Press, 1925
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The Würzburg Schottenkloster – Spencer – Liverpool Copy of the 36-line Bible | Christie's auction catalogue, 1991
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Into The Red Zone | Words of Mass Distraction (1) | Michael Ryan | Surrey Institute of Art and Design, 2004
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Manchester Polytechnic Library of Children’s Books 1840-1939 ‘From Morality to Adventure’ by W.H. Shercliff | Manchester Polytechnic Library, 1988
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Prospectus for Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts by Rupert Brooke Edward Marsh & Christopher Hassall. Collected, compiled and annotated by John Schroder with a frontispiece by Joan Hassall | Rampant Lions Press, undated presumably c.1970
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Promotional booklet | Books from Libanus Press 1987
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Prospectus for Decorative Initial Letters A.F. Johnson | The Cresset Press, 1930
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Prospectus for The Midrash Rabbah | edited by Rabbi Dr. H. Freedman | The Soncino Press 1939
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