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Title: The One Hundred and Forty Second Dinner of the Double Crown Club: Kettners Restaurant December XI MCMLVII
Description: Leicester , [Printed at] Caravel Press from Founder's Bell, 1957. Brochure/Pamphlet. An elegantly printed menu for the 142nd dinner organised for the printing society, the Double Crown Club. A very scarce menu, traditionally printed for the 142nd dinner organised by the Double Crown Club.Designed by Douglas Grant, with wood engravings by Cecil Keeling and paper made by John Mason. The front cover is decorated beautifully with dual-toned leaf impressions. The rear is gilt-stamped with two crowns.The dining club, comprising printers, publishers, book designers and illustrators in London, was meant to foster the exchange of ideas on "good printing" and was to meet no fewer than four times a year, and no more than six times.This menu states the President of the society, Desmond Flower, as well as seemingly a topic proposed by this menu's own paper-maker John Mason, 'Twelve by Eight: some experiments in papermaking&apos. In the original string-bound wraps. Externally, excellent, with rough edges as issued. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine . Ill.: Cecil Keeling. Fine .

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