Printing at the Daniel Press, Being a Description and Analysis of Fifty-Two Proof and Rejected Sheets from the Press of the Reverend Henry Daniel at Worcester College, Oxford in the Late Nineteenth Century, with some Deductions Regarding his Printing Practices by Martyn Ould - 2011

Bath: Old School Press, 2011. No. 90 of 95 copies signed by the author/printer. 12 full page photographs of some of the proofs. Machine set in 12 pt Caslon with title text in Caslon Old Face added by hand. Printed at Old School Press on a ream of Turkey Mill wove paper rescued from St. Hugh’s Charterhouse monastery in 2000. 8vo., original linen backed blue boards with printed paper label on spine to match Falconer Madan’s bibliography of the Daniel Press. As new. ||Also included in the book is a reprint of the fine obituary of Daniel by the writer Edmund Gosse.Ould examined some 52 pages of proofs from the Daniel Press, many with Henry Daniel’s pencil corrections. As Ould writes ‘comparison of the proof sheets with the books as finally issued tells us quite a lot about what he spotted and what he did not! Through these items we see Henry Daniel working at his Albion Press at Worcester House in Oxford, setting up perhaps four or eight pages in his forme, pulling a proof, and marking the… Read More

Hinton Charterhouse: The Old School Press, 2011 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. [viii], 23, [1] pages + 10 pages of plates. Numbered 83 of the 95 copies printed. Initialled in pencil by the author. In the original paper covered boards with cloth spine. Light marks to upper outer corner of front board. Printed paper lettering label to the spine..

Hinton Charterhouse: The Old School Press, 2011 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. [viii], 23, [1] pages + 10 pages of plates. Numbered 84 of the 95 copies printed. Initialled in pencil by the author. Prospectus loosely inserted. In the original paper covered boards with cloth spine. Printed paper lettering label to the spine..