MATRIX 14 Offprint. One Day in Alpignano. A Visit to Alberto Tallone Editore. by WHITTINGTON PRESS. CAVE, Roderick

Risbury, Herefordshire: The Whittington Press, 2002. 37 original tipped-in specimens of Chinese ceremonial papers, together with one larger folding specimen housed in rear pocket and one other more elaborate example housed in a separate black portfolio. Seal cut by Judy Ling Wong. Pp. 62. Folio, bound by the Fine Bindery in original half grey buckram over rust coloured paper boards, Chinese paper decoration to upper cover, gilt lettering to spine. Book and portfolio housed together in matching cloth and paper slipcase. A fine copy.||Roderick Cave spent much of his working life in the Far East, spending many hours scouring Chinatowns for examples of traditional ceremonial papers, many of them handmade, which were burnt at funerals in order to keep ancestors supplied with food, money and clothing for the next world. The specimens include ghost money, a printed paper dish, mandala, paper garments, prayers sheets including to the god who protects small vendors (booksellers?).| With many fine specimens of… Read More

(Andoversford, Glos.): The Whittington Press, 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarter deep red buckram gilt with marbled paper covered boards, folio, vi, 83, (1) pages, nine wood and perspex engravings from the original blocks, five mounted half-tone illustrations printed at the Senecio press, a large folded broadside and other illustrations. Of 320 copies printed, this is one of 200 copies of the regular issue. Printed from Monotype Caslon on Zerkall mould-made paper and bound by Woolnough. Laid in is a printed compliments card inscribed and signed by John Randle noting that the edition has sold out. Lower tips slightly bumped, else a clean, near fine copy.