[Incline Press] Myers, Colin.
Title |
The Book Decorations of Thomas Lowinsky. With a Memoir by Katherine Thirkell and an Annotated Checklist by Oliver Clark. |
Date |
Oldham: 2001 |
Publisher |
Incline Press, |
Description
Copy number '75' of an edition limited to 250 copies, printed on acid-free Magnani paper using Monotype Fournier type cast by Peter Sanderson at Whittington and set at Incline. Original brown cloth over Lowinsky patterned paper published by Shepherd's Bindery, gilt lettering and decoration to the spine. Housed in a cloth covered board slipcase. Folio, 335 x 230 mm, pp. [2, blank] [half-title] [frontispiece] [1-3] 4-120 [2, blank] [colophon] [blank], with 86 illustrations and a loosely inserted facsimile of a letter to Mr Wade, dated 18/ix/33, originally found in a copy of Modern Nymphs. Various hand and mould made papers have been used for the plates. Also loosely inserted are two prospectuses and two letters (one signed in ink by Graham Moss and Kathy Whalen) dated '14 September 2001' and '17 ix 01' respectively.
Condition
A book and slipcase in Fine condition, together with the described loose inserts all in Fine condition.