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In praise of letterpress : ten broadsides designed and printed at the Rampant Lions Press.

Title
In praise of letterpress : ten broadsides designed and printed at the Rampant Lions Press.
Publication
Cambridge : Rampant Lions Press, 2001.

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TextRestricted use *KP+ (Rampant) 05-151Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
  • Carter, Sebastian.
  • Rampant Lions Press. prt
  • Fine Bindery (Firm) bnd
Description
1 folded sheet ([4] p.), 10 broadsides; 30 cm.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Broadsides – Great Britain – 21st century.
Note
  • "140 copies designed and printed by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press and finished in November 2001. The boxes were made by the Fine Bindery"--Colophon.
  • Consists of folded sheet with t.p., contents and colophon and 10 broadsides printed in 2 colors from various types on various mouldmade and handmade papers.
  • Types include Albertus Light, Bembo, Goudy Text, Nord, Hunt Roman, Walbaum, Haarlemmer, Times, Golden Cockerel Roman, Joanna, Ehrhardt, Grot R, Optima and Arrighi-Vicenza.
  • Papers include Fabriano Roma Moretto (reddish brown), J. Green, Zerkall, Barcham Green W&SC Crisbrook, Arches Velin and Hahnemühle Bugra Bütten (gray).
Binding (note)
  • Issued in light gray paper folder, in gray cloth-covered drop back solander box with blue paper label.
Contents
Press/Letter -- Letterpress / Sebastian Carter -- In printing from type / Clifford Burke -- Rules observed / Joseph Moxon -- Let the paper breathe / Joseph Blumenthal -- Less ink, more impression / Clifford Burke -- Typography / Eric Gill -- Walter Lewis / Brooke Crutchley -- To sum up, therefore / Daniel Berkeley Updike -- I take some pride / Carl Purington Rollins.
Call Number
*KP+ (Rampant) 05-151
ISBN
0902591320
OCLC
51684526
Title
In praise of letterpress : ten broadsides designed and printed at the Rampant Lions Press.
Imprint
Cambridge : Rampant Lions Press, 2001.
Local Note
NYPL copy is no. 11.
Binding
Issued in light gray paper folder, in gray cloth-covered drop back solander box with blue paper label.
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Added Author
Carter, Sebastian. Printer
Rampant Lions Press. Printer
Fine Bindery (Firm) Binder
Research Call Number
*KP+ (Rampant) 05-151
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