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Auction archive: Lot number 262

PRIVATE PRESS -- (Whittington Press) - MATRIX, A REVIEW FOR PRINTERS AND BIBLIOPHILES

Estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
ca. US$11,615 - US$16,594
Price realised:
£5,000
ca. US$8,297
Auction archive: Lot number 262

PRIVATE PRESS -- (Whittington Press) - MATRIX, A REVIEW FOR PRINTERS AND BIBLIOPHILES

Estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
ca. US$11,615 - US$16,594
Price realised:
£5,000
ca. US$8,297
Beschreibung:

MATRIX, A REVIEW FOR PRINTERS AND BIBLIOPHILES
Herefordshire: The Whittington Press, 1981-2008. Issues 1-27, index 1-5 and 1-21, small 4to (277 x 192 mm). Illustrated with color, tipped-in illustrations, foldouts, broadsides, samples etc. Original morocco backed (or vellum in some cases), paper boards, slipcases present in various colors. Conditions : occasional light shelfwear to spines and cases, volume 8 slight warping to top of case. A complete set of the deluxe edition. The first and second volumes are present in the deluxe reprint edition which were limited to 50 and 40 sets respectively; the limitations of the other volumes vary but never exceed 110 copies. Filled with important articles on all aspects of private printing, historical printing history, book illustration history and all other subjects of interest to the book arts person. Illustrated with color, tipped-in illustrations, foldouts, broadsides, samples etc. The deluxe version contains many more specimens than are present in the trade edition. Becoming very difficult to find a complete set of this very interesting periodical especially in the deluxe version.

Auction archive: Lot number 262
Auction:
Datum:
19 Nov 2009
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

MATRIX, A REVIEW FOR PRINTERS AND BIBLIOPHILES
Herefordshire: The Whittington Press, 1981-2008. Issues 1-27, index 1-5 and 1-21, small 4to (277 x 192 mm). Illustrated with color, tipped-in illustrations, foldouts, broadsides, samples etc. Original morocco backed (or vellum in some cases), paper boards, slipcases present in various colors. Conditions : occasional light shelfwear to spines and cases, volume 8 slight warping to top of case. A complete set of the deluxe edition. The first and second volumes are present in the deluxe reprint edition which were limited to 50 and 40 sets respectively; the limitations of the other volumes vary but never exceed 110 copies. Filled with important articles on all aspects of private printing, historical printing history, book illustration history and all other subjects of interest to the book arts person. Illustrated with color, tipped-in illustrations, foldouts, broadsides, samples etc. The deluxe version contains many more specimens than are present in the trade edition. Becoming very difficult to find a complete set of this very interesting periodical especially in the deluxe version.

Auction archive: Lot number 262
Auction:
Datum:
19 Nov 2009
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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