Research Catalog

Title

Printing at the Whittington Press, 1972-1994 : an exhibition at the Grolier Club, New York, 28 September - 18 November 1994 / with essays by John Randle, John Dreyfus, & Mark Batty.

Publication

New York : International Typeface Corporation : The Grolier Club, 1994.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Batty, Mark
• Dreyfus, John
• Grolier Club
• International Typeface Corporation
• Kelly, Jerry, 1955-
• Macgregor, Miriam
• Randle, John
• Stinehour Press
• Whittington Press

Description

63 p. : ill., facsims., ports.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Typophile monograph ; new ser., no. 12

Uniform Title

Typophiles monograph new ser., no. 12.

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Gloucestershire (England) > Imprints > Exhibitions
• Grolier Club > Exhibitions
• Private presses > Great Britain > Catalogs
• Whittington Press

Genre/Form

• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Caslon.
• Wood engravings (Prints) – England – 20th century.

Note

• "Printed in a limited edition of 2,500 copies, of which 750 are reserved for The Grolier Club, 300 for Agfa Corporation, 700 for The Typophiles as Typophile Monograph New Series Number 12, with the remainder for International Typeface Corporation. 250 copies have been signed by John Randle. An additional 250 have been signed by both Miriam Macgregor & John Randle"--Colophon.
• "Printed letterpress ... and bound, by The Stinehour Press. The original Miriam Macgregor woodcut and the jacket were printed at The Whittington Press ... designed by Jerry Kelly"--Colophon.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Whittington Press : an appreciation / Mark Batty -- Types at Whittington / John Randle -- A critical appreciation of Matrix nos. 1-13 / John Dreyfus -- Part 1. Before the Whittington Press -- Part 2. The hand-setting days -- Part 3. Monotype setting comes to the Whittington Press -- Part 4. Matrix : a review for printers and bibliophiles.

OCLC

31603235

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library