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Total number of records: 17

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Books and printed items16
Archives1

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Brotherton Collection3
Herbert Read Collection1

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private presses17
printing5
privately printed books3
publishers and publishing2
artists' books1
book collecting1
etching1
illustration of books1
limited editions1
little presses1

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Great Britain1
Wymondham (England)1

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Curwen Press3
Butcher, David (1945-)2
Enitharmon Press2
Etchells, Frederick, 1886-19732
First Edition Club (London, England)2
Hanborough Parrot2
Haslewood Books2
Macdonald, Hugh, 1885-19582
Newdigate, Bernard H2
Newdigate, Bernard H (1869-1944)2

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Archive Collection

Delires Press, Liverpool, Archive

1980s

Comprises (1) publications of the press: 'Clinical Notes' by John Wilkinson, the first publication of the press in an edition of 1000 copies in 1980 (3 copies); 'Comeuppance' by Geoffrey Ward, publish...

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A select bibliography of the principal modern presses : public and private, in Great Britain and Ireland

Tomkinson, Sir Geoffrey Stewart (1881-); Newdigate, Bernard H (1869-1944); First Edition Club (London, England); Curwen Press

1928

"This, the thirteenth book printed for The First Edition Club, is limited to an edition of 1000 copies".

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X + Y = love : a tribute to Japanese popular music

Ohtake, Shinro (1955-); Birnbaum, Alfred; Enitharmon Press

1995

In English and Japanese. English translation by Alfred Birnbaum. The text has been taken from the lyrics of post-war Japanese popular songs. This edition comprises 50 copies signed by the artist a...

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The Curwen Press news-letter (no.X, July 1935)

De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969); Curwen Press

Description based on: Number X (1935); title from title page.

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Omnibus : instructions for amateur papermakers with notes and observations on private presses, book printing and some people who are involved in these activities

Morris, Henry (1925-)

1967

Autobiographical in part. "Five hundred copies... printed on a variety of hand made papers."

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A select bibliography of the principal modern presses : public and private, in Great Britain and Ireland

Tomkinson, Sir Geoffrey Stewart (1881-); Newdigate, Bernard H (1869-1944); First Edition Club (London, England); Curwen Press

1928

"This, the thirteenth book printed for The First Edition Club, is limited to an edition of 1000 copies".

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Typophily : an essay

Jackson, Holbrook (1874-1948)

1954

"First published in 1932 by Dulau & Company of London, England under the caption: A Catalogue for Bibliophiles with an Introductory Essay by Holbrook Jackson."--Colophon.

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The Alembic Press bibliography 1978-1988

Bolton, Claire; Alembic Press (Oxford, England)

1989

Limited ed. of 100 copies. Compiled by Claire Bolton.

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My colorful career

Schanilec, Gaylord; Bird & Bull Press

1996

Bound in red cloth boards backed in black leather; gold stamped leather label on spine. In red cloth slipcase. One hundred-sixty copies of this book have been printed... at the Bird & Bull Press ......

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The Brewhouse Private Press, 1963-1983

Battye, Christine

1984

"Limited to one hundred and twenty numbered copies"--Colophon. Includes bibliography of the press's publications, private, commercial, and projected (p. 19-128), and also of its bindings (p. 129-152...

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Haslewood Books : the books of Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald

Tucker, Peter; Stokeld, Sylvia; Hanborough Parrot

1990

'Produced in an edition of 170 copies of which 85 are pochoir coloured by Sylvia Stokeld... [etc.]'.

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