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Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST NUMBER 65 OF 250 COPIES - EXCELLENT WITH AN ADDITIONAL SUITE OF ENGRAVINGS SIGNED. ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO HALF TITLE - SUPERB ITEM : 2 Volumes: number 65 of 250 copies. , 11 wood-engraved illustrations by George Mackley. The additional engravings, vol. 2 consists of separate prints of the wood-engravings seen in vol 1. These are housed tidily { as new } in a matching portfolio. Both in the yellow decorated Tatsumaki Japanese paper boards by Mansell of London. The slip-case is secure, but a tad dulled. Designed and printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge (colophon).54 p. [1] leaf of plates : ill ; Beautiful production, with attributes: Designed and printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, Italic (typeface group) - Monotype Arrighi.; Machine-made papers (fibre products) - Original Turkey Mill.; Paper (fibre product) boards (binding components) printed on Japanese Hosho paper. Uncommon. { Subject: Colt, Armida Maria-Theresa.Two-Horse Press. Rampant Lions Press. Mansell. Wood-engraving. Printing private presses, to 1971. Botany British Isles. Weeds. Wild flowers. Wood-engraving England 20th century. Headbands (binding components) - England - 1965. Italic (typeface group) - Monotype Arrighi - England - 1965. Signed limited editions - England - 1965.}
Seller: BiblioFile, Cadole, FLINT, United Kingdom
Price: US$576.39 + shipping
Description: * With handwritten postcard from the printer Will Carter * 2 Vols, folio, quarter green buckram lettered in gilt over strikingly decorative yellow Tatsumaki Japanese paper boards by Mansell of London, housed in the original card slip-case. ** Edition Limited to 250 numbered copies signed by the artist George Mackley. Designed and printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press in Monotype Arrighi types on Original Turkey Mill paper. *** The c.60pp text volume includes 11 wood engravings (3 full-page) by Mackley. The accompanying portfolio comprises an extra suite of Mackleyâs wood engravings specially printed on Japanese Hosho, a paper particularly favoured by wood engravers. *** An excellent copy but for the following faults : a few light marks and scuffs to the protective slip-case : a couple of light scuffs to the surface of the paper binding of the text vol (see photo) : a few light fox spots to each of the illustrations contained in the additional portfolio of engravings. *** ** Will Carter Association : this copy with a witty handwritten postcard from Will Carter dated 9 Sept 1965 and addressed to L. Veale, a print tutor at the Berkshire College of Art. Veale had evidently drawn Will Carterâs attention to one or more errata in the text, to which Carter replied, quoting Paul Standardâs very recent Chapters on Writing & Printing (Anvil Press, Lexington, Kentucky 1963 : 134 copies only) : â âNote on errata - it is said that the polite Chinese intentionally leave errors in their books in order that the reader, on finding them, may feel superior.â (cf. Chapters on Writing and Printing) Thanks for your cheque. Will Carterâ. *** This is the first of two superb books printed by the Rampant Lions for The Two-Horse Press (Armida Colt and her husband, hence the two Colts = The Two-Horse Press). It was followed in 1968 by the Coltsâ magnificent collection of wood engravings by George Mackley titled Engraved In The Wood. *** Weeds and Wild Flowers is a scarce and uncommon Rampant Lions book. It was included in The Grolier Club Exhibition of 1999 titled A Century for the Century : Fine Printed Books 1900 â" 1999, a survey of 100 books outstanding for their âbeauty and excellenceâ, an attempt âto cull the best of the beautiful books of the entire centuryâ. **** To order this book, please click the link Ask Bookseller A Question. We can then confirm availability.
Seller: Adam Mills Rare Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
. Weeds and Wildflowers - with wood-engravings. The Two-Horse Press, 1965.
Price: US$1065.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Number 175 of 250 limited edition numbered copies. Text by Armida Maria-Theresa Colt and wood engravings by George Mackley. Signed by both. Comes with folder of additional engravings by Mackley, all in original packaging.
Seller: Anders Wahlstedt Fine Art, New York, NY, U.S.A.