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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 edition, one of 350 examples on verge, from a total edition of 358; 8vo, (20.4 x 14 cm); woodcut frontispiece and initials after Edward Burne-Jones, printed in black and red; finely bound in green morocco by Leonard Mounteney, elaborate gilt tooling and red morocco flowers, spine in five parts with raised bands, corresponding flower design and title in gilt, rose-coloured watered silk doublures and flyleaves, top edge gilt, enclosed in patterned paper board slipcase, spine slightly faded, an excellent example.

    £8,000
  2. [One of 500 copies]; 8vo; printed in Golden type throughout with numbers printed in red, elaborate wood-engraved title-page and facing page with border & initial, further woodcut initials and border decorations, internally a fine copy; original limp vellum, lacking the actual ties, but otherwise a fine example, in the original gilt-lettered board slip-case; housed in later morocco-backed cockerel papered board solander.

    £3,000
  3. One of 300 copies; 12mo; printed in black & red, woodcut illustration and device; publisher's powder blue boards with printed title label to spine and upper cover, spine slightly toned, overall very good.

    £225
  4. One of 125 copies on vellum, this unnumbered assumed out-of-series; 8vo; hand-coloured frontispiece by Paul Woodroffe, hand-coloured vignette to colophon, coloured initials, errata printed in red & black, tissue guards; original blind-tooled vellum with 'Soul is Form' rose device to upper cover and lettered in gilt to spine, some slight rubbing and dust-soiling; housed in later morocco-backed cockerel papered board solander.

    £650
  5. Number 100 of 200 copies, from an overall limitation of 204; 8vo; 3 full-page illustrations by Reginald Savage, 2 with loose tissue guards, bookseller's small sticker to foot of front pastedown, unopened; original cloth-backed boards, printed title label to upper cover and spine, spine slightly browned, slightly splayed, uncut.

    £150
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