Matrix 12. Book Reviews Greenaway. Whittington Press, 1992.
Price: US$6.36 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 14pp, colour illustration [Kate Greeaway] beige card covers ; quarto
Seller: Castle Hill Books, Llandrindod Wells, United Kingdom
Price: US$15.26 + shipping
Description: 4to, (282x196mm), p188-196. Publisher's stiff wrappers. Please note that the advised postage is based on an average book, if necessary the postage will be reduced to the correct amount and you will be notified by email.
Seller: Barry McKay Rare Books, Appleby-in-Westmorland, CUMBR, United Kingdom
Price: US$15.26 + shipping
Description: 4to, (282x196mm), p149-155p. Publisher's stiff wrappers.
Seller: Barry McKay Rare Books, Appleby-in-Westmorland, CUMBR, United Kingdom
Price: US$19.08 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Offprint from Matrix #12 (pp167-169). Grey paper covers with black lettering on cream printed title plate. Staple bound. In fine condition.
Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$25.44 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Offprint from Matrix #12 (pp209-216). Grey paper covers with black lettering on cream printed title plate. Staple bound. Signed by the author on final page (dated 3/6/94). Wood-engraving by Howard Phipps taken from the frontispiece of the author's book Journeyman is tipped onto p213. Tiny crease to tip of top and tail of spine and also to cover corners. Otherwise in fine condition.
Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$95.40 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: - dustwrapper spine very slightly faded - slight scuff to base edge of text block -ow Clean bright tight book- - limited edition of 955 copies - printed stiff covers with printed dust jacket - contains numerous tipped-in plates, colour and black and white illustrations - a beautifully produced book in excellent condition - publishers advertisment for Matrix 12 and Matrix 2 reprint laid in - 236 pages
Seller: Green Ink Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Price: US$95.40 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: - dustwrapper spine very slightly faded - wrapper has small nick to front fold - very minor shelfwear - previous owners bookplate to front free endpaper which has caused slight ripple to page - ow Clean bright tight book- - limited edition of 925 copies - printed stiff cover with printed dust jacket - contains numerous tipped-in plates, colour and black and white illustrations - a beautifully produced book in excellent condition - 236 pages
Seller: Green Ink Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Price: US$95.40 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [8], 3-222pp. Original card covers in DJ. DJ spine faded, otherwise bright and clean. One of 825 copies bound thus, with the order form for the reprint of Matrix 2 laid in loosely. Includes articles by Simon Lawrence, Fiona MacCarthy, John Randle, and David Butcher Size: 4to
Seller: Zetetic Books, Berkhamsted, United Kingdom
The Whittington Press. Matrix, number 12, winter 1992. The Whittington Press, Herefordsh, 1992.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Wrappers, quarto, 222 pages. A beautifully designed and produced annual of the book arts. very good copy.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$133.56 + shipping
Description: Extensively illustrated Of 925 copies, this is one of 825 in boards 4to Fine copy in dust-wrapper which is a little faded at the spine panel, prospectus for Matrix 13 loosely inserted
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 222 pp. plus numerous tip-ins and plates; 4to, flexible decorated boards, printed dustjacket in protective mylar covering. This issue includes contributions by Gaylord Shanilec, Brooke Crutchley, John Dreyfus, Sebastian Carter, Tanya Schmoller, Roderick Cave, and many others. A couple of publisher's announcements laid in. A near fine copy, small light bump to one corner; contents fine.
Seller: George Ong Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$152.51 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 4to (28.5 cm), front., [8], 222 pp, 28 unnumbered plates, and numerous tipped-in illustrations. Flexible boards and dust jacket (closed tear at the top of the dust jacket). Limited edition, one of 925 copies, with 825 copies in stiff-covered format. The contents feature contributions such as "The Library of Emery Walker" by William S. Peterson, "The Fleece Press" by Simon Lawrence, "Memories of Paul and John Nash" by Ronald Blythe, "Eric Gill and the Mantle of William Morris" by Fiona MacCarthy, "Wrenching Times - Memories of Gregynog" by Gaylord Schanilec, and more. The diverse topics include Chinese ceremonial papers, Viscount Carlow and the Corvinus Press, the Gutenberg exhibition at Cambridge in 1940, and American iron hand presses, among others. The volume also explores the types of Jan van Krimpen, the origins of Union Pearl, Chiyogami, the Cossar Press, Reynolds' janitor, the Colum Cille Irish type, the bibliography of the Saint Dominic's Press, Fairfax Hall and the Stourton Press, and the challenges of compiling a bibliography of the Stanbrook Abbey Press.
Seller: Leopolis, Kraków, Poland
Price: US$152.64 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, WINTER 1992, CARD COVERS, LIMITED TO 925 COPIES (825 IN SOFTBACK), 222 PAGES, A FINE COPY. VERY SCARCE.
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United Kingdom
Price: US$165.36 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Text set in Monotype Caslon. 925 copies printed on Sommerville and Zerkall papers of which this is one of 825 bound in card covers with printed paper covers. A fine copy.
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
. Matrix 12. The Whittington Press, Lower Marston Farm, 1992.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: One of 825 copies in stiff covers. Prospectus for Matrix 2 Reprint and announcement for Matrix 13 laid. A nice copy of this acclaimed annual.
Seller: Wiggins Fine Books ABAA, ILAB, SNEAB, Shelburne Falls, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Contributions by Sebastian Carter, Gaylord Schanilec, Simon Lawrence, Giona McCarthy, John Lane, Roderick Cave, Michael Taylor and others. Publisher's promotional materials laid in.Illustrated. One of 825 copies bound in decorated paper boards from a total edition of 925. Fine Condition.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$218.75 + shipping
Description: Edition limited to 925 copies, large 8vo, pp. [6], 222; numerous illustrations throughout, including may tip-ins, some in color, largely of a typographic nature; fine copy in paper-covered boards and dust jacket. Printed at the Whittington Press. Contributions by illustrators, scholars and printers, including Simon Lawrence, Gaylord Schanilec, Sebastian Carter, John Dreyfus, and Roderick Cave. Quarter to Midnight A.116.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: One of 925 copies. 7 ¾ in. x 11 ¼ in. 222 pp. including a four-page listing of the books printed by, or for, the Corvinus Press. Various types of illustrations including samples of fine printing (some tipped in, others loosely laid in). Printed paper cover over flexible boards. With added plastic cover. The contents are listed on the cover. Also laid-in is a 5 ¼ in. x 10 in. announcement of this issue and an order form. Fine condition. This item weighs 2 ¾ lbs. Postage may be extra on this item.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Randle, John (Editor). Matrix 12 - A Review for Printers and Bibliophiles. Whittington Press, 1992.
Price: US$292.57 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback, quarter morocco, marbled paper covered boards. Complete with separate portfolio of samples of ceremonial papers. 28.5 x 20cm. 222 pp. Illustrations and tipped in plates. Original wrapper in pocket to tear. Number 71 of 100 deluxe editions, from a total edition of 925 copies. Loosely inserted a couple of Whittington Press annoucements. Spine a little browned, slip-case marked. Contents clean and unmarked.
Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom
Price: US$381.61 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 100 COPIES, THIS BEING NUMBER 9. BOUND IN QUARTER OASIS LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS, WITH A PORTFOLIO CONTAINING FIVE SAMPLES OF CEREMONIAL PAPERS AND A PAGE FROM T'UNG SHU ON CHINESE PAPER. BOTH CONTAINED IN A SLIPCASE. THE PORTFOLIO HAS A SPLIT TO THE SPINE AND THE BLUE LEATHER HAS PARTLY FADED TO GREEN, OTHERWISE A FINE COPY. SCARCE.
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United Kingdom