A Display of Presses, descriptions and photographs of 26 private presses.

(Society of Private Presses)

Verlag: 26 gatherings + title/contents folder, each 5" X 3" (12.5cm. X 9cm.), Society of Private Printers, Pinner, (1977)

One of 50 copies; each gathering printed in a different style, typeface etc., on different papers by a different press. Enclosed in a blue Swedish Tre Kroner paper folder, printed in black on the spine, and a grey paper-covered slipcase. A fine copy. The Third Exchange of the P.L.A. Society of Private Printers, printed in 1974-76, but not issued until 1977. It contains work by the Adagio, Biscuit City, Black Knight, Bookhaven, Cog, Crabgrass, Cracked Bell, Cuckoo Hill, Mogens Eilertsen, Gogmagog, Happy Dragons, I.M. Imprimit, Invicta, Keepsake, Kit-Cat, Laverock, Narbulla, Plain Wrapper, Plough, Proverbial, Pump, Quarto, Quoin, Rosemary Scarlet Ibis and Taurus presses. En passant this includes illustrations by Duine Campbell, Morris Cox, Paul Peter Piech and a couple of others. Most owners have chosen to include themselves in the portraits of their presses, a few, perhaps displaying more wisdom, have not.About ten copies were for sale. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 777

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A Display of Presses, descriptions and ...
Verlag: 26 gatherings + title/contents folder, each 5" X 3" (12.5cm. X 9cm.), Society of Private Printers, Pinner, (1977)
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Fine
Auflage: Special Edition