Research Catalog

Title

The Whittington Press : a bibliography 1982-1993 / compiled by David Butcher ; with an introduction and notes by John Randle.

Author

Butcher, David, 1945-

Publication

Herefordshire, England : Whittington Press, 1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Randle, John (Leslie John)
• Macgregor, Miriam
• Whittington Press, publisher.

Description

179 pages : illustrations (some color); 34 cm

Subject

• Whittington Press Bibliography

Note

• Includes index.
• "This edition of 380 copies ... is printed on Zerkall mould-made papers ... The 136 leather & quarter-vellum copies each contain a set of tipped in specimen pages, mostly from the original printing. Bound by The Fine Bindery, with papers marbled by Rebecca Gryspeerdt. 28 copies (i-xxviii) are bound in inlaid leathers to a design by Miriam Macgregor, with a separate portfolio of Press ephemera. 28 copies (I-XXVIII) are bound in full Oasis leather with Whittington marbled endpapers, with a separate portfolio of Press ephemera. 80 copies (1-80) are quarter-bound in vellum and Whittington marbled sides. 244 copies (1-244 without the tipped in specien pages) are quarter bound in buckram with pochoir sides to a design by Miriam Macgregor. The willow tree outside the Press in Miriam Macgregor's engraving also suggested the cover designs of the inlaid leather and quarter-buckram copies. This is copy no ..."--Colophon page.
• Issued in a slipcase.

Binding (note)

• Bound in publisher's quarter bound green buckram with pochoir sides to a design by Miriam Macgregor; issued in green buckram and paper slipcase.

Call Number

Rare Books+ 20-565

ISBN

• 1854280295
• 9781854280299

LCCN

00537230

OCLC

35997408

Author

Butcher, David, 1945-

Title

The Whittington Press : a bibliography 1982-1993 / compiled by David Butcher ; with an introduction and notes by John Randle.

Imprint

Herefordshire, England : Whittington Press, 1996.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Binding

Bound in publisher's quarter bound green buckram with pochoir sides to a design by Miriam Macgregor; issued in green buckram and paper slipcase. NN

Local Note

Copy in Rare Books+ 20-565 is no. 67 of 380 copies.

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Added Author

Randle, John (Leslie John), writer of introduction.

Macgregor, Miriam, book designer.

Whittington Press, publisher.

Research Call Number

Rare Books+ 20-565