Daylight jobbery : ephemera to 1985
Box cover label title.
Contains 26 unbound leaves with mounted specimens of ephemera printed by the Libanus Press, all collected in a drop-spine box.
"These samples of ephemeral printing, with the exception of the trial settings, type specimens and all letterheads, are taken from commercial runs done to deadlines."
Includes index.
Errata slip inserted.
"The solander label is in Bodoni Ultra italic & Bodoni Condensed; the index is set in Monotype twelve point Joanna. The solander box was made by Smith Settle of Otley"--Index to ephemera.
Limited edition of 75 copies.
Individual print types and papers listed in index.
Contents:1. Mary Calthorpe & Hong Chai Wong : [wedding invitation] -- 2. William Morris, born March 24, 1854 [sic] : [typographic keepsake] -- 3. Katharine House Gallery : [two private viewing invitations] ; Richard Shirley Smith : [private viewing invitation] -- 4. Katharine House Gallery : Julian Stair, Michael Whittlesea ; Katharine House Gallery : summer exhibition 1982 ; The Granary : exhibition of contemporary decorated ceramics -- 5. Katharine House Gallery : Bernard Myers, David Howard Jones, Peter Lane ; Katharine House Gallery : Henry Pim, John Wragg -- 6. The wife of bath her tale : [trial setting] -- 7. Bespoke furniture & sculpture : Jonathan Hawkes ; Marlborough Festival, June, 1986 -- 8. Buzz buzz, John Heath-Stubbs [book prospectus] ; Katharine House Gallery invites you to an evening of music ; Barbara Wijngaard and Paul Watson : [moving card] -- 9. Beaujolais nouveau, 1984 ; Summer? barbeque : [invitation] -- 10. Ouds 1884-1984 : [card] ; Heather Wood : [business card] ; Fantoni Fantoni Franklin Bessenberg Banauer aspects -- 11. Trial settings for a reprinting of Gill's An essay on typography -- 12. Recalling the goddess in spring : A.H. 1345 / Alistair Elliot -- 13. [Letterhead for] F.B. Roberts ; Collins Harvill ; Richard Shirley Smith ; Storytape Productions -- 14. Katharine House Gallery : [three private viewing invitations] -- 15. Katharine House Gallery : [three private viewing invitations] -- 16. Katharine House Gallery presents The great functional pottery show of 1983 ; N.W. Lott & H.J. Gerrish's Gallery : a miscellany of cheap prints for Christmas -- 17. Katharine House Gallery : [private viewing invitation] ; Libanus Press : [late payment notification] ; Katie's birthday party : [invitation] -- 18. Trial setting for 'Theodore and Honoria' -- 19. Britannic majesty ; Peter Forster, ridiculum vitae 1983 -- 20. [Letterhead for] : The Finzi Trust ; The Theatre of the Unexpected ; The Old Manor ; Judge Sykes & Harrison -- 21. Katharine House Gallery : [three private viewing invitations] -- 22. Luncheon & garden party in celebration of the recent acquisition of Springhurst House : [invitation] -- 23. Katharine House Gallery : [three private viewing invitations] -- 24. The Sapient Pig : menu, wine list -- 25. Katharine House Gallery : [two performance invitations] -- 26. Paul Watson : [business card] ; An alphabet, E.N. Ellis : [book prospectus] ; Katharine House Gallery : [booking confirmation].
Method of acquisition: Given (2016) by Stevenson, Robin Stevenson, Wendy
Production date: AD 1986
"The book was designed and the letterpress was printed by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge; it was set by The Stellar Press [Hatfield] ... the plates were selected and printed by Christopher Skelton at his Press at Wellingborough." --t.p. verso.
Privately printed - This number 70 of 230 copies.
Support composed of paper
Accession number: PB 33-2016
Primary reference Number: 208449
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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