Title: A Survey of Modern Bookmaking: Pages from Contemporary Presses of England and the Continent together with Four Examples by San Francisco Printers Author: Place: San Francisco Publisher: Presented by Herbert L. Rothschild to Members of the Roxburghe Club Date: 1931 Description: Illuminations by Valenti Angelo. (Folio) 38.3x25 cm (15x10"), original vellum-backed gray boards, lettered in red. One of 70 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Scarce and beautiful tribute to printing. Includes examples from printings by The Ashendene Press, The Nonesuch Press, The Golden Cockerel Press, The Shakespeare Head Press, The Pear Tree Press, The Gregynog Press, The Qquila Press, The Curwen Press, The Soncino Press, F.L. Schmied, The Cranach Press, The Bremer Presse, The Hours Press, The Officina Bodoni, John Henry Nash The Windsor Press, John Julius Johnck, & Edwin Grabhorn. The descriptive text is by Robert Grabhorn. GB 152. Lot Amendments Condition: Some light wear and tear to binding; a couple very tiny spots to a couple blank front pages; very good. Item number: 263496
Title: A Survey of Modern Bookmaking: Pages from Contemporary Presses of England and the Continent together with Four Examples by San Francisco Printers Author: Place: San Francisco Publisher: Presented by Herbert L. Rothschild to Members of the Roxburghe Club Date: 1931 Description: Illuminations by Valenti Angelo. (Folio) 38.3x25 cm (15x10"), original vellum-backed gray boards, lettered in red. One of 70 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Scarce and beautiful tribute to printing. Includes examples from printings by The Ashendene Press, The Nonesuch Press, The Golden Cockerel Press, The Shakespeare Head Press, The Pear Tree Press, The Gregynog Press, The Qquila Press, The Curwen Press, The Soncino Press, F.L. Schmied, The Cranach Press, The Bremer Presse, The Hours Press, The Officina Bodoni, John Henry Nash The Windsor Press, John Julius Johnck, & Edwin Grabhorn. The descriptive text is by Robert Grabhorn. GB 152. Lot Amendments Condition: Some light wear and tear to binding; a couple very tiny spots to a couple blank front pages; very good. Item number: 263496
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