The Private Press by Cave, Roderick - 1971

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1971. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. 376 pp, list of 72 b&w plates, list of 83 figures in text, preface, Part I. Private Presses; Part II. Private Press Typefaces; bibliography, index. First American Edition, 1971. "In this thoroughly documented, authoritative book, Roderick Cave surveys the history of the private press, the printers and their products, from the dawn of printing to the present day. Cave examines the earlier presses as well, from those set up by penurious scholars to print their own books, to those of aristocrats like Horace Walpole or Frederick the Great, who had presses as playthings; from the presses which have operated secretly to avoid censorship to those which regarded printing as a fine art. He describes representative presses of these various types, examining the equipment the used and the books they produced." from the jacket flap. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with black backstrip and gilt lettering to spine.