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Castle, DE/London: Oak Knoll Press/The British Library, 2004. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 266 pages; 8 5/8 x 11 1/4" Jacket rear panel and front flap top edges have a couple of dark brown spots; faint foxing to top page edge; otherwise text block is in fine condition. Shipping will be extra for this heavy book, please inquire.

Oak Knoll Press. New. 2004. Hardcover. Dust Jacket is New. Cloth, dj. Quarto. xxiv & 266 pages & 8 plates. Profusely illustrated. In publisher's shrinkwrap. New. (Subject: Books on Books)

Oak Knoll Pr, 2004-06-30. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Oak Knoll Press, 2004. Hardback in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Oak Knoll Press, 2004. Hardcover. Good.

Oak Knoll Pr, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book is in very good condition with a very good condition dust jacket. General shelf and handling wear. Interior is clean with a tight spine.

New Castle/London: Oak Knoll/British Library, 2004. Hardcover. Fine. Brown cloth gilt, DW, 4to, xxiv, 266 pages, 36 color, numerous monochrome illustrations, bibliography. A fine copy in a fine DW, in archival mylar.

New Castle, Delaware / London: Oak Knoll Press / The British Library, 2004. Brand New in a Brand New dust jacket. STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. 2004. First edition (so stated). Foreword by Nicolas Barker. Well illustrated with 125 black & white reproductions and 36 in full color. Includes a 145-page fully descriptive bibliography of Vale Press publications and ephemera, modeled on W. S. Peterson's BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE KELMSCOTT PRESS. List of ornaments. Three appendices. List of sources. Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped brown cloth. From the dust jacket: "As a typographer, publisher, and wood engraver Charles Ricketts (1866-1931) was a versatile and innovative practitioner who exerted a powerful influence on the development of modern book design. THE VALE PRESS is the most extensive account of his quest to become 'a publisher in earnest.' Beginning with Ricketts's work as 'a designer of books and bindings' for Oscar… Read More

The British Library/Oak Knoll Press, 2004 HARDBACK BOOK AND DUST JACKET IN FINE CONDITION. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Oak Knoll Pr. New in As New dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 158456072x . This book is like new; no remainder marks. Unread copy. Dustjacket has some slight shelfwear. Inside pages are clean. ; 1 x 11 x 8.75 Inches; 266 pages .

London / United States: Oak Knoll / British Library, 2004. Hard covers in clean, bright condition, a couple of bumped corners, with a very good dust jacket. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New Castle & London: Oak Knoll Press / The British Library, 2004. First edition.. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto, brown cloth, pp. xxiv, 266; illustrated. Fine in dust jacket (still in the publisher's shrink wrap). May require extra postage, depending on shipping destination, and delivery standard required.

Oak Knoll Press, 2004. Hardcover. f/f. Quarto. 266pp A fine copy in dust jacket.

London: The British Library, 2004. Hardback. [i - viii], ix, [x], xi, [xii0, xiii - xix, [xx], xxi - xxiv, [1 - 2], 3 - 266pp. Publisher's original brown cloth binding, gilt to spine. Dust jacket. As a typographer, publisher and wood engraver, Charles Ricketts (1866 - 1931) was a versatile and innovative practitioner who executed a powerful influence on the development of modern book design. Beginning with Rickett's work as a "designer of books and buildings" for Oscar Wilde, the story of the Vale Press reveals the nature of Ricketts's collaboration with the master printer Charles McCall of the Ballantyne Press and the degree to which Ricketts's success, both artistic and commercial, depended upon the transformation of his redundant skill as a wood engraver into a positive medium of artistic expression. This important book offers a fascinating, historic window into the world of Ricketts, his contemporaries and the British fine press movement. Illustrated in colour and black… Read More

New Castle, Delaware, U.S.A.: Oak Knoll Pr, 2004. Large hardback in fine condition with fine dust jacket.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

London: British Library, 2004. xxiv, 266 pages, 36 colour plates, 125 black and white illustrations. Very good condition. Hardback 29 x 23cms. ISBN: 9780712347240.