Oxford alembic press (29 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. Indigo Dyed Japanese Paper examples on one page, with one page description of the color samples tipped on last page.2 1/4" x 1 3/4". 150 copies handset & printed for Miniature Book Society Conclave X, San Diego, 1992.

Softcover. Zustand: Good. Original string bound wrappers, softcover, 2 illustrations in b/w, small (circa 14x8cm).; Half title stained; small brown stain on rear wraper.

Hardback. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Large 8vo. Original publisher's black cloth, over decorated red and black papered boards, lettered gilt at the spine. Bookplate of Peter Hardiman Scott (1920-1999) journalist, broadcaster, poet and thriller writer. He served as the BBC's first political editor, from 1970 to 1975 and was a well known and much respected television personality. During his time at the BBC, he reported on, and grew close to, four prime ministers: Macmillan, Douglas-Home, Wilson and Heath. Signed presentation from the author on the half title page, "For Peter and Sue, always dear and true friends with love from John." Including a good typed signed letter from the author, loosely inserted. Limited edition 110 copies, this being no. nine. ISBN: 090748235X Pages: 36 Fine. Signedes.…

One of an edition limited to 120 copies of a miniature chapbook set in 48pt Gill Light Italic, and illustrated with suitable quantities of ornaments, signs and dingbats. The book is sewn with red thread as a single section into paper wrappers. 72 x 50 mm, pp. [12]. A miniature book in Fine condition.…

A prospectus and catalogue promoting current and new titles as at 1991 together with a short list of five titles available from previous years. Red printed wrappers, sewn with red thread. Octavo, 215 x 150 mm, pp. [8] with four illustrations in red and one example of Maziarczyk Paste Papers tipped-in. A prospectus in Very Good condition.…

A prospectus and catalogue promoting current and four forthcoming titles as at 1992 together with a short list of seven titles available from previous years. Light brown printed wrappers, sewn with matching thread. Octavo, 215 x 150 mm, pp. [8] with one illustration and one example of a Compton Marbling pattern tipped-in. An order form and Press postcard loosely laid in. A prospectus in Fine condition.…

One of an edition limited to 95 copies with text set in 12pt and 10pt Bembo. 50 copies (of which this is one) were printed on Rivoli paper and 45 copies were printed on Five Seasons Recycled paper. Grey paper wrappers with title and decorative border printed in red to the upper panel, sewn with brown thread. Quarto, 280 x 200 mm, pp. 16.…

180 numbered copies, 8vo, (178x127mm), 85p. 18 line illustrations by John R. Smith, printed in red. A fine copy in original quarter cloth, marbled paper sides. Please note that the advised postage is based on an average book, if necessary the postage will be reduced to the correct amount and you will be notified by email.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. Generally in fine or near fine condition.

LIMITED EDITION No. 9 of 250 copies Tall 8vo. hardback in quarter dark blue morocco, gilt, with marbled boards, in dark blue cloth-covered slipcase. Burnt orange endpapers matching slipcase lining. 91pp. with tipped-in b/w portraits of Greene and Low. With loose 4pp. Prospectus. A clean copy with no markings or inscriptions. A VERY GOOD COPY in VERY GOOD SLIPCASE. (Shelf 130) ISBN: 0907482368 PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

LIMITED EDITION No. 8 of 250 copies Tall 8vo. hardback in quarter dark blue morocco, gilt, with marbled boards, in dark blue cloth-covered slipcase. Burnt orange endpapers matching slipcase lining. 91pp. with tipped-in b/w portraits of Greene and Low. With 2 loose 4pp. Publisher's leaflets (one a prospectus, the other a list of previous publications). A clean copy with no markings or inscriptions. A VERY GOOD COPY in VERY GOOD SLIPCASE. (Shelf 2) ISBN: 0907482368 PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

Zustand: Good. 8vo. Hard cover. No. 41 of 250 copies.

One of the rarest and most beautifully produced of the fine press bibliographies. 74 items described in great detail. Numerous tipped-in samples of the press' work, including a few printed on exotic papers. Beautifully printed on fine wove paper. Edition limited to 100 numbered copies. 4to. Bound by Claire Bolton in quarter cloth and marbled boards. The slightest traces of wear to extremities, else fine and bright.…

One of an edition limited to 60 copies of a miniature book machine set in 10pt Gloucester Bold Italic and printed in purple ink. Stiff marbled card wrappers backed with blue paper, frill lace decoration to the lower edge of the upper board, printed and decorated blue paper label, sewn onto yellow threads. 75 x 75 mm, pp. [16] with two full page hand coloured line drawings. A miniature book in Fine condition.…

One of an edition limited to 30 copies printed on Rivoli paper using a Vandercook SP15 cylinder proof press. The text was set in 10pt Modern Extended using a Monotype pneumatic key-board and cast with a Monotype Composition caster. A specimen of some 8300 figures (numerals and fractions) cast on a Monotype Super caster and then hand set. Sizes range from 5pt to 60pt, serial numbered figures from F9 to F2558 (though not the complete range) and figures for type series 1 to 696 (again, not the complete range). Printed composition card wrappers. Narrow Quarto, 295 x 155 mm., pp. 22. A boo in Fine condition.…

One of an edition limited to 50 copies printed in red ink on a Vandercook 4 and 16 page imposition. Text set in 6pt Old Style, Plantin, Baskerville, Imprint, Gill, Greek, Grotesque, Modern, Spartan, Times, and Univers. Brown card covers sewn with brown thread, patterned paper wrappers. 72 x 50 mm, pp. 32. A miniature book in Fine condition. …

Copy number '11' of an edition limited to 110 copies printed on 90 gsm, grey/green Ingres in green card covers. Hand set in Bembo Narrow Italic. 73 x 104 mm, pp. [20] with one parrot block and one feather (tipped-in). A miniature book in Fine condition.

Edition limited to 250 copies (this, no. 105), 8vo, pp. 77, [3]; 16 photographic illustrationson rectos and versos of 8 plates, shop plans, facsimiles, and tables in the text; original terracotta cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards, gilt titling on spine; fine. The long and esteemed history of the Wells Bookshop and bindery, starting with the booksellers Thomas & John Burden, and passing through the hands of James Robbins, David Nutt and Joseph Wells, one of the oldest antiquarian enterprises in the U.K.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Number 66 of 95 (100) copies typeset in Bembo and printed on Hahnemuhle paper. 11 tipped-in specimens from previous books and other illustrations within the text. Quarter maroon cloth with printed spine label, marbled paper-covered sides. A fine copy.

First edition. 63 pp. Very near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. One of 145 numbered copies on Zerkall rough paper.

Copy number '77' 0f an edition limited to 250 copies machine setr on Caslon by Solo-Type and printed on Rivoli paper. Quarter brick-red cloth over oprinted and illustrated paper covered boards, gilt lettering to the spine, orange-brown endpapers. Octavo, 250 x 175, pp. 80 with illustrations. A book in Fine condition. 50 de-luxe copies were hand bound by Tim Wiltshire at the bindery in Winchester.…

Zustand: Very Good. Limited Edition 33/250. VG : in very good condition with blue slipcase. Spine faded. 250mm x 170mm (10" x 7"). 91pp. With prospectus. Marbled hardback boards with black leather spine.

Copy number '32' of an edition limited to 95 (100) copies. Machine set in Bembo and printed on 150 gsm Hahnemuhle paper on an Arab foolscap folio press and bound by Claire Bolton. Quarter bound in burgundy cloth over Payhembury marbled paper boards, grey endpapers, printed paper label to the spine. 260 x 170 mm, pp. [1-4] 5-57 [colophon], with seven block illustrations and eleven original samples from earlier books. A book in Very Good condition with a prospectus laid in. …

One of 50 de-luxe copies, from a total edition of 250 copies, hand-bound by Tim Wiltshire at the bindery in Winchester. Machine set text in Caslon by Solo-Type and printed on Rivoli paper. Light brown quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards, gilt lettering and decorative devices to the spine using original tools. Small Quarto, 250 x 175 mm, pp. [1-4] 5-77 [blank] [colophon] [blank] illustrated with numerous line blocks and photographs. A copy of the prospectus is loosely laid-in.9o A book and prospectus in Fine condition.…

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. A very scarce superb limited edition copy comprising the complete and correspondence between Graham Greene and David Low, who held a strong friendship for many years. A very scarce limited edition of two hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered one hundred and forty one.Publisher's prospectus loosely inserted.The complete and fascinating correspondence between author Graham Greene and cartoonist David Low, who held a friendship for many years. A warming and affectionate friendship is palpable from the letters they sent each other as they discuss various topics.This volume includes their complete correspondence from 1971 to 1984.Illustrated with two plates. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. None (illustrator). book.…

Copy number '88' of an edition limited to 100 copies printed in brown and green, set in Bell by Solo-Type on Five Seasons recycled paper, 4 samples of papyrus in progressive states tipped-in, pp. 33, oblong 16mo. Original grey boards covered with gauze-cloth, backed with green cloth, upper board with hieroglyphics printed in green, brown structured endpapers. The samples of papyrus contained in the book are provided by Oxford University's Botanic Garden. Loosely inserted correspondence relating to the books provenance.…

Copy number '5' of an edition limited to 25 copies. Seventy-one loose printed cards enclosed in a printed card box with a tab closure. An eight line wood-letter alphabet set printed in red and black in Delittle's Sans 54/56, with foreground one side and background, on the reverse. The letters 'Q' and 'X' were deliberately omitted from the set. Miniature, 50 x 35 mm. Indecipherable initials on rear of the description card. Very Scarce. A full set of cards in Fine condition in a Very Good box with two small stains on one face. …

Six miniature books housed in a marbled paper covered board slipcase, letterpress printed and handbound. Three are numbered '28' and three are numbered '29' of an edition limited to 100 copies of each. Printed over a period of three years, each book is a miniature alphabet book featuring words relating to printing and typography. Each has a specific theme and each is set in a different typeface: Book 1: 'Type Designers' in Old Style Italic (No. 28, 1995); Book 2: 'Typefaces' in Playbill (No. 29, 1995); Book 3: 'Typefounders' in Round Serif 9 (No. 29, 1996); Book 4: 'Typographic Words' in Sans Condensed (No. 29, 1996); Book 5: 'Typecasting' in Winchester (No. 28, 1997); Book 6: 'Parts of the Press' in Sans Bold Italic (No. 28, 1997). A set of six miniature books in Fine condition in a Fine slipcase.…

One of fifty de-luxe numbered copies printed on hand made pure kozo paper, boxed and with extra samples. Illustrated by Yasusuke Nyoku. Mounted paper specimens. 8vo. Publisher's stitched paper wrappers, cloth box Illustrated by Yasusuke Nyoku. Mounted paper specimens. 8vo One of fifty de-luxe numbered copies printed on hand made pure kozo paper, boxed and with extra samples.…