John Randle Introduction and Notes (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Size: 9 5/8 in. x 13 ¼ in. 179 pp. Illustrated with b/w photos and samples of printing. Paper covered boards with green buckram spine and hinges. This is copy No. 34 of the 244 copies (out of a total of 380 copies) which were printed without tipped-in specimen pages. A catalogue of works by Whittington Press, including titles produced for other publishers, minor publications and ephemera, catalogues and prospectuses, posters and broadsides. An appendix with a checklist of books published from 1972 to 1981 along with indices to tiles, names, and subjects. In a fine slipcase. Weight is 4.5 lbs. Postage may be extra on this item.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Full green oasis leather, small thick folio, portfolio, solander case, (4), 179, (86) pages. Illustrated with signed proof prints, wood engravings, line drawings, paper samples, etc., with many mounted specimens. Copy XVI (the "B" Deluxe edition), one of 28 copies of a total of 380 copies printed from Caslon type on Zerkall mould-made paper, with Whittington marbled endpapers and a separate portfolio of Press ephemera comprising 37 additional specimens. Extensive bibliography for the period 1982-1993 by David Butcher and with notes by the printer and publisher John Randle. A checklist of the titles printed between 1972-1981 is included as an appendix. A fine copy in a better than very good solander case with trivial signs of use and with a leather gilt spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Quarter creme vellum gilt with marbled paper-covered boards, slipcase, large folio, (vi), 83, (3) pages. Illustrated with six original wood engravings, a perspex engraving, a linocut, five mounted photographs, drawings, and a large folded type-specimen on Amalfi handmade paper. Of a total of 320 numbered copies printed with various colors on Zerkall Halbmatt mould-made paper, this is one of 95 copies bound by Woolnough in quarter natural vellum and marbled paper-covered boards by Colleen Gryspeerdt, with 48 specimen leaves mounted on labelled brown Colorplan paper and an additional leaf listing subscribers. A fine copy in a very slightly rubbed brown cloth and paper-covered board slipcase with a cover engraving.…