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Advent List, 2014 Collinge & Clark 13 Leigh Street London WC1H 9EW United Kingdom [email protected] t 00 44 (0) 20 7387 7105 m 07906933352 1.(Adagio Press) Bahr (Leonard F.). A Manner of Printing. 8vo, 23p, Adagio Press, Harper Woods, Michigan, 1973. Handset in Palatino, with display in Michelangelo and Jaguar. One of 298 signed and numbered copies printed in black and olive-green on Mohawk Superfine paper. Sewn into Gold and Brown Strathmore Beau Brilliant paper wrappers titled in black. Original yellow paper envelope, titled in black. A fine copy. £20 2.(Alcuin Press) A Specimen of Some Printing Types in Use at the Alcuin Press, with a note on the press and its aims. [By H.P.R. Finberg.] 4to, 28.5cm, 15p, The Alcuin Press, Chipping Camden, 1928. One of 50 copies printed on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper and bound in Cockerell marbled paper-covered boards, linen back. Spine just a little soiled. A very good to fine copy. £200 Also issued in an unlimited edition on mould-made paper, limp paper covers. 3.(Alembic Press) A 40 Line Wood Letter Alphabet. Chequebook 8vo, [36]pp., The Alembic Press, Winchester, 1986. Number 9 of 70 copies set in 40 line Antique Elongated, printed on Zerkall paper. Sewn into three sections, glued into card covers with Ingres paper wrappers printed in black. A fine copy. £35 4.(Alembic Press) Bolton (Claire). The Alembic Press Bibliography, 1978-1988. Royal 8vo, pp.58, The Alembic Press, Oxford, 1989. Number 66 of 95 (100) copies typeset in Bembo and printed on Hahnemuhle paper. 11 tipped-in specimens from previous books and other illustrations within the text. Quarter maroon cloth with printed spine label, marbled paper-covered sides. A fine copy. £95 5.(Alphabet and Image) Harling (Robert), editor. Alphabet and Image [1-8]. 4to, 8 issues, complete set, 80 p each, published by James Shand at the Shenval Press, London, Spring 1946 to December 1948. Plates, inserts and illustrations in colour; four issues of in plastic spiral binding as issued, paper covers. A fine set with the exception of the front panel of the covers to A&I5 which are slightly torn. A&I STOP PRESS (including the details of the competition run by Ian Fleming) are present in 5, 7 and 8. £320 (Details of principal contents upon request.) 6.(Appleton Christmas Book) A Handlist of English Language Editions printed on the hand-press of the Officina Bodoni, 1923-1975. With a supplement of books designed and printed by Giovanni Mardersteig for The Limited Editions Club. 12mo, 19cm, [20]p, Tony Appleton, Brighton, Christmas, 1975. One of 100 copies signed by Tony Appleton and printed in Mardersteig's Dante type; mustard wrappers, sewn, with Offbod device on the front. A fine copy. £20 7.(Austin & Sons) Oriental and Foreign Types used by Stephen Austin & Sons, Ltd. Oriental and General Printers, Hertford, England. 8vo, 25cm, 38 leaves printed on one side only, Hertford : Stephen Austin & Sons, 1932. Oriental types printed within blue border surrounds; roped into grey wrappers (a bit freckled) titled in blue. A very good copy. £140 8.(Azania Press) [Mrs Elizabeth Wainwright] The Receipt Book of a Lady of the Reign of of Queen Anne. With a foreword by John Shirley-Fox. Foolscap 8vo, 17cm, pp.vii,100, viii-xi, The Azania Press, Medstead, Hampshire, 1931. Set in 16pt Arrighi Italic and printed on unbleached Arnold hand-made paper. Decorative period ornaments. One of 250 copies. Full green vellum, lettered in gilt, rather marked on upper cover. A very good copy with the prospectus loosely inserted. £140 The first printing of a unique household recipe book date 13th Jany., 1711. It contains more than 200 receipts, many contributed by well-known people. One finds Lady Bety Wentworths Gravey Soup, Lady Midelton's Oatmeal Puding, Mrs Womersley's Pipen Jeley; culinary and medicinal receipts by Lord Lonsdall, Lady Allen, Lady Lowther, Mrs Wombwell and others, Much good old fare is given - Wiggs, Veall pye, Tanseys, Gofers, Slipcoat Chees, Ginger Bread, Cakes, home-made wines, &c. 9.Banks (Colin). True to Type: Introducing Letterpress Printing & the Works of Small Presses. Narrow 8vo, [40]pp., printed at the Libanus Press, Marlborough, for the Crafts Council, 1994. Typeset in Joanna and printed on pink recycled paper; 4pp duotone plates by the Senecio Press, printed Rivoli card covers. A fine copy. £25 Published in July 1994 to accompany the exhibition 'True to Type'. This copy with a very lengthy inscription from Colin Banks to Ian Rogerson (about the exhibition going to the John Rylands) at the front. 10.(Bastien Brothers) Bastien Typographica.[Edited by Alfred Bastien]. Large 4to, 31cm, pp.[vi],206, inserts, Bastien Brothers, [West Drayton, Middlesex] n.d. (1937). Set in Monotype Times Roman with Juno for display and initials in Select; many inserted leaves in colours, black-and-white reproductions in the text (many photographic), and with a very extensive display of type specimens at the rear. Grey cloth, upper board titled in gilt. Piece cut from pp.81-82, pp.115-116 cut into bits, otherwise a very good copy of an excellent productions, issued occasionally from 1934. £90 Especially eye-catching are: King's English and the Merchant Prince, by T.E. Elias; Printing Under the White Ensign, by Col. Sgt. F. C. Sheppard, R.M.; Australian Printing History, by John Gartner. A huge array of types is shown in many colours, mostly in full fount. Some of the less usual ones are: Bernhard Tango, Flamingo, Gayton, Gillies Gothic, Holla script, Lettres Ombrees, Motor, Nova, Onyx, Park Avenue, Schaeffer-Versalien, Signal, Trafton, Trojan. 11.Bawden (Edward, illustrator) & Dell Leigh. East Coasting. 8vo, 25cm, pp.64, Printed at the Curwen Press, Issued by the London and North Eastern Railway, (1931). Title-page and 8 headpieces in colours, 14 line drawn vignettes. Rules, ornaments and borders, mostly in black but with some in red, green or yellow. Stapled into orange paper wrappers, titled in black on the front within a border or rules. Very slight wear to extremities and offsetting of orange from the covers to the rear and title-page, A very good copy indeed. £475 One of the most attractive of Edward Bawden's pre-War commissions with its humorous portrayals of Victorian seaside resorts ("great fun", Bliss p.41). Typefaces used for display include Centaur, Cochin, Fournier-le-Jeune, Koch Italic, Maximilian Antiqua, Moreau-le-Jeune, Perpetua and Walbaum. 12.Bawden (Edward). Hold Fast by Your Teeth [& other stories]. Medium 4to, [64]pp., Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1963. Illustrated with 55 coloured lithographs printed by W.S. Cowell. Pictorial boards from a lithograph by the artist, matching dust-jacket. Bookplate. A fine copy in matching dust-jacket. £350 `Take the Broom' was originally published by Rainbird McLean in an edition of 500 copies in 1952. The text of this has been very much altered. Otherwise, this is the first appearance of the other eight stories, all of which were told by Bawden to his children. In the story Right Away Driver, Richard Bawden may be identified as the engine-driver of the Cheltenham Flyer, Joanna Bawden is the girl in the Schiaparelli hat, and Edward himself is Mr Draw de Nedwab. 13.Bawden (Edward). Take the Broom. Oblong 16mo, 10 X 12.5cm, 32p (including wrappers), Reproduced from Bawden's original by Judd Street Gallery, London, 2014. Designed by Webb & Webb; printed by Aspect Press. 7 full-page colour illustrations after the originals by Edward Bawden. Wrappers illustrated from a lithograph by Edward Bawden. New copy in its blue presentation envelope. £15 The book is one of a set of six tales drawn by Edward Bawden for his children, Richard and Joanna, during 1944. It was first published, in the original size,, redrawn for lithographic printing, in an edition of 500 copies by George Rainbird and Ruari McLean in 1952 for presentation to friends. A new edition of Take the Broom, differing greatly in size and detail, was contained within Hold Fast by Your Teeth (Routledge, 1963). Awarded the Order of the Garter in terms of “stocking-fillers” for Christmas 2014 by Collinge & Clark. 14.(“The Bazaar”) Artistic Amusements: Being Instructions for a Variety of Art Work for home Employment, and Suggestions for a Number of Novel and Saleable Articles for Fancy Bazaars. Illustrated. Series One and Two, 8vo, 20cm, Half-title, 112p + 16p advertisements, London "The Bazaar" Office, n.d. (1878). Profusely illustrated with engravings and decorated with fancy types and ornamental initials. Plum cloth, spine and upper board titled and stamped in gilt. A very good to fine copy. £50 Bored children on Boxing Day? Try: Colouring photographs; Imitation stained glass; Decalcomanie; Queen shell work; Painting on china; Japanese lacquer work; Stencilling; Painting magic lantern slides; Menu and guest cards; Frosted silver work; Illuminated and symbolical colouring, etc. 15.(Benham and Company) 366 Days: A Zodiacal calendar for 1960, with verse by Colin Pearson and drawings by Broom Lynne. 8vo, 23cm, 56 + loosely inserted Christmas card, Benham and Company, Colchester and London, 1959. Set in Monotype Ehrhardt and printed in blue and black on art paper; with 13 full-page colour plates and decorative endpapers. Cream paper-covered boards, titled in gilt up the spine, blocked in gilt on the upper board. A very good to fine copy. £75 With an attractive loosely inserted Christmas card inscribed: 'This seems to be a duplication but never mind! Tom.' 16.(Bewick) Wood Engravings of Thomas Bewick. Reproduced in collotype, selected, with a biographical introduction, by Reynolds Stone. Crown 4to, pp.53[1] + [124]pp plates, Rupert Hart- Davis, London, 1953.