A small press collection (3)

 1  ADANA [Printers’ suppliers] Catalogue [and Price List] of type, blocks, accessories, inks and publications. No. 316 [316B]. Twickenham, [1976-77].        2 vols. 8vo. Pp. 44; 28. Wrappers, wire-stitched. B3. £10

2  ALEMBIC PRESS. Oxford Guild of Printers Print-in [four broadsheet collections]. OGP members at the Alewmbic Press, Marcham, 1999-2003. 4to (A4) sheets printed one side only.

New year printers’ gatherings at Claire and David Bolton’s press. The work themed as follows: ‘Printers’ devices’, 6 leaves, including some gold printing, 1999; ‘Oxford’, 7 leaves, 2001; ‘Take a letter’, 9 leaves, 2002; and ‘Trees & wood’, 10 leaves, 2003. Some use of colour, woodletter, wood engravings, etc. S13. £25

3  DODMAN PRESS. Five small pieces comprising Travelling through. Extracts from the burial records of Barley in Hertfordshire, 1978, 65 copies; John Gohorry & Roger Burford Mason, Norfolk poems, 1978; and three ephemera including two Christmas cards. Hitchin, 1976-78. Small 8vo pamphlets, etc. Wrappers, wire-stitched. B3. £8

 

4  MANDEVILLE PRESS. FULLER (John), Lawrence SAIL, Andrew WATERMAN, et al., A Mandeville Fifteen. Hitchin, Autumn 1976. 8vo. Pp. [24]. Wrappers, wire-stitched. With 7 Mandeville Press fliers, 1975-77, and Peter Scupham, Building a cathedral, pp. [3], poem, signed by the author, laid in. B6. £8

 

5  ORDER OF SERVICE. Carols for printers at 6.00 p.m. Tuesday, 14^th December 1976 at St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street in the City of London. Tall 8vo. Pp. [8]. Printed wrapper, wire-stitched. Sponsored by the BPIF, the NGA, NUJ, etc. Printed by Harrisons. B5. £5

6  PARDOE (F.E.) Four pieces from his press, comprising Edward Lowbury, The Ring [poem], 1979, 135 copies; R. G. Broadhurst, Twelve Engravings on Wood, 1978, 100 copies; fephorisms & flowers, 1977, 60 copies; and a Christmas card, 1977. Birmingham, 1977-79. 8vo and down. Printed wrappers. B4. £15 

7  PRIVATE PRESS Christmas and new year cards, 13 pieces, two hand-coloured, including Whittington Press, Jonathan and Phyllida Gili, Peter Guy. Late 1970s. Various formats. S13. £10

 8  WOOKEY HOLE MILL. SWEETMAN (John) Making paper by hand. Wells: St Andrew’s Press, 1977. 8vo. Pp. [12]. Printed on Wookey Hole Cream Wove Medium 34lbs h.m.p. Wrappers, wire-stitched. B3. £8

9  WYNKYN DE WORDE SOCIETY. A collection of pamphlets, menus and other ephemera, mostly 1975-78, including five substantial texts of talks, etc., by Max Reinhardt (on Nonesuch Press), Ward Ritchie, Nigel Tangye, et al., and including some nice work from the John Roberts Press. 13 pieces. B1. £15