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Early Private Presses
Kevin Cordes • November 20, 2019
Early Private Presses 1730-1900, by David Chambers
This is the first comprehensive study of the private presses in the British Isles that were active in the 18th and 19th centuries. In two volumes: Vol. 1 The Presses, c 300 pp, 75 illus. Vol 2: Bibliography, c. 300 pp. Cloth boards, imperial octavo.
Both volumes will be issued as the free member book for the two years 2017 & 2018 combined. (To be included in the distribution of free copies of this standard edition, the PLA membership subscription must be paid for both years.) It is priced at £80 for both volumes, trade discount 25%. Special editions also available, 30 copies, both volumes bound in full morocco, in slip cases, with selected original leaves taken from 14 volumes of the presses concerned, price about £750. A further 70 copies will be issued with both volumes bound in quarter morocco, in slip cases, with original leaves from the same volumes, price about £375. 25% discount to PLA members or the trade. Postage extra. Join today and receive for free or reserve your copy using our order form. If you would like the prospectus pdf emailed to you, please send us a request using the contact form. The book description is on the publications books page.
The Private Library
Robin de Beaumont In Memoriam
Announcing 'Lives in Book History: Changing Contours Over Forty Years' Edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote
We regret to announce the death of Frances Guthrie, a member of some 50 years standing and a longtime member of council. She had devoted her life to collecting the work of her great-uncle, James Guthrie, and writing an account of his life and publications.
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