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RANDLE.John and Rosalind RANDLE.. Matrix 22. The Whittington Press, Risbury, Herefordshire, 2002.
Price: US$102.47 + shipping
Description: One of 740 copies bound in stiff covers. Contributions from illustrators, scholars, and printers, including Martin Andrews, Hal Bishop, Dan Carr.
Seller: Broadhursts of Southport Ltd ABA ILAB BA, Southport, United Kingdom
Price: US$172.92 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Text set in Caslon, Garamond, Gill Sans and Goudy Modern. 825 copies printed on Sommerville machine-made, and Zerkall, Hahnemuhle and Ingres mould-made papers of which this is one of 740 sewn and glued into card covers and printed paper wrappers. A fine copy.
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$198.51 + shipping
Description: Pp. [viii]+198+[2](blank), numerous illustrations including engravings, photographs and other forms of illustration (many hand-tipped, some folding, some coloured), including a 3-colour wood engraving of Manhattan, signed, by Gaylord Schanilec, impl. 8vo; lavender stiff paper wrappers with typographic design in tan and ochre; dust wrapper, with vinyl-engraving Boy with Violin by Reg Boulton; Whittington Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2002. First trade edition, being one of 740 copies. *With loosely inserted prospectus for Matrix Number 23. Articles include New York Revisited by Kenneth Auchincloss, The Incunabula of the Rampant Lions Press by Sebastian Carter; The Birth of a Book, Ravilious at War by Simon Lawrence and Anne Ullmann; Charlene Garry and the Basilisk Press by Bernard Roberts; A Decade in the Writing: the Biography of Robert Gibbings by Martin Andrews; Looking for Cockerel Eggs by Roderick Cave; The Woodcut Novels of Lynd Ward by David A. Berona; and Henry Moore, Books and Friendship by Alan Wilkinson.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: One of 825 copies. 7 ¾ in. x 11 ¼ in. 198 pp. Various types of illustrations including samples of fine printing (some tipped in, others loosely laid in). Printed paper cover over flexible boards. Also laid-in is are: (1) a sheeting measuring 6 in. x 10 ¾ in. announcement of this issue and of an index to Vols. 1-21 of Matrix, and an order form; and (2) a sheeting measuring 5 1/8 in. x 9 ½ in. announcement of Issue 23 and of an index to issues 1-21 of Matrix, and an order 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$240.00 + shipping
Description: small 4to. stiff paper wrappers printed with T.M. Cleland's Caslon swash M, dust jacket illustrated with an engraving by Reg Boulton. (vi), 198 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 825 copies, this being one of 740 bound in stiff paper wrappers. Matrix is the longest surviving and probably the last typographical journal to be printed on letterpress. It is an eclectic mix of fine printing, type design, and small press lore, forming a record of events and personalities whose memory would otherwise have died with their recorders. It is no exaggeration to say that in the future it will be impossible to research fine printing without reference to Matrix. This rich and varied issue of Matrix contains twenty-two articles and additional book reviews, including: "New York Revisited" by Kenneth Auchincloss, "A Decade in the Writing, the Biography of Robert Gibbings" by Martin Andrews, "The Birth of a Book, Ravilious at War" by Simon Lawrence and Anne Ullmann, "Tiern, Creating a New Type" by Nicholas Parry, "The Woodcut Novels of Lynd Ward" by David A. Berona, "Ernest A. Lindner" by Nicolas Barker, "Looking for Cockerel Eggs" by Roderick Cave, "The Incunabula of the Rampant Lions Press" by Sebastian Carter, "Indian Toys" by Graham Moss and Kathy Whalen, "Henry Moore, Books and Friendship" by Alan Wilkinson, and "Gudrun Zapf von Hesse" by John Dreyfus, his last contribution to Matrix. Illustrated throughout with many tipped-in specimens on special paper, engravings, photographs. color plates, etc. and a 1930s pencil portrait of Robert Gibbings, by Harry Hicken, as frontispiece. A fine copy. stiff paper wrappers printed with T.M. Cleland's Caslon swash M, dust jacket illustrated with an engraving by Reg Boulton
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
[Whittington Press]. Matrix 22. Whittington Press, Risbury, England, 2002.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover. Number 33 of 85 copies of the deluxe edition. There were 825 total copies printed including 740 copies of 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 and book artists as Kenneth Auchincloss, Sebastian Carter, Graham Moss, Roderick Cave, and John Dreyfus. Interspersed throughout are photographs, printing samples, and illustrations. Inserted in a back pocket is the prospectus for this volume. Quarter bound in red Oasis leather with red and purple marbled boards. Letterpress printed in Caslon, Gill Sans, and Garamond types on Somerville Laid and Zerkall Mould-made papers. The deluxe copy includes a separate red folder with paper covers containing "Images from the Sculptures of Kilpeck engraved by Reg Boulton. Both volume and folder are housed in a stiff board light mauve slipcase. In fine condition save for small mark and bottom of slipcase. . Matrix volume and folder measure 8 x 11 inches. BOB/102621.
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA, Savage, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$544.37 + shipping
Description: Special limited edition, 1 of 85 copies, from a total edition of 825 copies. Quarter-bound in Oasis leather and marbled paper, and containing a separate portfolio of engravings by Reg Boulton, 4to, 198 pp, mounted specimen leaves, inserts, plates, illustrations, many colour, some folding. The Winter 2002 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- New York Revisited, by Kenneth Auchincloss; The Incunabula of the Rampant Lions Press, by Sebastian Carter; The Birth of a Book: Ravilious at War, by Simon Lawrence and Anne Ullmann; Charlene Garry and the Basilisk Press, by Bernard Roberts; Collaboration, by Wesley W. Bates and William Rueter; A Decade in the Writing: the Biography of Robert Gibbings, by Martin Andrews; Playing with Kabel, by John Grice; Indian toys, by Graham Moss and Kathy Whalen; Looking for Cockerel Eggs, by Roderick Cave; Jackdaws: Lost and Found after Forty Years, by Alan Powers; One Hundred and Fifty Years of Type and Printing Machinery at Nebiolo, by Enrico Tallone; Henry Moore: Books and Friendships, by Alan Wilkinson; gy, ou la Promenade Fantastique, by Nelly Gable; Reg Boulton - Artist-Engraver, by Hal Bishop; Tiern - Creating a New Type, by Nicholas Parry; Cutting Parmenides, by Dan Carr; Ernest A. Lindner, by Nicolas Barker; On Collecting Homer, by Michael C. Lang; The Woodcut Novels of Lynd Ward, by David A. Berona; Close Encounters with Gutenberg - The Justification of Johann Gutenberg and 'G', by Douglas Martin; Gudrun Zapf von Hesse, by John Dreyfus; Private Press Books 2001- a Review, by David Chambers; Book Reviews, by Alan Powers, Ruari Mclean, Bernard Roberts, Bill Stewart, Michael Harvey, Pat Jaff Simon Mcminn, Ronald Gordon, Crispin Elsted, Roderick Cave and John Randle. Copy No. LIII. Fine in Fine slipcase.
Seller: Wykeham Books, LONDON, United Kingdom