Abbey press edition first edition (7 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition in publisher's original blue card wrap covers [softback]. 8vo. 9'' x 5½''. Contains 81 printed pages of text followed by 41 monochrome illustrations. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with light marking to the cover, small chip to the back cover top edge. Member of the P.B.F.A. DORSET (Durnovaria).…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Zustand: Fine. First edition in publisher's original illustrated card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 48 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'With kind regards, Hunter Adair'. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1902756002 RURAL VILLAGE LIFE.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. 12mo., [4], 5pp., [2], bound in the original mould-made covers with a pictorial design of an Ionian Cross to upper cover. A fine clean bright copy of this scarce work. One of a 1,000 copies printed. Set in Eric Gill's Joanna. 1000 copies printed in England at the Stanbrook Abbey Press, Worcester on Abbey Mills Text paper. Covers mould-made by Barcham Green, Maidstone. Iona is an island in the Inner Hebrides, off the Ross of Mull on the western coast of Scotland. It is mainly known for Iona Abbey, though there are other buildings on the island. Iona Abbey was a centre of Gaelic monasticism for three centuries and is today known for its relative tranquility and natural environment. It is a tourist destination and a place for spiritual retreats. Its modern Scottish Gaelic name means "Iona of (Saint) Columba". The press founded at Stanbrook Abbey near Worcester in 1876 was unique: run by a religious community, rather than an individual or partnership, it stood at the interface between book design and religious belief. Famously the press was associated in the early 20th century with one of the great figures of English bibliography, Sir Sydney Cockerell (1867-1962); he in turn introduced the nuns to Emery Walker (1851-1933) and C. H. St John Hornby (1867-1946). The press enjoyed a golden age under the direction of Dame Hildelith Cumming (1909-1991), who was printer from 1955 until her death in 1991. With the encouragement of Dutch typographer Jan van Krimpen (1892-1958) and the English designer John Dreyfus (1918-2002), Dame Hildelith developed a distinctive Stanbrook style: the use of characterful typefaces, expertly printed on fine hand-made papers; the deployment of white space to allow texts to breathe ; and a liveliness achieved through coloured inks, calligraphic decoration and fine bindings. David Butcher, the press s bibliographer, summed up its achievement: Collectively the books published by the Press earn it a place as one of the world s major private presses The books are an enduring testament to the Benedictine aim of employing human talents to the glory of God. (David Butcher, The Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1956-1990 (Lower Marston: Whittington Press, 1992), p. 31.).…

slim 8vo, [16pp], calligraphy and illus. (of cats) by Margaret Adams, printed in blue, black and rust-red throughout, orig. printed white wrappers with gilt design of a cat to centre of upper cover. One of 350 copies, on Millbourn Lexpar paper, cover paper by Barcham Green Ltd. Published as an 80th Birthday tribute to Sigfried Sassoon.…