Paul Bennett Private Press Keepsake (2 results)
Language: English
Published by Typophiles, New York 1968
- Softcover
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.Entropy Books
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
£ 211.28
£ 6.71 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 60 individual contributions, plus Introduction and List of Contributors. Wrappers, 12mo., from 4 to 32 pages each, slipcase. One of 200 copies of this awe-inspring array of specimens from the finest designers, illustrators and private presses of the day in honor of Paul Bennett, the moving force… of the Typophiles. None were offered for sale. Some of the contributors include Valenti Angelo, Adagio, Cuckoo Hill, Stanbrook Abbey, John Dreyfus, Jane Grabhorn, Four Ducks, Eden Hill, Cherryburn, G. W. Ovink, John Ryder, Beatrice Ward, Finial and Greenwood Presses. Emerson Wulling provides a 32 page leaf book; there is a watermark portrait of PAB from Cartiere Milliani-Fabriano; John Masons contribution is stamped in pure gold leaf on his own handmade paper. The care and great variety of this collection would be impossible to duplicate today. Loosely inserted are Paul Bennett's small bookplate and the Fridolf Johnson "American Artist" offprint on Bennett and the Typophiles. A fine set in a near fine slipcase with a wrap-around label showing only a trace of use.
More imagesPublished by The Typophiles, New York 1967
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellersmall 8vo. a single introductory pamphlet, followed by 60 pamphlets loosely inserted in a box with a wrap-around paper label. Limited to about 200 copies. Edge of slipcase cracked, else a fine, complete set. With contributions by 60 different private presses including Valenti Angelo, Leonard Bahr, Edna Beilenson, Joe Blumenthal,… Jane Grabhorn, the Grovers, Emerson Wulling and Ward Ritchie. Contains the title section and the section listing all 60 participants. a single introductory pamphlet, followed by 60 pamphlets loosely inserted in a box with a wrap-around paper label. Bennett, Paul A. (illustrator).
