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The book of the private press; a check-list: PB 342-2003

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Titles

The book of the private press; a check-list

Maker(s)

Compiler: Rae, Thomas
Printer: Rae, Thomas
Designer: Rae, Thomas
Compiler: Handley-Taylor, Geoffrey
Contributor: Ryder, John
Publisher: Signet Press

Categories

Description

Compiled by Thomas Rae & Geoffrey Handley-Taylor. With a foreword by John Ryder.

Xvi, 48, [1] p. 19 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Greenock

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1958

Note

"... designed and printed by Thomas Rae at the Signet Press ... from Monotype Baskerville types and published in a limited edition of 750 numbered copies. This is number [in ms] 406."--Colophon. Quarter bound in parchment with patterned paper sides.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 342-2003
Primary reference Number: 98192

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 30 September 2019

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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