Main entry:

Franklin, Colin, author.

Title & Author:

The private presses / Colin Franklin.

Publication:

Chester Springs, Pennsylvania : Dufour Editions, Inc., 1969.

Description:

240 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 25 cm

Notes:
"Select bibliography of private presses with some recent auction room prices, compiled by David Lincoln": pages 183-237.
Introduction -- The Daniel Press and nineteenth-century Oxford -- The Kelmscott Press and William Morris -- Ashendene and the qualities of a gentleman -- Essex House and guild socialism -- Vale, Eragny and a link with the aesthetic movement -- The Doves Press and high idealism -- Gregynog and Gogmagog -- Golden Cockerel and Shakespeare Head -- Et Cetera -- Collecting -- Select bibliography.

Summary:

"An eccentric Provost of an Oxford college, a wealthy publisher, the son of a French Impressionist, a Guild Socialist and the founder of the Arts and Crafts movement are amongst Colin Franklin's 'Private Pressmen'. This is the first full account of the English Private Press Movement which tells an intriguing story of the search for perfection. The works range from the monumental Kelmscott books of William Morris, through the austerities of Cobden Sanderson and Emery Walker at the Doves Press, to the charm of Reverend Daniel's little books, printed so long ago at Worcester College, Oxford. The author is concerned not only with the history of the presses and their owners, but also with what they actually printed. He once again poses the question were the books meant to be read, or were they merely decorative objects? And he asks why did they so often repeat a works, House of Life, Sonnets from the Portuguese, Hand and Soul? Since these books first appeared, there has been a growing interest in them, which is reflected in the prices they now fetch in the sale rooms. Colin Franklin, himself a publisher, has one of the finest collections of English Private Press books anywhere. He speaks with authority not only of the Private Press movement, but also of the revival of printing which these presses inspired in British, American and Continental publishing. The book is illustrated with many examples of the work of the private presses and there is an invaluable select bibliography of the press books with some notes on recent auction prices." -- Book jacket

Subject:

Private presses Great Britain.
Printing Great Britain History.
Imprimeries particulières Grande-Bretagne.
Printing
Private presses
Great Britain

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 80773
Call No.: PO9976 Z231.5.P7 REF; ID:86-B15434
Status: Available