[The Old School Press] Tonge, George. Illustrated by John Watts.
Title |
Tonge's Travels. |
Date |
Hinton Charterhouse: 2001 |
Publisher |
The Old School Press, |
Description
Copy number '15' of An edition limited to 290 copies, Signed by John Watts on the Colophon. The text was machine-cast in 12 / 14 point Monotype Centaur, with the titles in Carol Twombly's Lithograph printed using line-blocks. Printed on Mohawk Superfine paper on a thirty-inch Western proof press.Bound in brown cloth by Rachel and Richard James at Bristol Bound. The dust-jackets were letterpress printed on Canson Mi Teintes, the same paper being used for the endpapers. Oblong, 240 x 300 mm, pp. [1-6] 7-119 [120-124]. Illustrated with twenty watercolours by John Watts, printed by BAS Printers; six line drawings by John Watts and Patricia Gidney's calligraphy were printed from magnesium blocks made from their original work.
Condition
A book in Fine condition in a Fine dust-jacket now in a clear, archival quality, protective sleeve.