press cranbrook (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In.

Softcover. Zustand: Good. First printing. 35 p. 28 cm. B&w illustrations. Stapled. Creases and light wear.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

71,[1] pp. 1 vols. 4to. From an edition consisting of 210 copies, this being an unnumbered copy. 71,[1] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Designed and printed by hand on Cranbrook handmade paper by George Booth, with the assistance of Cecil Billington. Booth, editor of the Detroit EVENING NEWS, founded the Cranbrook Press in 1900, and through 1902 Ransom records ten imprints. His first type choice was based on Morris's casting of Jenson, and he commissioned handmade paper with the Press' watermark. His statement of purpose in SOMETHING ABOUT THE CRANBROOK PRESS, published earlier the same year, emphasized his quest for perfection and desire to emulate Caxton and Morris. Publisher's three-quarter vellum and boards, gilt label, untrimmed. Fine in plain wrapper, and somewhat nicked and battered board folding box, with manuscript caption. Institutional bookplate, and gift inscription from chairman of the Cranbrook Press on front free endpaper From an edition consisting of 210 copies, this being an unnumbered copy.

100/208 (actually 206) COPIES, set in Jenson Old Style, with 6 full-page wood-engravings by D.W. Driscoll, each with elaborate strapwork borders and 6 6-line wood-engraved initials illuminated in red, blue, yellow and gold, paper with 'Cranbrook' watermark, front endpaper with presentation inscription to Major J.R. Atkin-Roberts of Glassenbury from his cousin, Howland, 12th and 5th Baronet, related pencil correction, p.88 (see below), endpaper with small mark at edge, pp. 101, 8vo, publisher's fawn boards, spine with printed label, housed in original linen-backed box with ribbons and printed label on spine, front board with presentation inscription dated 1902, box with a few marks and abrasions, very good. George Booth was a true disciple of William Morris, not only in his desire to emulate the Kelmscott Press, but also to follow Morris' philosophy. In addition to running the press from the attic of the Detroit Evening News building, he used the wealth he had accrued through his highly successful newspaper business, to commission his own Arts and Crafts mansion, Cranbrook House, to fill it with bespoke furniture, tapestries and fine bindings. The tales were inspired by a visit Booth made to his ancestral home, Cranbrook, Kent. The inscription to Major Roberts of Glassenbury Manor from his cousin points out a couple of errors in the text of 'The Bride of Glassenbury' regarding a date and name of their common ancestor. [with:] Booth (George G.) Something about the Cranbrook Press., 1902, with engraved illustrations and tipped-in photographs, pp. 31, 8vo, fawn printed wrappers, and further press ephemera addressed to the Major.