Dorset: Tarrant to Blandford. Designed, drawn, printed and published by R. Gardiner. by GARDINER, RENA:

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Dorset: Workshop Press, 1969. First Edition . Wrappers. Good/No Jacket (Paperback). Side-stapled with cloth tape at spine as issued, 92 pp., illustrated throughout. Original edition, printed, bound and distributed by Gardiner, the illustrations printed in colors from lithographic plates. Spine sunned, rubbed, with one corner of tape pulling loose at crown, light fraying at crown and heel; wrappers just a bit faded, handled, bumped at edges, very lightly soiled at rear; wrapper and page corners bumped. Size: Folio

Dorset: The Workshop Press, 1969. First edition. Paperback. Fair. 1969 oversize paperback with stapled binding. Fair condition only with binding cloth very frayed and faded. Heavy wear to the corners, both covers and pages. Staples are still firmly bound even though the cloth covering them is giving up. 92 full color pages of Gardiner's beautiful illustrations documenting the castles, manors and landscapes of Dorset and Purbeck. A rough copy, but with no diminishment to the beauty and vibrancy of the illustrations.

Dorset, Rena Gardiner, The Workshop Press, 1969 1st edition.. Large paperback. Size approx 13 x 10 inches. Illustrated paper covers with green paper covered spine. Staple bound. In very good condition. Front cover very bright with some very minor rubbing only. Cloth spine a little faded & rubbed. Inscription on top edge of inside front cover. Inside a clean tight copy. Illustrated in colour from Lithographic Aluminium Plates. 92pp. “The illustrations in this book are from drawings made directly onto lithographic aluminium plates. They are therefore originals and not reproductions of drawings made on paper”. A ‘picturesque excursion into Dorset’, covering the Dorset: The Isle of Purbeck.

Dorset, Rena Gardiner, The Workshop Press, 1969 1st edition.. Large paperback. Size approx 13 x 10 inches. Illustrated paper covers with green paper covered spine. Staple bound. In very good near fine condition. Covers very bright. Cloth spine NOT faded. Inside a clean tight copy. Illustrated in colour from Lithographic Aluminium Plates. 92pp. “The illustrations in this book are from drawings made directly onto lithographic aluminium plates. They are therefore originals and not reproductions of drawings made on paper”. A ‘picturesque excursion into Dorset’, covering the Dorset: The Isle of Purbeck.

Blandford, Dorset Workshop Press, 1970 1st edition.. Large paperback. Size approx 13 x 10 inches. Illustrated paper covers with blue cloth covered spine. Staple bound. In very good condition. Cloth spine very slightly faded. Covers very bright and clean. An excellent clean tight copy. 45 pages with lovely colour drawings (and some text). Illustrated from Lithographic Aluminium Plates. “The illustrations in this book are from drawings made directly onto lithographic aluminium plates. They are therefore originals and not reproductions of drawings made on paper.”

Tarrant Monkton, Blandford Forum, Dorset: Rena Gardiner at the Workshop Press, 1970. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Softcover with blue cloth tape around spine (as issued). Condition: Very good with very light shelfwear to covers, which are bright and clean, as are the internal pages. Binding sound. Previous owners bookplate neatly fixed below index on reverse of front cover. 45pp. This book was designed, drawn, printed and published by Rena Gardiner at her Workshop Press in Tarrant Monkton. The caption on the rear cover reads thus: "The illustrations in this book are from drawing made directly onto lithographic aluminium plates. They are therefore originals and not reproductions of drawings made on paper." The Tarrant is one of the many streams of the Dorset chalklands. This book follows the course of the Tarrant down its valley, but diversions have been made to take in outlying villages. The last part continues along the river Stour back to Blandford..

Workshop Press. Blandford 1968 1st. edition.. Size 10.0 x 13.0 inches. In pictorial limp card covers. In very good condition. Some very minor rubbing to spine. Small owners name inscription top corner of first inside page. A very clean and tight copy. 42 pages with colour illustrations and some text. “The illustrations in this book are from drawings made directly onto lithographic aluminium plates. They are therefore originals and not reproductions of drawings made on paper”. A ‘picturesque excursion into Dorset’, covering the East Winterborne Valley.

Designed drawn, printed and published by Rena Gardiner, at the Workshop Press, The Thatch Cottage, Tarrant Monkton, Blandford Forum, Dorset, 1968. First edition. "The illustrations in this book are from drawings made directly onto lithographic aluminium plates. They are therefore originals and not reproductions of drawings made on paper". Coloured illustrations throughout. Folio (13 1/8 x 10 inches), original cloth-backed coloured pictorial wrappers. Very good.