Private Presses (Bibliographies) from Wykeham Books

Yale University Press, New Haven, first edition, 1942. Cloth, large 8vo,. xxxiv, 300 pp, frontispiece plate. 135 entries. From the blurb - "This records and describes all the books and fugitive pieces printed at Walpole's Press, and identifies numerous variants. An integral part of the bibliography is the record of the many unacknowledged reprints by Walpole's printer, Thomas Kirgate,… Read more about this item

Kirgate Press, Canton, first edition, 1901. Limited edition of 300 copies, printed on hand-made apaper. Parchment-backed boards, paper spine-label, marbled endpapers, small 8vo, 20 cm,. 86 pp, 2 plates, 8 facs. From the text: "In his 'Short Notes on My Life' Walpole records June 25, 1757 as the date of the establishment of the Strawberry Hill press.… Read more about this item

Dawsons of Pall Mall, Folkestone, revised edition, 1973. Cloth, 4to,. xxxiv, 300 pp. 135 entries. From the blurb: "This records and describes all the books and fugitive pieces printed at Walpole's Press, and identifies numerous variants. An integral part of the bibliography is the record of many acknowledged reprints by Walpole's printer, Thomas Kirkgate, ranging from Gray's Odes to… Read more about this item

Whittington Press, Andoversford, first edition, 1984. One of 20 specially-bound copies in full morocco, from an edition limited to 220. Original blue morocco, gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, 29 cm,. 51 pp. tipped-in specimens, 2 facsimile broadsides in pocket at end. From the introduction: "The Marlborough College Press was founded in 1934 and this account marks its… Read more about this item

Whittington Press, Andoversford, first edition, 1984. Limited edition, this being one of 200 ordinary copies from the total edition of 220. Quarter-cloth and patterned-paper boards, 4to, 29 cm. 51 pp. tipped-in specimens, 2 facsimile broadsides in pocket at end. From the introduction: "The Marlborough College Press was founded in 1934 and this account marks its jubilee. It has… Read more about this item

Whittington Press, Andoversford, first edition, 1982. One of 200 copies (the ordinary issue) from a total limited edition of 320. Quarter buckram and Whittington marbled paper boards, quarto, 39 cm,. 83 pp, ills, plates, folded type-specimen. John Randle (in Butcher's second bibliography) comments: "The seeds of the idea of a short checklist of our books were first sown… Read more about this item

Whittington Press, Risbury, first edition, "D" issue, 1996. Limited edition of 244 copies quarter-bound in buckram and pochoir sides, from a total edition of 380 copies. Quarter-bound in buckram and pochoir sides, folio, 34 cm, slipcased,. 179 pp, ills, a few tipped-in specimens. From the introduction: "This bibliography lists and describes all the books produced by the Whittington… Read more about this item

Malvern Hills College Press, n.p., first edition, 1979. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies. Printed wrappers, 8vo, 30 cm,. [4] pp. From the introduction - "This is a complete bibliography of all projects printed at the Malvern Hills College Press between 1974-9. Each project was completed during a weekend by amateur printers from all walks of life, under… Read more about this item

Grolier Club, New York, first edition, 1997. One of 500 ordinary copies from a limited edition of 550. Printed wrappers , gilt cover device, 8vo,. xxxv, 182 pages. 555 entries. A complete and detailed bibliography of 555 items printed at the Middle Hill Press (1819-1872). With a Preface by G. Thomas Tanselle. From the foreword: "..Harrison D. Horblit ..… Read more about this item

British Library, London, first edition, 1978. Printed patterned wrappers, 4to, 25 cm,. 96 pp, ills (some colour). 98 entries. Catalogue of an exhibition held in the King's Library, British Library Reference Division, 9 August-22 October 1978. "The Officina Bodoni, the distinguished private press founded and operated by Giovanni Mardersteig (1892-1977), has over the last half century produced books of… Read more about this item

Oak Knoll Press, New Castle / British Library, London, first edition, 2004. Cloth, 4to,. xxiv, 266 pp, 8 pp of colour plates, numerous ills. From the blurb: "As a typographer, publisher, and wood engraver Charles Ricketts (1866-1931) was a versatile and innovative practitioner who exerted a powerful influence on the development of modern book design. The Vale Press… Read more about this item

Whittington Press, Risbury, first edition, de luxe 'A' issue, 1996. One of 28 copies (the "A" de luxe issue) from an edition of 380. Inlaid Oasis leathers with a separate portfolio of ephemera, 34 cm, solander case,. 179, [86] pp, ills (some colour),specimen pages. The most desirable of the various forms in which this fine bibliography was issued,… Read more about this item

Tragara Press, Edinburgh, second impression, 1979. Second impression limited to 60 unnumbered copies. Cloth-backed boards, black cover-title and decoration, 8vo, 24 cm. 21, [2] pp. A bibliography by the founder of the Tragara Press of its publications from 1954. More than a third of the items recorded relate to the 1890s. Booklabel of the bibliophile A R… Read more about this item

Yale University Press, New Haven, first edition, 1942. Cloth, large 8vo,. xxxiv, 300 pp, frontispiece plate. 135 entries. From the blurb - "This records and describes all the books and fugitive pieces printed at Walpole's Press, and identifies numerous variants. An integral part of the bibliography is the record of the many unacknowledged reprints by Walpole's printer, Thomas Kirgate,… Read more about this item

Bertram Rota Ltd, London, bookseller's catalogue, 1974. Printed wrappers, 8vo, 25 cm,. 154 pp, ills. 1320 items. From the introduction - "The books in this catalogue, mostly drawn from one distinguished private collection, either represent or chronicle developments in the production of fine books in the Western world from 1890 to the present day. They present opportunities for study… Read more about this item

The Black Cat Press, Chicago, first edition, 1937. Limited edition of 250 copies. Cloth, gilt cover device, 8vo. xvi, 57, [1] pp. Corners a trifle bumped with minor wear, otherwise Good.

Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University (distributed by Yale University Press), New Haven, first edition, 2011. Cloth, 4to, 27 cm,. 142 pp, ills, (some colour). From the introduction: "I have ..attempted to provide an account of the Press and its achievement, and to put this in the context of the unexpected number of surviving pictures of the Printing House,… Read more about this item

Woolmer/ Brotherson, Revere, first edition, 1986. One of 26 copies for members of the Old Book Table", signed by the author. Cloth, small 8vo, 21 cm,. xix, 70 pp, ills. One of the special copies with limitation leaf, which were presumably all presented by the author. From the blurb - "The Samurai Press was founded in 1906… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Private Libraries Association, Pinner, first edition, 1964. Limited edition of 1100 copies. Illustrated printed wrappers, 8vo, 22 cm,. 59 pp, ills, index, ads. The annual journal published by the Private Libraries Association, which forms a continuing checklist and bibliography of fine press books and privately printed books published in the UK, USA and Australia.This volume for 1963 gives… Read more about this item