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The Ashendene Press /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Franklin, Colin (Author)
Corporate Author: Wetmore Company (Printer)
Other Authors: Taylor, W. Thomas (Printer), Smyth, Elaine B. (Printer), Hutchison, Bradley (Printer), Laurens, G. G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Dallas : Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University, 1986.
Subjects:
Ashendene Press > History.
Hornby, Charles Harry St. John, > 1867-1946.
Hornby, Charles Harry St. John, > 1867-1946
Ashendene Press.
Private presses > England > History > 20th century.
Book design > England > History > 20th century.
Printing > England > History > 20th century.
Printers > Great Britain > Correspondence.
Chelsea (London, England) > Imprints.
Book design.
Printers.
Printing.
Private presses.
England.
England > London > Chelsea.
Great Britain.
1900-1999
Ashendene Press > History
Book design > England > History > 20th century
Geschichte
Hornby, Charles Harry St. John > 1867-1946
Printers > Great Britain > Correspondence
Private presses > England > History > 20th century
Bibliography.
History.
Personal correspondence.
Description
Item Description:"Seven hundred fifty copies of this book have been designed and printed by W. Thomas Taylor, Elaine Smyth and Bradley Hutchinson in Austin, Texas. The type is Monotype Bembo composed at Mackenzie-Harris in San Francisco. The paper is Mohawk Superfine. The offset illustrations were printed by the Wetmore Company in Houston; the edition was bound by the Jensen Bindery in Austin. The lettering for the title-page and headings is by G.G. Laurens."--Colophon.
Includes index.
The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy is inscribed by the author to Al Lowman; contains 2 publisher announcements (different printings); newspaper clipping from Austin American-Statesman, March 13, 1986.
Physical Description:xiv, 256 pages, 24 pages of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographies of the minor pieces printed by the press, as well as other bibliographical references.
Related Items:The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy forms part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive.