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Three Porfolios of various print samples from The Rampant Lions Press by CARTER, Will & Sebastian - 1959-1967, 1974, 1982
by CARTER, Will & Sebastian
Three Porfolios of various print samples from The Rampant Lions Press
by CARTER, Will & Sebastian
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Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1959-1967, 1974, 1982. Portfolios. Very good. Portfolio One, red folder, has 27 print samples + 4 leaves in separate folder entitled Photographs of Carvings on Stone & Slate by Will Carter printed by The Stellar Press. Portfolio Two, blue folder, 24 print samples + 4 carving photos in separate folder. Portfolio Three, grey folder, 20 print samples + 4 carving folders in separate folder. Blue and grey folders have some discolouration to edges while red has a dark spot.
The Rampant Lions Press was a fine press operating in Cambridge from 1924 to 2008. The firm was founded by Will Carter (1912–2001), and was continued by his son, Sebastian (b. 1941). The skills of Will and Sebastian Carter in design and press-work have been recognized by publishers, who commissioned work from them, and by collectors, who have sought out their publications since the 1950s. Sebastian Carter also has an international reputation as a writer on type and typography.
The Rampant Lions Press was a fine press operating in Cambridge from 1924 to 2008. The firm was founded by Will Carter (1912–2001), and was continued by his son, Sebastian (b. 1941). The skills of Will and Sebastian Carter in design and press-work have been recognized by publishers, who commissioned work from them, and by collectors, who have sought out their publications since the 1950s. Sebastian Carter also has an international reputation as a writer on type and typography.
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- Publisher Rampant Lions Press
- Place of Publication Cambridge
- Date Published 1959-1967, 1974, 1982
- Keywords Printing, Fine Press, Typography
Catalogue Spring 1989: Books designed and printed by ___ at the Rampant Lions Press.
by CARTER, WILL & SEBASTIAN
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Lavardin, France
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$13.03
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Portfolio 2. Projects, Backwards Glances And Jeux D'Esprit Put Together by Will & Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press CAmbridge 1974.
by Rampant Lions Press; Will & Sebastian Carter
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San Francisco, California, United States
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$25.00
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Cambridge, UK: Rampant Lions Press, 1974.. 8vo., Single Sheet, Very Good with some creasing. Letterpress on laid paper.
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The Rampant Lions Press: a Printing Workshop Through Five Decades
by Carter, Sebastian & Carter, Will
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- Fine
- first
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780902591127 / 0902591126
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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$33.33
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Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1982. First Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 4to. 95 pp., illus. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 11 May - 27 June, 1982. Compiled and annotated by Sebastian Carter with additional notes by Will Carter. With a foreword by the Directory of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Michael Jaffe and an Introduction by Brooke Crutchley. Descriptions, illustrations and a checklist of books printed at the Rampant Lions Press.
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Portfolio 2: Projects, Backward Glances, and Jeux d'Esprit by Will & Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge 1974
by Carter, Will & Sebastian Carter
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- Paperback
- first
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- Used - Very Good
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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$52.00
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Rampant Lions Press. Used - Very Good. 1974. First Edition. Paperback. Quarto. Portfolio containing 29 looseleaf sheets (4 folded). Illustrated. Some wear and discoloration to portfolio. Slight creasing to first looseleaf sheet. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition, Very Good. (Subject: Books on Books).
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PORTFOLIO TWO Projects, Backward Glances and Jeux D'esprit Put Together By Will & Sebastian Carter...
by (Rampant Lions Press); Will & Sebastian Carter
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- near fine
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- Used - Near Fine
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FERNDALE, Michigan, United States
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$65.00
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Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1974. No Binding. Near Fine. 25 leaves measuring 8 1/2 by 11 inches, some double spread, + a folder of four photographs of slate carvings, enclosed in a printed paper portfolio. One of about 500 copies "concocted, designed and printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press. Various printed specimens on a wide variety of papers. Fine within a moderately worn and faded portfolio.
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Portfolio Three. A Further Collection Of Resettings, Specimen Setting & Display Settings.
by Carter, Will & Sebastian Carter
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- Fine
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- Used - Fine
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Powys, Powys, United Kingdom
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$50.68
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Rampant Lions Press. Fine. 1982. Paperback. Folder [dark green card] containing loose sheets printed with typographic settings etc produced by the Rampant Lions Press in Cambridge in 1982 Bookplate of previous owners .
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Portfolio Three: A Further Collection of Resettings, Specimen Settings & Display Settings Printed By Will & Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, England, 1982
by Carter, Will ; Carter, Sebastian
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- very good
- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good
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- Limited
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- Hardcover
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Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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$44.34
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Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press , 1982. Portfolio containing 20 loose print samples and a folder containing 4 photographs of carvings. Limited to (about!) 500 copies. Spine a little faded. Otherwise, an excellent copy. . Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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Portfolio 2 Projects, backward glances and jeux d'esprit
by Carter, Will & Sebastian (put together by).:
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- Used
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Carlisle, United Kingdom
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$63.35
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Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, 1974. Title page + 4pp intro + 21 examples (most on single sheet) + 1p colophon, celebrating the work of the Rampant Lions Press. Limited to 'an edition of about five hundred copies'. All contained in card folder. Folder little torn (at fold) and little faded/scuffed. Contents very good. 28x22cms.
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Portfolio 2: projects, backward glances and jeux d'esprit put together by Will & Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, 1974
by Carter, Will. Carter, Sebastian
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- Paperback
- first
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- Used
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- First Edition
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- Paperback
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Galway, Ireland
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$54.00
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Cambridge: The Rampant Lions Press, 1974. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; unnumbered pages. Subjects; Portfolio. Rampant Lion Press. Will. Carter. Sebastian Carter.
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More Photos
The Rampant Lions Press Miscellany.
by RAMPANT LIONS PRESS. CARTER, Will and Sebastian
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- Hardcover
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- Used
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- Hardcover
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LONDON, Greater London, United Kingdom
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$114.03
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Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1988. A wonderful collection of miscellany from the press, illustrated with wood engravings by Miriam Macgregor and Reynolds Stone, Linocuts by Hellmuth Weissenborn and Claire Melinsky and an etching by Alan Wilbur, together with numerous other typographic and page specimens, printed in colour on different coloured papers. One of 185 copies, this no. 57. 8vo., a very good copy in the original quarter grey cloth over blue patterned paper covered boards, printed title label to spine.||| One of 185 copies
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$114.03