An Almanac of Twelve Sports & London Types.

(Whittington Press.) NICHOLSON (William)

An Almanac of Twelve Sports & London Types.

[with] CRAIG (Edward) William Nicholson's An Almanac of Twelve Sports and London Types. An Introduction to the Reprint from the Original Woodblocks.

Description: 14/150 COPIES (from an edition of 225 copies) signed by Edward Craig, 34 large wood-engraved leaves printed from the original woodblocks on Hayle Mill handmade paper, interleaved with loosely inserted tissue guards, the three titled orange stiff paper leaves also present, booklet with title-page and illustrations printed in red, ff. [34]; pp. [15], folio, original printed sewn wrappers to booklet, all inserted in the original dark brown cloth box with cream cloth interior, printed label to back and a copy of the wood-engraving 'the barmaid' pasted to the lid, fine

Publication Details: Andoversford, Whittington Press, 1980

Notes: A reprint using Nicholson's then recently rediscovered woodblocks for the original 1898 edition. The engravings include unused versions of the blocks from both books not previously published. Issued by the press as a companion to their 1978 edition of 'An Alphabet'.

Bibliography: (Butcher 52)

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Price: £575

Subject: Private Press

Published Date: 1980

Stock Number: 55679

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