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RANDLE.John and Rosalind RANDLE.. Matrix 24. The Whittington Press, Risbury, Herefordshire, 2004.
Price: US$103.06 + shipping
Description: One of 720 copies bound in stiff covers. Contributions by illustrators, scholars, and printers, including Hal Bishop, David Butcher, Michael Caine, Dan Carr, David Chambers, John Grice, Jerry Kelly, Alan Powers, Bernard Roberts, and James Stourton.
Seller: Broadhursts of Southport Ltd ABA ILAB BA, Southport, United Kingdom
Price: US$141.71 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 800 copies published, 720 in stiff covers and 80 quarter bound in Oasis leather and marbled paper, this edition in printed stiff covers, dust jacket intact, internally crisp and clean accompanied by leaflet, 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
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover. The Whittington Press was founded in 1971 by John and Rosalind Randle to print and publish books by letterpress. Since its beginnings, they have printed some 200 books, included the renowned Matrix, an annual review for printers and bibliophiles. The Press has received numerous awards for its printing and publishing, most recently in 2009 from the American Printing History Association. 1 of 800 copies. This annual from the Whittington Press is perhaps the foremost publication covering the book arts and private presses of both past and present. The 2004 volume includes essays by such well known book people as Roderick Cave, Jerry Kelly, John Randle, and Ann Whipple. There are many illustrations and tipped-in examples of typography, samples of the work of various presses, and the like. In fine condition in pink dust jacket with title in green to cover along with contents titles. Bound in light brown stiff paper boards with a wood engraving on the front by Ethlebert White. 170 pages.
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA, Savage, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover. The Whittington Press was founded in 1971 by John and Rosalind Randle to print and publish books by letterpress. Since its beginnings, they have printed some 200 books, included the renowned Matrix, an annual review for printers and bibliophiles. The Press has received numerous awards for its printing and publishing, most recently in 2009 from the American Printing History Association. 1 of 800 copies. This annual from the Whittington Press is perhaps the foremost publication covering the book arts and private presses of both past and present. The 2004 volume includes essays by such well known book people as Roderick Cave, Jerry Kelly, John Randle, and Ann Whipple. There are many illustrations and tipped-in examples of typography, samples of the work of various presses, and the like. In fine condition in pink dust jacket with title in green to cover along with contents titles. Bound in light brown stiff paper boards with a wood engraving on the front by Ethlebert White. 170 pages. BOB/111810.
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA, Savage, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: [vi], 169, [2] pp. plus numerous illustrations and tip-ins (several full-page, some fold-out, in color and tri-tone), 4to, stiff card wrapper, printed dustjacket in protective mylar covering. With articles by Carl Schlesinger, Roderick Cave, Barbara Henry, Martyn Thomas, Justin Howes, Jerry Kelly, Ann Whipple, Brian Alderson, David Chambers, and several others. Printed on Sommerville Laid, Losin hand-made, Zerkall mould-made and Hahnemühle Bugra-Bütten papers. One of 720 copies (of a total edition of 800). Announcement for Matrix 25 laid in. A fresh, as new copy.
Seller: George Ong Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$240.00 + shipping
Description: small 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (vi), 169, (3) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 800 copies, this being one of 720 trade copies. Matrix is the longest surviving and probably the last typographical journal to be printed by 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 issue contains twenty-three articles and additional book reviews, including: " The Politician and the Printer: Somerset de Chair and Christopher Sandford"by Roderick Cave, "Pochoir in the New Millennium" by Adela Spindler Roatcat, "Words? Who Needs 'Em?" by Jerry Kelly, and "On Printing" by Walt Whitman. Illustrated throughout with many tipped in specimens on special paper, engravings, photographs, color plates, etc., and a 1940 John O'Connor, "The Lonely Oak, West Country," as frontispiece. paper-covered boards, dust jacket
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
[Whittington Press]. Matrix 24. Whittington Press, Risbury, England, 2004.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover. Number 9 of 80 copies of the deluxe edition. There were 800 total copies printed including 720 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 on the book arts for printers and bibliophiles 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 Roderick Cave, Charles Hobson, Barbara Henry, Jerry Kelly, Stan Nelson, and John Randle. Interspersed throughout are photographs, printing samples, and illustrations. Inserted in a back pocket is the prospectus for this volume and an announcement for Matrix 25. Quarter bound in green Oasis leather with green and yellow marbled boards. Letterpress printed in Caslon, Poliphilus, and Neo-Didot types on Somerville Laid, Zerkall, and Hahnemühle papers. The deluxe copy includes a separate yellow paper covered booklet titled Typefounder at the Old Bailey by Justin Howes. Both volume and folder are housed in a mauve stiff board folder. In fine condition. Volumes measure 8 x 11 inches. BOB/102621.
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA, Savage, MD, U.S.A.