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Nicholson, William; Craig, Edward. An Almanac of Twelve Sports and London Types, 30 Wood-cuts and 4 Line-Block Reproductions of Woodcuts. Whittington Press, Andoversford, 1980.

Price: US$493.83 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Hardback, original cloth drop-back boxes with illustration mounted onto front cover. Folio, 44.5 x 32cm. Number 7 of 150 sets, with 34 loose plates including 4 unused versions with tissue guards. Each with a separate introduction by Edward Craig, one of 225 signed by him. Bottom corners of slipcase a little bumped only. Otherwise an excellent copy. [18507]

Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom

(Whittington Press) - William Nicholson. An almanac of twelve sports and London types, 30 wood-cuts and 4 line-block reproductions of woodcuts by William Nicholson.. Folio, 37 leaves, 16pp booklet, 37cm, Whittington Press, Andoversford, 1980., 1980.

Price: US$747.24 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Handset in SB Caslon. 150 numbered copies printed in black (captions to the blocks in blind) on Barcham Green Camber Sand hand-made paper and Colorplan Tangerine paper. Separate leaves within solander boxes,with title label on the spine, a label with one of the blocks on the front (an extra copy of this is included), and a colophon on the inside. This number 70 of 138 copies, uncoloured, within a brown cloth box. Fine condition. Included within the box is a copy of: William Nicholson's 'An Almanac of twelve sports' and 'London types': an introduction, by Edward Craig. 4to, 16pp, 1980. 225 printed on Heritage laid paper, of which this is one of 150 signed by the author.

Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom

(Whittington Press.) NICHOLSON (William). An Almanac of Twelve Sports & London Types. [with] CRAIG (Edward) William Nicholson's An Almanac of Twelve Sports and London Types. An Introduction to the Reprint from the Original Woodblocks.. Andoversford Whittington Press, 1980.

Price: US$747.24 + shipping

Description: 14/150 COPIES (from an edition of 225 copies) signed by Edward Craig, 34 large wood-engraved leaves printed from the original woodblocks on Hayle Mill handmade paper, interleaved with loosely inserted tissue guards, the three titled orange stiff paper leaves also present, booklet with title-page and illustrations printed in red, ff. [34]; pp. [15], folio, original printed sewn wrappers to booklet, all inserted in the original dark brown cloth box with cream cloth interior, printed label to back and a copy of the wood-engraving 'the barmaid' pasted to the lid, fine. A reprint using Nicholson's then recently rediscovered woodblocks for the original 1898 edition. The engravings include unused versions of the blocks from both books not previously published. Issued by the press as a companion to their 1978 edition of 'An Alphabet'. (Butcher 52)

Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom

William Nicholson. Edward Craig.. An Almanac Of Twelve-Sports and London Types. Limited edition of 150 copies, royal quarto. Signed by Edward Craig.. Andoversford: Whittington Press,, 1980.

Price: US$800.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Imperial 4to (15½” x 11¼“), limited edition, number 8 of 150 copies printed at Whittington Court from the original woodblocks on a Columbian hand-press by John & Rosalind Randle, of a total edition of 225 copies, 34 loose woodblock prints in black on Camber Sand handmade paper, interleaved with plain tissue guards & 3 orange card printed title sheets; [with] Royal quarto (13” x 10¼”), “William Nicholson’s An Almanac of Twelve Sports and London Types An Introduction to the Reprint from the Original Woodblocks” by Edward Craig, pp. (1-4), 5-12, (4) limited edition, number 8 of 150 copies signed by Craig, of a total edition of 225 copies. Original orange printed card wrappers & 3 printed orange card paper title sheets in original brown & cream-white cloth drop-back box (17½” x 12½”) with mounted woodblock print “Any Bar – Barmaid” on the upper side, printed paper lettering piece, printed paper colophon mounted on verso of the upper side. Fine in fine box with box corners a bit bumped. Sheets, plates, & wrappers clean, unmarked, complete. H7699

Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.

NICHOLSON William.; WHITTINGTON PRESS. An Almanac of Twelve Sports & London Types. , 1980.

Price: US$818.71 + shipping

Description: 34 wood-engraved black and white plates by Nicholson printed from the original blocks, accompanying text in original wrappers. With a 16 page 4to. booklet William Nicholson's An Almanac of twelve Sports and London Types, an introduction to the reprint from the original blocks by Edward Craig, bound in the original orange wrappers, one of 225 copies, this being one of 150 to accompany the plates signed by the author. One of 150 sets signed by Edward Craig (this no.85). Folio, loose as issued in the original folding brown cloth box, upper cover with a pasted-on full version of ?Barmaid?, a fine copy. Andoversford, Whittington Press. Fine.

Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom