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Private Press & Fine Printing

The tradition of fine printing has been kept alive thanks to the efforts of private presses, who’ve preserved the traditions of fine book production in general, including book illustration and binding. Shapero Rare Books focuses on the leading presses of the late 19th/early 20th century in particular, namely the Kelmscott Press, Doves Press and Ashendene Press, but also buy & sell key special editions by the other renowned presses including Nonesuch and Golden Cockerel.

Contact Angus Robb or Roddy Newlands for more information about private press & fine printing at Shapero Rare Books.

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  1. Limited editions, the Apocrypha number 1024 of 1250, the others one of 1,000 unnumbered copies; 5 vols; copper engraved pictorial titles, head and tailpieces by Stephen Gooden, tissue guards, faint spotting to endpapers, otherwise fine; publisher's decorated boards, faint spotting to upper cover (vol. III only), slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, toned, otherwise very good.

    £450
  2. 4 vols, presentation dedication from Francis Meynell on front free endpaper of the Comedies; 8vo; woodcut title vignettes, pictorial dedications and part-title devices by Reynolds Stone, Shakespeare portrait by Leonard Beaumont; publisher's buckram-backed marbled boards, a fine set, in the original card slip-case, slightly worn.

    £300
  3. one of 200 copies on paper; small 4to ( 240 x 170 mm); printed in red & black, near-fine; original limp vellum by the Doves Bindery (stamp to rear endpaper), spine titled in gilt, uncut, mild spotting to fore-edges , vellum toned and warped (as usual), otherwise a very good copy of this rare edition.

    £2,750
  4. 3 vols, 8vo; 105 reproductions of woodcuts after Bernard Salomon; original green cloth gilt with original clear wrappers, a fine set.

    £150
  5. One of circa 300 copies; 8vo; 8 pages including conjugate blanck; unsewn as issued in original brown wrappers lettered in black, green cloth slipcase, a fine copy.

    £160
  6. One of 200 copies on paper, presentation copy from Cobden-Sanderson; small 4to; printed in red & black; original limp vellum lettered in gilt to spine, a fine example.

    £2,000
  7. Number 773 of 800 copies; tall 8vo (260 x 155 mm.); title with vignette printed in red; original near-white cloth gilt, designed by Ricketts, top edge gilt, others uncut, an excellently bright & sharp copy.

    £400
  8. One of circa 300 copies; 8vo; 4 pages; unsewn as issued in original brown wrappers lettered in black, brown slipcase, a fine copy.

    £160
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