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A SEMAPHORE ALPHABET from Angels to Zebras.
Inky Parrot Press, 2002. Designed by Lynn Hatzius a German student at Kingston University for the Clarion/FPBA Alphabet Competition. An edition of 300 copies printed with help from the sale of the Edwin Smith & Olive Cook Library. The front cover is printed with a Christmas greeting and is signed by Denns & Sylvia [Hall ].
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ADULTS ALPHABETS. Examples of English Press Alphabet Books from the last hundred years with an Alphabetical description, copious illustrations and a checklist of Press Alphabet Books.
Hanborough Parrot, 1990. Typeset in Souvenir by Parchments. Printed litho on Zerkall mould made paper by Didcot Press. Bound by The Fine Bindery and Published by Hanborough Parrot in an edition of 85 uncoloured copies and 85 copies Pochoir coloured by Sylvia Stockeld. This is copy is number 75 [uncoloured.] A fine copy with the original prospectus loosely laid in . .
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Aesop’s Fable of THE MILLER, HIS SON AND THEIR ASS. Retold and Illustrated with Linocuts by Nick Wonham.
Oldham: The Incline Press, [2006]. Not paged, but 24 pages. There are eight full page illustrations framed within borders, & on facing pages ten smaller vignettes. The paper is Fabriano Artistico and the type is 24pt Fry's Baskerville. The book is bound in quarter cloth over pictorial paper-covered boards. Folio. 389 x 293 mm. number 4 from an edition of 160 copies signed b the artist. A fine copy.
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AN EIGHTH SECRET ALPHABET. Conceived and drawn by Tony Eranshaw.
Hanborough Parrot Pieces, 1988. Printed litho by Didcot Press in Butten Ausstattungs papier in an edition of 95 copies of which 25 have been hand-coloured by the artist. This copy is number 8 of 25. A fine copy.
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GETTING THERE.
London: Hand & Eye Lettepress, 2003. Typeset in Bmbo and Gill Sans. Printed on Mohawk Superfine paper in an edition of 115 copies of which fifteen include a set of six additional prints. Signed and numbered by John Hunter, this being number 8 of 115. Bound in red silk; the additional six prints in a paper folder; both items housed in a silk-covered slipcase. A fine copy of this alphabet.
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PINKS An Edible Alphabet. Designed by Sylvia Stokeld.
Printed and produced by The Inky Parrot Press Oxford Polytechnic, 1980. The Lettering for the word Pinks was originally designed for Pinks Restaurant, Fairford. Lettering drawn by Sylvia Stockeld and copyright. Negatives Ian Pope. Printed litho by Harry Crook. Booklet designed by Dennis Hall. 50 copies printed on of which this is number 41, signed and numbered by Sylvia Stokeld. A fine copy.
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SIXTEEN SONGS originally for 6d. Transferred from a poster drawn by C. Lovat Fraser.
Oldham: Incline Press, 1996. One hundred and fifty copies have been made and numbered, thirty of which have been hand-coloured by the crew. This is number seventeen. With 16 hand-coloured screen print illustrations. Original pictorial card covers. 193 x 136 mm. Signed by the screen printer, Tony Grimes, and Jane Audas and Graham Moss who were responsible for the letterpress and the binding. Fine/as new.
More details Price: £95.00