The Curwen Press News-Letter No. IX
Jackson, Holbrook
From Lott Rare Books, Banstead, SRY, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 30 April 2014
From Lott Rare Books, Banstead, SRY, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 30 April 2014
About this Item
Curwen Press News-Letter No. IX. March 1935. The cover is a pattern paper design by Edward Bawden, lithographically repeated from an engraved copper plate of 1928. The 16 page News-Letter features 'A Cross-Section Of English Printing The Curwen Press 1918-1934', by Holbrook Jackson, with pochoir colour illustration by Albert Rutherston. An article 'The Fleuron' A Journal Of Typography by Oliver Simon and two vignettes by Eric Ravilious. Oliver Simon, in his autobiography, 'Printer and Playground', writes, "From June 1932 to May 1939 sixteen numbers of The Curwen Press News-Letter were issued. Five hundred copies were printed of this slender crown quarto, averaging eight to twelve pages an issue in addition to a cover for each number." A fine copy. Seller Inventory # 1383
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Curwen Press News-Letter No. IX
Publisher: Curwen Press, London
Publication Date: 1935
Binding: Softcover
Illustrator: Edward Bawden
Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First edition.
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