THE REVELATION of Saint John the Divine. (Taken from the Text of Dr. Scrivener's Paragraph Bible).

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Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United KingdomBlackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA

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125/232 COPIES (from an overall edition of 250) printed in black and terracotta on Japanese vellum, the book designed by, and with 41 wood-engravings by, Blair Hughes-Stanton (including 13 full-page engravings) and a wood-engraved title-page, pp. [59], folio, original dark red bevel-edged hermitage calf, backstrip and upper board lettered in black the latter with press device, backstrip and edges rubbed, boards with scattered spotting and a few marks, lacking the original slipcase, good. 'The illustrations. show Blair Hughes-Stanton at the full height of his powers as a wood engraver. These engravings, in which the strange elongated figures exude a strange power and even menace, emphasise the artist's complete technical mastery of the medium. The illustrations are further enhanced by the text, set in Bembo type with Perpetua titling. Hughes-Stanton also provided the superb title-page which incorporates an ingenious press device with the GG initials interlaced back to back, and superimposed on a cross' (Harrop). (Harrop 24).…

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Bibliographic details

Title
THE REVELATION of Saint John the Divine. (Taken from the Text of Dr. Scrivener's Paragraph Bible).
Author
(Gregynog Press.)
Publication year
1932
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Private Press

Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA

Oxford, United Kingdom

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Our premises are in the main Blackwell's bookstore, one of the largest and best known in the world, housing over 200,000 new book titles, covering every subject, disclipline and interest, as well as a large secondhand books department. The bookstore is in the centre of the city, opposite the Bodleian Library, Sheldonian Theatre, and many of the colleges and other university buildings, with on-street parking close by.

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Modern Illustrated Books, General Antiquarian, Private Press, Modern First Editions, Antiquarian English Literature, Juvenilia, Music

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Waterstones Booksellers Ltd trading as Blackwell's Rare Books

203-206 Piccadilly
Westminster, United Kingdom W1J 9HD