Search Results: Bibliography, books and printing from Stephen Rench

Book. Poor. Soft cover. 2 incomplete catalogues issued by Waite and Saville Ltd of Otley. 1] - Modern platens semi and full automatic "Falcon" presses. W&S. Waite & Saville Ltd, Otley, Yorks, Eng. 21, [1] pages. MISSING pages 7+8. Very heavily soiled and worn throughout. Pages 17/18 detached and loosely inserted. In the original covers, but these are also very heavily soiled, stained and worn. 2] - The Falcon Platen. Waite & Saville Ltd, Falcon Works, Otley. 16 pages. The illustration on the title page has been cut out at some point in the past, so MISSING most of pages 1/2. In the original covers which are creased and lightly soiled. At the foot of page 16 it states catalogue 1136. Both catalogues are undated. In very poor condition - one lacking two pages, the other with a large section of the page cut out..

Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1963 Book. Good. Soft cover. 40 pages. In the original covers which are just lightly creased at the corners and lightly browned.

The whole being sponsored by C.H. Foyle, of Boxfoldia Ltd., Bournbrook, Birmingham, in the interest of the paper trade in general., 1940 Book. Good. Hardcover. Title page undated, preface dated 1940. 55, [3] pages. 12 full page illustrations included in the pagination. In the original paper covered boards with cloth spine. Just light signs of use and some light browning to the covers..

London: Printed for Cadell and Davies [. . . ], 1818 Book. Good. Hardcover. xii, 356 pages + 12 plates. 1 of the plates is folding. In modern leather binding - not the best. Bookplate to the front pastedown of Richard Martin Baxter. A cutting from a bookseller's catalogue is pasted to the front free end paper. Staining and spotting to pages throughout. Occasional very brief modern pencil notes to margins. The frontispiece was once torn along the inner edge and seems to have been repaired during the rebinding process.

[ London ]: John Camden Hotten, 1863 Book. Good. Hardcover. Undated, but online library catalogues suggest 1863 as the date of publication. 50 pages - title taken from the head of page 1. Interleaved with blank pages throughout, but only the first of these has some pencil additions and a couple of cuttings from booksellers' catalogues. Otherwise just a few pencil marks or words. Pages are spotted and some browned. Ink owner's name - R. Mortimer, Fimber, Yorkshire to the front free end paper and many of the blank interleaved pages. Leather spine and paper covered boards which have wear to the corners. Some damage/abrasions to the end papers..

Stroud: Ian Hodgkins & Co Ltd, 2011 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. [8], 220 pages + plates. In the original paper covered boards. Just light signs of use..

Paris: H. Daragon + P. Sacquet, 1901 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 173, [3] pages + 8 plates. Bound in modern cloth, retaining the original paper covers. Some light wear to the binding. Some chips and small tears to the paper covers. Page edges are untrimmed. Numbered 120 of a total of 275 copies printed, initialled by the author..

Dublin: The Dolmen Press, 1971 Book. Good. Soft cover. 40 pages. In the original card covers with printed paper wrappers glued to the spine. The wrappers are browned and stained. Staples just starting to rust. Pages are lgihtly browned throughout..

Risbury: The Whittington Press, 2001 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. xii, 147, [3] pages + 16 pages of plates and 6 facsimiles tipped in. 3 facsimile prospectuses are in a pocket to the rear pastedown. Numbered 214 of 350 printed of which 260 were in this format. Bound in patterned paper boards with cloth spine and fore edges. In the original slipcase. In very good condition..

London: Printed for private circulation by Thomas Richards, 1868 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. [iv], xii, [ii], 130 pages. In old red paper covers and grey spine. Modern ink owner's name to the front free end paper. Tear and creasing to the edge of the rear cover..

Sheffield: Stephenson Blake, 1952 Book. Fair. Soft cover. Undated, but an additional slip pasted on to page 3 is dated Aug 1952. 84 pages. In the original printed card covers, but these are badly torn, worn, creased and soiled. With strong to a hole punched to the upper inner corner. 2 more slips pasted in to page 78. Pages 41-44 are detached from the staples, but held in by the strong. Small tears to some page edges..

Philadelphia: Printed for the Company, 1840 Book. Fair. Hardcover. xxii, [ii], [13]-182 pages. Pages heavily spotted throughout. Original cloth covered boards with a modern replacement leather spine. Pencil owner's name - Mr H Whitney 1840 - to the front free end paper. Pagination matches all three copies available digitally on the HathiTrust website..

Florence: Leo S. Olschki, 1915 Book. Good. Hardcover. vii, [1], 239, [1], 60, 120, 72, 147, [1] pages. + 1 plate in the first part and a folding plate in the fourth part. Illustrated throughout. Page lightly browned throughout. In the original cloth, but the spine has been replaced, possibly retaining the original sections with lettering. Bookplate to the front pastedown of Cesar Olschki - ink presentation inscription to the front free end paper to Cesarino - il padre offre - dated Florence 24-II-15. More recent ink name above the bookplate. Covers faded..

Leeds: Leeds Library, 1879 Book. Good. Hardcover. xvi, 269, [1] pages. In the original green cloth, worn at edges, tear to spine. Part 1 which covers Encyclopaedias, Language, Bibliography and literary history, Belles lettres, Greek and Latin classics, Biography..

London: The Lanston Monotype Corporation, 1928 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 65, [5] pages. 2 of the illustrations are tipped in. The specimen pages vary considerably in size but are numbered in sequence with the text at the start of the volume. In the original brown cloth which has some fading towards the fore edges of both front and rear boards - possibly caused by the effects of damp at some point. Light browning to pages and some spotting, mainly along the upper margins of pages. Separating internally after the colophon page. Colophon - This type specimen of the Pastonchi face has been composed and printed for the Lanston Monotype Corporation Limited according to the design of Hans Mardersteig at the Veronese Press of Arnoldo Mondadori by the Officina Bodoni. 200 copies of this edition have been printed by hand on special Fabriano paper. Spring MCMXXVIII. This though is the trade edition, not the limited edition of 200. .

Hinton Charterhouse: The Old School Press, 2011 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). x, 61, [1] pages + 48 pages of plates and 2 tipped in illustrations. Numbered 156 of the 175 printed and signed by the authors to the colophon. In the original paper covered boards and cloth spine. A few light marks to the front board. Printed paper lettering label to the spine..

Hinton Charterhouse: The Old School Press, 2011 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). x, 61, [1] pages + 48 pages of plates and 2 tipped in illustrations. Numbered 157 of the 175 printed and signed by the authors to the colophon. Prospectus loosely inserted. In the original paper covered boards and cloth spine. Printed paper lettering label to the spine..

Weimar: B. Fr. Voigt, 1856 Book. Fair. Hardcover. [v], x-xviii, 344 pages + 6 of the 7 plates - lacks plate VI. Pages browned and spotted throughout. Some stains also. Pencil lines here and there. A few small holes. In the original paper covered boards which are worn and lettering label to the spine is more worn. Bookplate to the front pastedown of Walther Ziegler of Wanghausen. Neuer Schauplatz der Künste und Handwerke - vol 43. Pagination at start is erratic but matches other copies seen online. Incomplete as lacking plate VI..

Oxford: Alembic Press, 1988 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 63, [1] pages. Illustrations included in the pagination. Two of the illustrations are folding sheets of paper which are tipped in. Colophon states that this is number 51 of the total edition of 155 copies. In the original paper covered boards with cloth spine. Just light signs of use..

Leipzig: Poeschel & Trepte fur den Insel-Verlag, 1919 Book. Good. Hardcover. 48 unnumbered pages of facsimile, some coloured. Followed by 12 unnumbered pages of text and the colophon. Numbered 211 of the 320 copies printed. Pages lightly browned throughout. In the original paper covered boards and narrow vellum spine. The boards are lightly browned..