Author: Cave, Roderick
Title: The Private Press
Description: New York, R. R. Bowker, 1983. Hardcover. An orange hardcover book with the title printed in gilt lettering down the spine. There is a beige dust jacket with the title printed in red down the spine. There is a mylar cover, as well. The free and pasted end pages are a heavy beige paper. Pages: (13), xiv-xvi, (3), 4-389. Contains 181 black-and-white illustrations. Contents are as follows: The origins of the private press -- The quasi-official or patron's press -- The scholarly press -- The press as an educational toy -- The aristocratic plaything -- Private printing and the bibliomania -- The author as publisher -- Clandestine presses I : moral -- Clandestine presses II : Immoral -- Printing for pleasure : the growth of a middle-class hobby -- Printing as one of the fine arts : William Morris and the Kelmscott Press -- After Kelmscott : the fine press in Britain -- Morris in America -- Fine printing on the Continent -- Between the wars in Britain I : the great presses -- Between the wars in Britain II : backwaters and tributaries -- Between the wars in the U.S.A. -- World War II and the aftermath in Britain -- The contemporary scene in Britain -- The United States today -- Canadian private presses -- Fine printing Down Under -- School and teaching presses -- Early presses and their types -- Morris and after -- After 1918 -- The contemporary scene. VG: Exlibrary book with a sticker on the dust jacket at the base of the spine. There is a stamp on the front free end page. The back pasted end page has a stamp, a sticker, and a due date card pasted in. Otherwise, the book has clean, bright pages and solid binding.

Keywords: Books and Manuscripts and Printing ; Printers ; ;


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