Matrix Index 8/21/03 9:28 AM Page 1 Introduction This index and list of the contents of Matrix issues 1-21 is designed to open up access to the wealth of information within the 5000 pages of text, illustrations and specimens in Matrix. PART ONE: CONTENTS LISTS reprints the list of contents of each issue of Matrix to avoid the need to refer to individual issues. Contributions on unnumbered pages are shown by ‘opp.’ [opposite] before the page number they follow. The number of copies printed of each issue is recorded as stated in the colophon. PART TWO is an alphabetical name, title and subject index to Matrix. It cumulates previous indexes and includes many additional references. Entries are provided for: authors of articles titles of articles (with initial capitals for most words) artists and illustrators names of presses, typefaces, papers, printers and personalities mentioned titles of books (in italic) reviewed or discussed more than in passing subjects (non-typographical subjects are indexed more selectively) Using the alphabetical index Entries have been made whenever there is sufficient information to warrant looking up the reference. Names and books referred to in passing have normally been omitted. The annual reviews of private press books are indexed under the name of the press, unless only the printer’s name is given; individual titles are indexed separately whenever there is sufficient discussion to justify it. All books reviewed in the Book Reviews section or elsewhere are indexed separately. References to wood-engravers and wood-engraving are listed both under that heading and engraver’s name. Typefaces are found under their individual names, while papers and printing presses are indexed by maker, name or kind and under ‘Paper’ or ‘Printing presses’. The indexing of twenty-one volumes of Matrix produces lengthy lists of references for some entries, but the largest have been subdivided for ease of consultation. Entries for contributors to Matrix who are also the subject of other references are divided into contributions by and references about them. The number of subject headings has been considerably expanded for this index, and over 500 appear within the index, though they are less visible than name and title entries. Many Matrix articles are about letterpress printing or are relevant to book design, but references under those headings are confined to specific discussions of the topics. One of the special features of Matrix is the inclusion of original illustrations, mostly wood-engravings printed from the wood, which are indexed under the illustrator’s name and marked with an asterisk *. When individual titled prints are discussed, they can be found under title (in italic), with the name of the engraver. Abbreviations within entries have been used very sparingly. The names of two publishers have been shortened in some cases: certain Golden Cockerel Press titles are identified by (GCP), while Oxford University Press publications use (OUP). References to the front and back covers of issues are abbreviated to fc and bc, while dw indicates the dust-wrapper. Arrangement The index is arranged in word-by-word order, i.e. wood-engravings before woodblocks. Hyphenated terms are treated as separate words, while apostrophes, prefixes like Sir or Lady, and initial words such as ‘the’ or ‘an’ (and their 1 Matrix Index 8/21/03 9:28 AM Page 2 INTRODUCTION equivalents in other languages) are ignored for the purposes of arrangement. Mac and Mc are both treated as Mac and interfiled. Entry terms that are abbreviations or sets of initials (such as Mr or ICI) are normally filed as if they are complete words in their own right (so Mr follows Mo), but St and numbers are arranged as if spelt in full (so 25 appears under T as Twenty-five). Titles incorporating initials appear at the beginning of the appropriate letter, so ‘T. M. Cleland and Rex Whistler’ is at the beginning of T. References to the text The pagination of Matrix is not always straight-forward so reading these notes will help the reader to find the relevant pages. Most index entries consist of the issue number in bold, followed by the page numbers within the issue (e.g. 15 101-6). Page references within an issue are separated by a comma, but issue numbers are never followed by a comma. Unnumbered pages within the normal text sequence are in square brackets [113] and unnumbered preliminary pages are in roman numerals [iii]. References distinguish between continuous text (e.g. 112-13) and unnumbered material between numbered text pages (e.g. 112/13). More specific references are provided for inserted material with eight or more pages (e.g. 15 30/1 Plate 7; 21 84/5 v). The information in the more substantial notes is indexed and the note number given, preceded by an n (e.g. 17 92 n22). Most of the covers are illustrated and are indexed as fc or bc for front or back cover. From Matrix 7 separate dust-wrappers were introduced and are indexed as dw. Matrix 1 and 2 were reprinted and are indexed: only the additional material is indexed for Matrix 1 reprint (1R) as the pagination is otherwise the same as in the original issue. The pagination of Matrix 2 reprint differs in every case and follows the references to the original Matrix 2, distinguished by 2R; the additional material is also indexed. 2 Matrix Index 8/21/03 9:28 AM Page 3 Contents Lists A Visit to the Rampant Lions Press, Matrix 1 by John Randle 26/28 AUTUMN 1981 Letter to the Editor, by Brocard Sewell 31/48 (350 copies printed: 30 in quarter-leather; 320 in stiff Under a Wing of the Golden Cockerel, covers) by Dame Hildelith Cumming 33/36 Gordon Craig prints The Mask in Italy, by Edward Blair Hughes-Stanton on Wood-engraving, Craig 7 by Paul Collet 45/51 A Pressman’s Diary 1927-1928, and the Shakespeare The Technique of Chinese Woodblock Printing, Head Froissart, by Paul Morgan 12 by Geng Tao and Liang Dong 51/57 Psalm 104 and Watersteps: the Locks of the Oxford The Historical Background, by Li Hua 55/61 Canal – wood-engravings by Rachel Reckitt and John Craig, by John Randle 17 On Printing Poetry Aloud, by Glenn Storhaug 58/64 My First Day at the Press, by Richard Kennedy 25 The Restoration of Iron Hand-presses, by Tom Craig 63/69 Three Proof Presses under an Oak Tree, by Glenn Storhaug 28 Hellmuth Weissenborn, by John Randle opp. 68/opp. 80 Letter to the Editor, by Simon Lawrence 34 The Senecio Press - One Man and Photo-litho, by Colin Cohen 69/75 Edward Walters, Printer and Engraver, by Brocard Sewell 35 René Hague and the Press at Pigotts, by Christopher Skelton 75/81 The Tale of Six Blocks, by John Randle 44 My Days at the St Dominic’s Press, Three Letterpress Printers, by Colin Cohen 45 by Brocard Sewell 82/89 Robert Gibbings: a Memoir, by John Hadfield 53 A Review of Fine Private Press Books published A Review of Fine Private Press Books published in 1981, by Michael Taylor 89/97 in 1980, by Michael Taylor 60 Presses Unparalleled: the Nonesuch Press and the Wood Type at I. M. Imprimit, by Ian Mortimer 66 Officina Bodoni, by David Butcher 95/104 [The Reprint of Matrix 1 (1985) retained the same An Unusual Type Specimen Book from India, pagination for the articles but added an Introduction by Geoffrey Osborne 100/109 by John Randle (pp. [i]-[iii]) and an Index to A Check-List of Books, Broadsheets, Matrix 1-5, 1981-1985 (pp. [73]-[79]). It was issued Catalogues, etc, printed by Edward Walters, in an edition of 450 copies: 50 in quarter leather and by Brocard Sewell 103/112 400 in stiff covers.] ‘Antique’ Wood Type at I. M. Imprimit, by Ian Mortimer 112/122 A Printer’s Prayer 115/125 Matrix 2 [The Reprint of Matrix 2 (1993) is a new edition with WINTER 1982 additional content and differences in pagination. The (450 copies printed: 40 in quarter-leather; 410 in stiff first page number above is for the original Matrix 2 and covers) the second for the Reprint. The additional material is as follows: [Introduction] by John Randle [iii] Eric Gill and The Hawkesyard Review, Matrix 2 reprint by Adrian Cunningham 5 SPRING 1993 Postscript to A Visit to the Rampant Lions Press, (475 copies printed: 40 in quarter-leather; 435 in stiff by Sebastian Carter 33 covers) Postscript to Under a Wing of the Golden Cockerel, Wood-engraving in Russia, by John R. Biggs 1/10 by David Butcher 46 Eric Gill and the Golden Cockerel Type, Postscript to The Senecio Press - One Man and by James Mosley 17/19 Photo-litho, by John Randle 80 A Note on the Golden Cockerel Type, Postscript to A Review of Fine Private Press Books by Christopher Sandford 23/25 published in 1981, by Michael Taylor 102 3 Matrix Index 8/21/03 9:28 AM Page 4 CONTENTS LISTS The Development of the Monotype Machine, Matrix 3 by John Randle 42 WINTER 1983 The Monotype in America, by Harold Berliner 54 (475 copies printed: 50 in quarter-leather; 425 in stiff covers) Chinese Papercuts, by David Butcher 57 In Memory of my Dad, by Jeremy Sandford 1 Cobden-Sanderson to Hornby: Some Letters Transcribed, by Rachel Salmond 61 Panoply of Paper: on Collecting Decorated Papers, by Hans Schmoller 5 Money to Burn: Joss Paper - and a Centenary, by Hans Schmoller 67 The Wood-engravings of John Lawrence, by Peter Guy 21 Money to Burn: An Afterword, by Roderick Cave 74 Papermaking by Hand, by Maureen Richardson 42 The Cambridge University Press in the early ’30s, by Brooke Crutchley 76 Sans Serif, by Richard Kennedy 50 The Private Press Revisited, by Roderick Cave 82 Techniques of Marbling Paper, by Anne Chambers 53 Lettice Sandford’s Engravings, by David Chambers 89 Taller Martín Pescador, by Juan Pascoe 60 The Making of The Engravings of Eric Gill, Letter to the Editor, by Brocard Sewell 66 by Christopher Skelton 93 The Availability of Hand-made, Mould-made, and Josiah Wade and the Anglo-American Arab Press, Fine Machine-made Papers, by John Purcell 67 by Geoffrey Osborne 100 Arnold Fawcus and the Trianon Press, Some Notes on the Design of Poetry, by Sebastian Carter 77 by Sebastian Carter 110 The Printers and their Skills: a Craft Destroyed, The Setting of Plainchant, by Sister Valerie Cryer 117 by Cynthia Cockburn 94 Will Ridler, 1901-1980: a Private Man and his Saint Albert’s Press: Aylesford and Llandeilo, Collection, by Dorothy A.