Printing at the Whittington Press, 1972-1994. An Exhibition at the Grolier Club, New York,. 28 September -- 18 November 1994. [Signed by John Randle]
by Randle, John; Dreyfus, John and Mark Batty
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- Fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
International Typeface Corporation and The Grolier Club, 1994 Book. Fine. Soft Cover - Folding Wraps. Limited First Edition. 8vo. 63 (1) pp, acknowledgments The Whittington Press --- An Appreciation by Mark Batty; Types at Whittington by John Randle; A Critical Appreciation of Matrix Nos. 1-13 by John Dreyfus; Part 1. Before the Whittington Press; Part 2. The Hand-Setting Days; Part 3. Monotype Setting comes to the whittington Press; Part 4. Matrix: A Review for Printrs and Bibliophiles with b&w illustrations throughout. First Printing, 1994. Limited to 250 Copies Signed by John Randle. Only the faintest wear to top edge spine rear wrapper, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Stiff-paper wrapper with floral illustration and gilt lettering to front wrapper, and gilt lettering to spine..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004412
- Title
- Printing at the Whittington Press, 1972-1994. An Exhibition at the Grolier Club, New York,. 28 September -- 18 November 1994. [Signed by John Randle]
- Author
- Randle, John; Dreyfus, John and Mark Batty
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Limited First Edition
- Publisher
- International Typeface Corporation and The Grolier Club
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- BOOKS & PUBLISHING PRINTING HISTORY WHITTINGTON PRESS 1972-1994
- Bookseller catalogs
- BOOKS & PUBLISHING;
- Size
- 8vo
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
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