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Price: US$83.26 + shipping
Description: Quarto (28 x 20cm). One of 770 copies in card covers & dustwrapper published at £90. pp. [vi],195,[3]. With numerous plates & inserts, some folding. VG. [PPB 94-8.584]
Seller: Colin Page Books, Storrington, United Kingdom
Price: US$96.06 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [6], 195pp, [3]. Original card covers in DJ. Bright and clean. One of 770 copies bound thus. Includes articles by John Dreyfus, Sebastian Carter, Ruari McLean, and Roderick Cave Size: 4to
Seller: Zetetic Books, Berkhamsted, United Kingdom
RANDLE.John and Rosalind RANDLE.. Matrix 17. The Whittington Press, Risbury, Herefordshire, 1997.
Price: US$108.87 + shipping
Description: One of 770 copies bound in stiff covers. Contributions from illustrators, scholars, and printers, including Hal Bishop, David, Butcher, Sebastian Carter, Roderick Cave. John Dreyfus, David Esslemont, Barbara Henry, Jerry Kelly, Paul Luna, and Theo Rehak.
Seller: Broadhursts of Southport Ltd ABA ILAB BA, Southport, United Kingdom
Price: US$108.87 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Edition of 850 copies. A bright crisp in near mint condition, in a bright dj which as a few small marks to the rear panel. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: LONGLAND BOOKS, Totteridge, LDN, United Kingdom
Price: US$140.90 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 850 copies published, 770 in stiff covers and 80 quarter bound in Oasis leather and marbled paper, this edition in printed stiff covers, bottom edge of spine ever so slightly worn, bottom corners very slightly bumped, dust jacket intact, very small tear in top of spine edge, internally crisp and clean accompanied by Fine Press Book Association leaflet, Matrix 18 reservation slip, News of books from Whittington leaflet 1998, internally crisp and clean, a fascinating insight into to the impressive world of publishing. A very handsome copy.
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 195 pp. Illustrated. Small folio, publisher's decorated boards in dust jacket. First edition; one of 850 copies. Fine in a fine jacket. Whittington Press ephemera laid in.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: One of 850 copies. 7 ¾ in. x 11 ¼ in. 195 pp. 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 cover has a partial list of contents. ALSO LAID IN are (1) a 6 in. x 8 ¼ in. announcement of this issue and an order form; and (2) a four-page brochure 'New Books from Whittington' dated January 1998; and (3) a four-page, 5 ¾ in. x 7 ¼ in. announcement of the Fine Press Book Association which includes an enrollment form. Fine condition. This item weighs 2 ½ lbs. Postage may be extra on this item.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$448.30 + shipping
Description: Special limited edition, 1 of 80 copies, from a total edition of 850 copies. Quarter-bound in Oasis leather and paper marbled by Rebecca Gryspeerdt, and containg a separate portfolio of engravings by Joan Ellis 4to, 195 pp, mounted specimen leaves, inserts, plates, illustrations, many colour, some folding. The Winter 1997 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 - The Typographical Importance of Maximilien Vox, by John Dreyfus; Washi Tour, Japan, by Maureen Richardson; Punch-cutting and Printing Ungut & Stanislaus, by Richard Arlin; The Southwold Columbian, by Olive Cook; The Compleat Caslon, by Justin Howes; Joan Ellis: a Lost Engraver from the Underwood School, by Hal Bishop; Bowne & Co., Stationers, by Barbara Henry; Caslon - a Lively Survival, by Alan Dodson; The Dust-jacket Designs of Hermann Zapf, by Jerry Kelly; Two Oxford Bible Types, by Paul Luna; The Ratdolt-Hammer Synthesis, by Theo Rehak; Bishop Fell's Overlooked Bequest in the OUP Museum by Peter Foden; The Digitised Golden Cockerel, by Sebastian Carter; Some Typographical Journals, 1900-1939, by Ruari McLean; Saving Face: the ITC Golden Cockerel Type, by Roderick Cave; Dada, what did YOU do in the Great War?, by Mike Hudson; Folio, a Cockerel's Fledgling, by Roderick Cave; El Lissitzky 1914-1924: Prouns' to Die Kunstismen', by Adela Spindler Roatcap; Bruce Rogers and the Harvard University Press: some less-known work, by J. F. Coakley; Private Press Books 1996: a Review, by David Chambers; Portraits of Presses, by John Randle; Book Reviews, by Dan Carr, John O'Connor, John Dreyfus, David Butcher, Simon Lawrence, David Esslemont; The Book Collection of Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst at Dartington Hall, by Lottie Hoare. Copy No. XXXI.Spine a little darkened, otherwise Fine in Fine slipcase.
Seller: Wykeham Books, LONDON, United Kingdom
[Whittington Press]. Matrix 17. Whittington Press, Risbury, England, 1997.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardcover. Number 76 of 80 copies of the deluxe edition. There were 850 total copies printed including the regular edition. This is one of the special copies of the annual publication of Matrix, one of the foremost publications on the book arts during its 36 year existence. Sadly, Matrix 36, published in 2020, was the last annual edition of the Matrix series. After 36 years, Whittington Press owners, John and Rose Randle, decided to discontinue producing this fine annual for printers and bibliophiles on the book arts that compiled articles, illustrations, paper and typography samples and book reviews. This issue includes a number of articles by such well-known bibliophiles as John Dreyfus, Barbara Henry, Jerry Kelly, Theo Rehak, Ruari McLean, John Randle, and Roderick Cave. Interspersed throughout are photographs, printing samples, and illustrations. There is an order form for Matrix 18 and the volume's prospectus inserted in a back pocket. Quarter bound in light blue Oasis leather with blue and green marbled boards. Letterpress printed in Caslon, Fournier, and Garamond types on Somerville Laid and Zerkall Mould-made papers.The deluxe copy includes a separate folder with seven wood engravings by Joan Ellis. Both volumes are housed in a stiff board slipcase. Near fine condition with light sunning to book spine and a few spots on slipcase. Matrix volume and folder measure 8 x 11 inches. BOB/102621.
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA, Savage, MD, U.S.A.