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Bidwell, John. Fine Papers at the Oxford University Press. Whittington Press, 1999.
Price: US$288.19 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardback, buckram spine with decorated paper-covered boards, with slipcase. 38.5 x 27.5cm. [8], 85pp, [3]. Illustrations and 40 large mounted paper samples. Number 10 of 300 copies. A fine copy.
Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom
Price: US$352.24 + shipping
Description: First edition. Folio. pp [vi], 85 + forty handmade and mould-made specimens from various of the great paper mills which supplied the Oxford University Press between 1900 and 1970. Each is separately mounted on black backing paper. Half cloth with paper boards.Number 13 of 300 copies.Fine in fine board slipcase with cloth sides.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$403.00 + shipping
Description: Large quarto. 85pp., + 38 paper specimens tipped in. One of 300 copies. In 1986, the Oxford University Press moved its paper warehouse, selling to Whittington Press many of its remaining paper specimens from books printed at OUP from the turn of the twentieth century onward. Includes samples from Strathmore, Batchelor & Sons, Brittains, and Cartiere Miliani Fabriano Spa. John Bidwell, then-curator of Graphic Arts at Princeton University, discusses the paper types, the history of each mill, and the books printed on the papers. Bound in half cloth and paper-covered boards, with gold titling on the spine. Housed in slipcase. Faint exterior rubbing, else near fine.
Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$448.30 + shipping
Description: Special limited edition, 1 of 80 copies, from a total edition of 800 copies. Quarter-bound in Oasis leather and paper marbled by Christopher Rowlatt, and with a separate portfolio of engravings by John De Pol 4to, 245 pp, mounted specimen leaves, inserts, plates, illustrations, many colour, some folding. The Winter 1999 issue of this highly literate and gloriously produced chronicle of fine printing, private press work and the book arts. Each issue of Matrix is not only a thoroughly enjoyable read but also a visual and tactile delight with numerous tipped-in specimen papers, pieces of fine printing, etc - it really cannot be too highly recommended. Contents - 2000 & all that, by Bernard Roberts; The Wayzgoose Broadsides, by Mike Hudson; Pure Typography: Lowell Bodger, by Justin Howes; Function and Propriety at the Architectural Review, by Alan Powers; Ron King & Circle Press, by David Chambers; The Monotype News Letter, by Vivian Ridler; Warren Editions, by Jonathan Gili; Generic Kelmscott, by Theo Rehak; American Proprietary Typefaces, by John Dreyfus; A Triumph of Evocation, by Olive Cook; Singing an Unconcerned Song: Gilbert Beale and the Cadenza Press, by Michael Taylor; Attitudes and Inspirations: the Crafts before 1939, by Tanya Harrod; John Stroble Fass, and a Visit to Lititz, by John De Pol with A Note on the Hammer Creek Press, by Caroline F Schimmel; Ganymed, by Ann Baer; The Canopy Press, by Jonah Jones; Some German Type Specimens, by Alan Dodson; The Compagnie Typographique, by John Bidwell; The Lyons Lithographs, by Richard Russell; The Books of Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova 1881-1962, by Adela Spindler Roatcap; Will Ransom and the Cummingtons: Some Correspondence, 1941-44, edited by Roderick Cave; An Adventure of Rediscovery, by Joanna Selborne; The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, by Martin Andrews; Raymond Hawthorn and the Metaphysical in Art, by Hal Bishop; Private Press Books 1998: a Review, by David Chambers; Book Reviews, by Simon Lawrence, Miriam Macgregor, Paul Luna, Alan Powers, David Butcher, Dan Carr, Sebastian Carter, Glenn Storhaug, James Davis, John Randle and David Wishart. Copy No. XXIV. Fine in Fine slipcase.
Seller: Wykeham Books, LONDON, United Kingdom
Bidwell, John. Fine Papers at the Oxford University Press. Whittington Press, 1999.
Price: US$1152.78 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 2 volumes, housed in solander box, 44cm x 32cm. Original pale turquoise half-morocco. 85pp, unpaginated leaves of specimens. Number LX of 65 special copies, from total edition limited to 300. With it an additional portfolio of papers. Tipped-in samples, illustrations, 25 additional whole sheets of paper loose in original cloth-backed board folder, together in cloth drop-back box, morocco label on spine. A monumental work.
Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine in a near fine solander box--several slightly worn corners and a slight mark on one side. Copy number xliii of 65 special copies. Please note: this book is very large and heavy. Extra charges will apply for the cost of shipping materials and postage above what is normal for a book. Thank you for your understanding! Half bound in light green morocco with Fabriano Roma paper covered boards, also including an extra portfolio of additional sheet
Seller: Four Rivers Books, LLC, Boulder, CO, U.S.A.