Stanbrook Abbey Press (40 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 48 pages. Illustrated. David Butcher "The Stanbrook Abbey Press 1956-1990 Thirty-Five Years of Fine Printing" / W J Strachan "The Making Of A Livre D'Artiste: Le Lezard Francis Ponge and Jean Signovert" / David Chambers "The Form Of The Book Jan Tschichold on Typographic Design" / Richard Burleigh "The George Borrow Society".…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Worcester: 1970 [4th issue, December 197. 8vo. Pp. xv, 180. Illusts. Lacks front f.e.p. Orig. cloth.

Single leaf, 150 x 95mm., printed in red, green & black 16pt. Romanée italic on Barcham Green hand-made paper; light card printed green wrappers. A fine specimen of Stanbrook printing. 'Abbot of Rievault 1147-67, St. Aelred was one of the great medieval English monastic writers. First printed for the enthronement of George Dwyer as Archbishop of Birmingham 21.12.65, & subsequently issued for sale.' Butcher D4b. Fine Printing Private Press.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. One of 1800 copies printed in Monotype Spectrum (with Castellar titling in burgundy on the cover) on pale grey Glastonbury Antique Laid paper. Stapled into like covers, cut flush. A very good copy. Issued on the occasion of the exhibition of books from the two presses held from the 16th to 30th October 1965.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Stiff grey printed wrappers, slender 8vo., (ii), 12, (1) pages. Catalogue featuring 23 Stanbrook Abbey and 8 Vine Press title, annotated. Printed at the Stanbrook Abbey Press. A fine copy.

tall 4to. single broadside printed both sides. (4) pages. A Figurehead Fantasy, Comments & Conversations, Philosophical Romantical, Factual & Mendacious, Poetical & Impertinent, by Loquacious Mariners, Discreetly Recounted & Advantageously Delineated by WRF. NOTE: THIS IS FOR THE PROSPECTUS ONLY. A fine copy. The book was limited to 275 copies (Butcher B11). The prospectus is printed in black and blue on W. S. Hodgkinson white laid hand-made paper, with a line-block reproduction of a hand-drawn initial by Margaret Adams in maroon and a duotone collotype reproduction of a pencil drawing by Russell Flint. From Butcher: "Commissioned by Sir William russell Flint who wished to use Cancelleresca Bastarda ast the text typeface. Stanbrook Abbey Press was one of the few printers in Britain possessing this face. Stanbrook made an exception to its general custom of not printing secular works in this case. The design of the book was negotiated page by page in a series of letters between the author and Dame Hildelith Cumming. Russell Flint's side of this correspondence is now deposited in the Victoria and Albert Museum." single broadside printed both sides. Stanbrook Abbey Press (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. One of 250 (350) copies machine-set in Spectrum and printed on wove paper. 3 colour reproductions of paintings tipped in. Green cloth with gilt spine titling, blocked in gold on the upper board with a device by Margaret Adams, green Ingres endpapers. A fine copy. (Butcher A37).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Orange cloth gilt, 8vo., xiv, 180 pages, 18 monochrome illustrations. 4th issue, 1976. One of 100 cloth copies printed at the Stanbrook Abbey Press. A fine copy in archival mylar.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Sewn stiff blue wrappers printed in gilt, 12mo., (i), 7, (1) pages. Handset in Romanee & Romulus Open Capitals and printed by the Stanbrook Abbey Press in blue and black on Barcham Green Maidstone handmade paper. A fine copy in archival mylar.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Single sheet of light green Barcham Green Badger handmade paper measuring 7 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches, mounted into overlapping pale yellow covers printed in green. The leaf is printed in Cancellaresca Bastarda type and hand illuminated in red, green and gold, and with a flourished initial in green and red by Margaret Adams. A fine copy.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The single leaf of letterpress printing is enclosed in folded card covers. Red italic lettering reproduces the nine biblical verses on both sides of the singe leaf of hand-made paper. Fine printing. Size: A4. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 2. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Inventory No: 74686. For further information on this title or for further photographs, please click on the "Ask Seller a Question" button directly underneath this listing. We aim to reply within three working days. Buyers from OUTSIDE of the UK are strongly recommended to make contact, to ask for an accurate shipping cost, BEFORE buying. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First issue; one of 450 (500) copies machine-set in Spectrum. 18 illustrations [including drawings by Sister Laurentia Fullmer]. Reddish-brown cloth with gilt spine titling, upper board blocked in gilt. Bookplate. A fine copy in its original glassine. Reissued in 1972 and subsequently. …

With three engravings by Gwen Raverat. One of 1000 copies. Printed in Jan van Krimpen's 'Romanee' type on Barcham Green handmade paper. Large 8vo., [19 x 26.5 cms], original printed paper wrappers with a reproduction in red and black of Irving Robbins's bookplate designed by Mallette Dean. A very good, fresh copy. Published for an exhibition of the Ashendene Press Collection given to Stanford University by Irving W. Robbins. Jr.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Inserted plates; navy buckram, titled and stamped in gilt. A fine copy in its original glassine.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Cockerell marbled paper wrappers with cover label, 12mo., 5, (1) pages, two small color woodblocks by Margaret Adams. Printed in red and black from Romulus Cancellaresca Bastarda type on English handmade paper. A fine copy in archival mylar.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Folding card. With mounted light blue sheet and pink tissue guard. Gilt decoration, pink initialled letter. Printed green on cream hand-made paper.

Edition limited to 350 copies; pp.(6)13 + colophon; printed in Cancelleresca Bastarda on hand-made paper in blue, black & red (device on title in gold), with three initials hand-lettered in red by Margaret Alexander; a very good uncut copy of this beautiful production in original Liberty silk-backed Japanese wood veneer boards. Butcher A19. Stanbrook Abbey Private Press.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Set in Monotype Spectrum italic. One of 260 copies printed in black with a signgle initial in red by hand by Margaret Adams. Sewn into pale green paper wrappers, titled in crimson. Rare. A fine copy. Colophon states '100 copies on Meway handmade paper; hand initial by Margaret Adams. 160 copies on Glastonbury Text.' The watermark suggests Abbey Mills antique laid.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. Set in Monotype Bembo. One of 300 (400) copies on cartridge paper, sewn and glued into overlapping red paper wrappers, printed in black, with a repeat drawing. A near fine copy. The essay, first published in 1928, has an introduction by Belloc's grandson Anthony Jebb. (Butcher A33).…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Handset in Lutetia. Number 282 of 300 copies printed in black and brown on Saunders' cream wove paper. Sewn into Japanese patterned wrappers, silver, grey, yellow and black, title label on the front. A fine copy. These patterned wrappers are particularly attractive. (Butcher A30).…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. 12mo., [4], 5pp., [2], bound in the original mould-made covers with a pictorial design of an Ionian Cross to upper cover. A fine clean bright copy of this scarce work. One of a 1,000 copies printed. Set in Eric Gill's Joanna. 1000 copies printed in England at the Stanbrook Abbey Press, Worcester on Abbey Mills Text paper. Covers mould-made by Barcham Green, Maidstone. Iona is an island in the Inner Hebrides, off the Ross of Mull on the western coast of Scotland. It is mainly known for Iona Abbey, though there are other buildings on the island. Iona Abbey was a centre of Gaelic monasticism for three centuries and is today known for its relative tranquility and natural environment. It is a tourist destination and a place for spiritual retreats. Its modern Scottish Gaelic name means "Iona of (Saint) Columba". The press founded at Stanbrook Abbey near Worcester in 1876 was unique: run by a religious community, rather than an individual or partnership, it stood at the interface between book design and religious belief. Famously the press was associated in the early 20th century with one of the great figures of English bibliography, Sir Sydney Cockerell (1867-1962); he in turn introduced the nuns to Emery Walker (1851-1933) and C. H. St John Hornby (1867-1946). The press enjoyed a golden age under the direction of Dame Hildelith Cumming (1909-1991), who was printer from 1955 until her death in 1991. With the encouragement of Dutch typographer Jan van Krimpen (1892-1958) and the English designer John Dreyfus (1918-2002), Dame Hildelith developed a distinctive Stanbrook style: the use of characterful typefaces, expertly printed on fine hand-made papers; the deployment of white space to allow texts to breathe ; and a liveliness achieved through coloured inks, calligraphic decoration and fine bindings. David Butcher, the press s bibliographer, summed up its achievement: Collectively the books published by the Press earn it a place as one of the world s major private presses The books are an enduring testament to the Benedictine aim of employing human talents to the glory of God. (David Butcher, The Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1956-1990 (Lower Marston: Whittington Press, 1992), p. 31.).…

One of 1,000 copies handset in Romanee, printed in black on Hodgkinson hand-made paper. Sewn and glued into white mould-made paper covers, printed in black and red. A fine copy. Published by Stanford University Libraries on the occasion of an exhibition of the Ashendene Press collection given to Stanford University by Irving W. Robbins Jr. (Butcher B18).…

200 copies only printed. 200 copies only printed. Handcolored initials by Margaret Adams. 1 vols. Using Jan van Krimpen's Romulus Open Capitals and Cancelleresca Bastarda. Original decorated cloth covers by the Takumi Artists of Tokyo. A few spots on front cover, else fine. A beautiful production with type in black and blue Handcolored initials by Margaret Adams. 1 vols.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Handset in van Krimpen Romanee. Number 133 of 235 (300) copies printed in black, orange and green on cream Kozu-shi Japanese paper. Decorated with 2 devices and 12 borders (most used more than once, or reversed) by Margaret Adams. Bound by George Percival in green Japanese Shiki silk, blocked with a device by Margaret Adams, spine gilt, lacking acetate dust-jacket, otherwise a fine copy. (Butcher A20).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. One of 310 (350) copies handset in Cancellaresca Bastarda, with Romulus Open Capitals, printed in black, blue and maroon on Hodgkinson handmade paper. Title-page eagle device printed in gold. Three hand-drawn initials by Margaret Alexander.Quarter bound in blue silk with Japanese wood-veneer paper boards, blocked in gold on the front. Blue Ingres endpapers and matching box. Prospectus. A fine copy. The boxes were made by the Fancy Box Co., London; the gold blocking was carried out by George Percival.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Handset in Monotype Lutetia. One of 215 copies printed in black on Hodgkinson's white wove paper. Sewn and glued into overlapping Barcham Green white wove paper covers printed in gold on the front with a device by Margeret Adams. A fine copy. This piece by this South African artist is rare.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Number 325 of 500 (550) copies handset in Romanee and printed in black, burgundy and green on Barcham Green handmade paper. Parallel French and English texts. Quarter black morocco with gilt spine lettering, white Japanese paper-covered boards with stencil-dyed patterns in black and red, Japanese hand-made endpapers, t.e.g. Rust-red Japenes hand-made paper-covered slipcase. Book label. A fine copy. (Butcher A12).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Handset in van Krimpen Romanee. Number 34 of 235 (300) copies printed in black, orange and green on cream Kozu-shi Japanese paper. Decorated with 2 devices and 12 borders (most used more than once, or reversed) by Margaret Adams. Bound by George Percival in green Japanese Shiki silk, blocked with a device by Margaret Adams, spine gilt, acetate dust-jacket, a fine copy. (Butcher A20). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Number 448 of 500 (550) standard copies with the title-pages printed in burgundy and black. Handset in Romanee and printed on Barcham Green paper. Lithographed portrait. Title devices by Margaret Adams. Quarter bound in black morocco, spine gilt, white Japanese paper-covered boards with stencil-dyed tree patterns in black and red, gold fillets at the junction of leather and paper. Olive-green Japanese endpapers, gold top, other edges uncut. Black paper-covered slipcase. A fine copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Set in Monotype Spectrum. Number 38 of 70 (350) copies printed on laid paper, specially bound by George Percival in quarter black morocco with Japanese paper sides. 3 tipped-in half-tone plates. Sage endpapers, gold top. Sage paper-covered slipcase. A fine copy. (Butcher A 37).…