Author: Reckitt, Rachel (and) Colleen Gryspeerdt (and) John Randle (and) Rosalind Randle Title: Matrix 18: A Review for Printers & Bibliophiles, Number 18
Description: Lower Marston, Herefordshire, Whittington Press, 1998. Softcover. Orange casebound book with an orange dust jacket. The title is printed in black lettering down the spine. The free and pasted end pages are a deep red. The paper in the book is beautiful; heavy and slightly textured. Pages: (8), 1-236, (1). Profusely illustrated with both color and black-and-white images. Contains several tipped-in plates. One of 825 copies of this edition. Contents are as follows: Typographer and comp / Michael Clapham -- Jan Tschichold, an afterword / Ruari McLean -- Ben Nicholson and printing / Alan Powers -- LA type / Wm Erik Voss -- The fanfare press / David McKitterick -- Photography and the visual arts / Olive Cook -- Bruce Rogers and The rime of the ancient mariner / Michael Johnson -- Rachel Reckitt: letters from the blitz / Hal Bishop -- Characters in search of an author / Brian Webb -- Memories of Joseph Thorp / Jonah Jones -- Gravure at Thames and Hudson / Ian Mackenzie-Kerr -- Zodiaque and heliogravure / Sheila Hönigsberg -- Forging links at the Latin Press: some letters between Guido Morris and Will Ransom / Roderick Cave -- My first years as a printer / Guido Morris -- Researching the revival of the Fell types / Martyn Ould and Martyn Thomas -- An English printer in Paris / Michael Caine -- The significance of sixteen-point body / Theo Rehak -- A curious view of book design at the University Printing House in Cambridge, 1939-56 / John Dreyfus -- The papermaking girls of the Maqattam garbage settlement / Maureen Richardson -- From Pink order to Blue label / Michael Black -- Dinner with the Wangs: ceremonial papers of the Chinese, part 3 / Roderick Cave -- Type for books, and books for type / Sebastian Carter -- A sentimental typographic journey / Paul Hayden Duensing -- The ultimate type specimen book / Roy Millington -- Enid Marx, R.D.I. / Alan Powers -- Edward Craig / John Randle -- Rewriting history? Observations on the centenary issue of The monotype recorder / Dan Carr -- Private press book 1997: a review / David Chambers -- Book reviews. VG: Exlibrary book. Sticker at the base of the spine on the dust jacket. Stamp on the front free end page. Sticker on the front pasted end page. Stamp on the back free end page. Sticker and due date card on the back pasted end page.
Keywords: Serials ; Matrix 18 ; ;
Price: US$ 250.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 202753
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