Search Results: history of the gregynog press

Like New. 1980 large book with photos and illustrations hardly ever used

Middlesex: Private Libraries Associations, 1980. Limited. hardcover. fine. Many full-page and in-text illustrations. 266 pages. Short 4to, brown cloth; minor wrinkling of rear cover cloth. (Middlesex): Private Libraries Associations, 1980. Limited edition -- one of 2500 printed. A fine copy.<br/><br/> A scholarly study of the press, from its earliest printed ephemera in Welsh, to its elaborate specially bound volumes, with a full bibliography of books and ephemera, list of press devices, etc.<br/><br/>

Pinner: Private Libraries Association,, 1980.. First edition.. xv + 266 pp w/index. Near fine in decorated full brown cloth. No dust jacket, as issued.

Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1980. First edition. Hardback. No jacket issued. SELLER'S DESCRIPTION - Tall quarto-size, 284 pages (xvi, 268) plus half-tone plates; black-and-white illustrations in the text; bibliography, index: publisher's brown cloth. gilt-blocked rules and titles on the spine. CONDITION - Very Good, without writin

Private Libraries Association, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 28 x 19 cm. Quarto. 266pp. Brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Limited to 2600 copies.

N.p.: Private Libraries Association. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. N.p.: (Middlesex): Private Libraries Association, 1980. 11 x 7.5 in. xv,266pp, Index, Reference Book list. Brown cloth, unworn, clean, few library stamps inside only. Illustrated. Includes Bibliography of 45 Works plus Handlist of 235 Ephemera. One of 750 for sale [total edition of 2,500].; 11 x 7.5 inches; 266 pages .

Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine. Brown cloth gilt and stamped in blind, small 4to., xv, 266 pages, illustrated. Of 2,500 copies, one of 750 for sale. Two items of relevant ephemera are laid in: "Specimen Pages from Eros and Psyche", 1935, four printed pages on Batchelor handmade paper showing the title page, two wood engravings after Edward Burne-Jones, two specimen pages and a description of the edition(E163 in the Handlist of Ephemera), the two pages neatly separated and one slightly reduced; and "The Gregynog Press and its Books", a four page list of books published through 1935, revised in red ink with listings through 1938.(Handlist E180) Minor wear to tips and a couple of scuffs to the rear cover, else a near fine copy in archival mylar.

Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1980. Hardcover. Fine. Brown cloth gilt and stamped in blind, small 4to., xv, 266 pages, illustrated. Of 2,500 copies, one of 750 for sale. A fine copy in archival mylar.

Middlesex, Private Libraries Association 1980.. xvi+266pp. 4to. Original cloth. Black and white illustrations, decorations and photographic plates. Faint foxing to edges. A very good copy.. First edition.

Private Libraries Association 1980. Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread with no external markings, imperial octavo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Private Libraries Association, 1980. Hardcover. Fine. Private Libraries Association, 1980. 266pp., index, black and white illustrations throughout. Narrow 4to. Small spots upper edge of textblock, else fine bright unread hardcover.

Private Libraries Association. As New with No dust jacket as issued. 1980. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 0900002638 . This specific hardback book is in like new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. There is no dust jacket. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; This book is a limited edition of which only 2,500 were published with only 750 being offered for sale. An additional 100 were published and signed for release. ; 11.0 X 7.6 X 1.1 inches; 266 pages .

Private Libraries Association, 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. hardback, large octavo, brown cloth lettered gilt to spine, no dust jacket. A very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, illustrated, xv + 266pp. Published in an edition of 2500 copies. .

Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1980. xv., 266 pages, b/w illustrations, bibliography. Minor wear, bumping, contents fine unmarked. [786]. First Edition. Brown Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 280mm. X 190mm.. Book.

Private Libraries Association, Pinner, first edition, 1980. Cloth, blindstamped cover device, folio, 28 cm,. xv, 266 pp, plates, ills. An interesting account of one of the great British private presses, together with a 28-page bibliography of the books it produced and a handlist of the ephemera. From the introduction: "The two most outstanding features [ of the Gregynog Press ] are the lack of knowledge or skill on the part of the owners and the fact that all aspects of the books' design and making were carried out under one roof. These alone render the press virtually unique among British private presses of the twentieth century. Books from the Doves, Ashendene, Vale, Golden Cockerel and other presses bear unmistakable marks of ownership, yet no Gregynog book owes its appearance, unless it be a love of illustrated and decorated books in general, to the Davies's who owned the press. Neither of the two sisters had any knowledge of typography or printing. Neither ever set a line of type… Read More

HARROP, Dorothy A. A HISTORY OF THE GREGYNOG PRESS. (Middlesex, England): Private Libraries Association, 1980. 4to. Cloth. xv, 2 pages, (16) plates. First edition. Being a history and bibliograpy of the Welsh press which published several bo in the Welsh language and many books by Welsh authors. Illustrated. Very go.

Private Libraries Association, Pinner, first edition, 1980. Cloth, blindstamped cover device, folio, 28 cm,. xv, 266 pp, plates, ills. An interesting account of one of the great British private presses, together with a 28-page bibliography of the books it produced and a handlist of the ephemera. From the introduction: "The two most outstanding features [ of the Gregynog Press ] are the lack of knowledge or skill on the part of the owners and the fact that all aspects of the books' design and making were carried out under one roof. These alone render the press virtually unique among British private presses of the twentieth century. Books from the Doves, Ashendene, Vale, Golden Cockerel and other presses bear unmistakable marks of ownership, yet no Gregynog book owes its appearance, unless it be a love of illustrated and decorated books in general, to the Davies's who owned the press. Neither of the two sisters had any knowledge of typography or printing. Neither ever set a line of type… Read More

1980. HARROP, Dorothy A. A History of the Gregynog Press. Original blind-decorated cloth. Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1980. 4to. First edition. One of 2500 copies. Fine.

Private Libraries Association. Used - Very Good. 1980. First Edition Cloth, 4to, 266 pp., illus.. (Subject: Books on Books & Cartography.)

Private Libraries Association, Pinner, first edition, 1980. Cloth, blindstamped cover device, folio, 28 cm,. xv, 266 pp, plates, ills. An interesting account of one of the great British private presses, together with a 28-page bibliography of the books it produced and a handlist of the ephemera. From the introduction: "The two most outstanding features [ of the Gregynog Press ] are the lack of knowledge or skill on the part of the owners and the fact that all aspects of the books' design and making were carried out under one roof. These alone render the press virtually unique among British private presses of the twentieth century. Books from the Doves, Ashendene, Vale, Golden Cockerel and other presses bear unmistakable marks of ownership, yet no Gregynog book owes its appearance, unless it be a love of illustrated and decorated books in general, to the Davies's who owned the press. Neither of the two sisters had any knowledge of typography or printing. Neither ever set a line of type… Read More