Matrix 7: A Review for printers & Bibliophiles (Winter 1987)
by Randle, John and Rosalind (editors); [Whittington Press]
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Manor Farm, Gloucestershire: Whittington Press, 1987. Stiff printed paper wrappers in mylar protected jacket. (vii), 166, (2) pages. One of 960 copies set in 12-point Monotype Caslon and printed at the Whittington Press on Sommerville Laid and Zerkall Halbmatt papers. Colour plates and half-tones are printed at the Senecio Press. Wood-engravings are printed from the wood, and the line blocks are made by Keene Engraving. This being one of 850 copies bound in pattern paper designed for the Curwen Press by Enid Marx. Articles by Cleverdon on Morison and Gill, Dreyfus on French Resistance Printing, Carter on Victor Hammer, Cave on Golden Cockerel, Mortimer on Ornamented Types and others. A clean, tight copy of arguably the finest periodical of the book arts of the twentieth century Size: Small Quarto. Limited First Edition.. Wraps. Near Fine/Near Fine. Private Press.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002083
- Title
- Matrix 7: A Review for printers & Bibliophiles (Winter 1987)
- Author
- Randle, John and Rosalind (editors); [Whittington Press]
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Limited First Edition.
- Publisher
- Whittington Press
- Place of Publication
- Manor Farm, Gloucestershire
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- BOOK ARTS, BOOKS ON
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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