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Randle, John and Rosalind. NINE ARTISTS & A PRESS. Whittington Press, 1989.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: One of 900 "ordinary copies" String-tied pamphlet of 15 pages. Illustrated with two wood-engravings, 1 linocut, and line-block reproductions of 6 wood-engravings, a copper-engravings and a drawing. Sewn into Strathmore Americana Desert Rose paper covers, the title being an additional two-color linocut in brown and yellow by Judith Verity on the cover. Artists featured: John Craig, Brian Hanscomb, Richard Kennedy, Miriam Macgregor, Gwenda Morgan, John O'Connor, Howard Phipps, Judith Verity, Helmuth Weissenborn. Butcher no. 104.
Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.
John O'Connor. The Wood-Engravings of John O'Connor. Whittington Press, 1989.
Price: US$217.75 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardback, quarter cloth with decorative paper covered boards. Slight wear to slipcase. 35.5 x 35.5cm. 79pp, [4]. Profusely illustrated throughout, some in colour. Number 120 of a total edition of 350 copies. An excellent copy.
Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom
Price: US$230.56 + shipping
Description: Limited edition, no. 212 of 300 copies from a total edition of 350, folio, (vi), 79, (5) pp. 142 illustrations. Original quarter cloth, pictorial boards, slipcase, a fine copy.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Price: US$249.77 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Printed paper covered boards, matching cloth spine in excellent condition, contents fine, number 52 from a numbered edition of 350, housed in the publishers clean, bright slipcase Size: Small Folio
Seller: Clarendon Books P.B.F.A., Leicester, United Kingdom
Price: US$256.17 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Number 36 of 300 (350) copies set in Bell type and printed on Tosa Butten and Zerkall mould-made paper. Illustrated with 94 wood engravings in black and 48 in colour, all but a few printed from the original blocks. Quarter red buckram with gilt spine titling, decorative paper sides after an engraving by the artist, top edge trimmed, others uncut. A fine copy in its slipcase.
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$307.41 + shipping
Description: Limited special edition of 50 copies, quarter-bound in morocco and signed by seven artists, from a total edition of 950. Quarter Oasis morocco with red, orange and brown on ivory Whittington marbled paper-covered boards by Colleen Gryspeerdt, gilt spine-title, 8vo, 26 cm, [15] pp, illustrations, mostly wood-engraved. A most attractively produced small catalogue issued for An Exhibition of the Work of Nine Artists Working for the Whittington Press, Held at the Fiery Beacon Gallery, 2-17 December '89 which has a short text about each artist and his or her work for the Whittigton Press and a representative illustration. In addition to the seven living artists who signed the special copies, the others included are Richard Kennedy and Hellmuth Weissenborn.The artists featured, with the kind and number of their illustrations, are : John Craig (wood-engraving); Brian Hanscomb (copper-engraving); Richard Kennedy (drawing) Miriam Macgregor (wood-engraving) ; Gwenda Morgan (two wood-engravings) ; John O'Connor (wood-engraving); Howard Phipps (wood-engraving); Judith Verity (linocut); Hellmuth Weissenborn (two wood-engravings). The illustrations are all reproduced by line-blocks, except the linocut and the two wood-engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn. There is a four-page introduction to the work of the Press by John and Rosalind Randle. Presentation Copy inscribed on the front free endpaper from the proprietors of the Whittington Press and printers, John & Rose [Randle]. Copy number XXXVII of 50 copies signed by seven of the artists (Judith Verity, Brian Hanscomb, Miriam Macgregor, Gwenda Morgan, John O'Connor, Howard Phipps and John Craig). Fine in original decorated slipcase.
Seller: Wykeham Books, LONDON, United Kingdom
Price: US$505.94 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 82pp. Five sections of commentary (by Jeannie O'Connor) and wood-engravings by John O'Connor, based on five decades of the artist's working life. A limited edition of 350 copies printed on Tosa Butten and Zerkall mould-made paper, including fifty special editions. This is special edition #49 and is SIGNED on the colophon by both Jean and John O'Connor. Quarter-bound with brown Nigerian Goatskin and gilt lettering on the spine. Floral decorated covered boards. Light orange end papers, which is also used to cover the slip case. Red and yellow sewn headbands. Numerous illustrations throughout including a full-page wood-engraving as a frontispiece (Lancashire Girl, 1945). The portfolio of eight additional prints (all initialed by the artist) unfortunately has some deficits. Two of the engravings, the coloured copy of the frontispiece and a b/w copy of the floral front cover of the book, have some light foxing to the margins. (These two prints are now protected in a large archival envelope). Three other b/w prints have a faint spot or two on the left hand margin. The remaining three prints are clean. The orange paper covered folder is in fine condition. The book and the portfolio are enclosed within a russet cloth edged slip case, with just some slight shelf wear. Otherwise all in fine condition. Extra photos can be provided if required.
Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: Of an edition of 350, this is number XXVI of 50 deluxe copies quarter-bound in Nigerian Goatskin over patterned paper boards, Signed by the author and illustrated. With a paper-covered portfolio containing a suite of initialled proofs of eight engravings. Fine binding.
Seller: BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.