Frank Sidgwicks Diary and Other Material Relating to A.H. Bullen Tapa dura - 1975

GB: Basil Blackwell, 1975. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is price clipped. Book and dustwrapper/dustjacket are in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age.. Limited Edition. Hardback. VG+/VG+ DW.

Frank Sidgwick's Diary and other material relating to A. H. Bullen & the Shakespeare Head Press at Stratford-upon-Avon (Basil Blackwell for the Shakespeare Head Press, 1st edition 1975). Edition limited to 1000 copies.Hardback in dustwrapper, pages with top edge gilt. pp xii, 13-90, [4] b/w plates, plus 16pp booklet in rear pocket. Size: 9.25 x 6.25 inches approx. (237mm x 158mm). Light wear to dustwrapper, a little dusty and marked. Boards bumped to corners; spotting/foxing to edges of page-block with some encroachment into margins. Overall, light wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Wiley-Blackwell, 1976-02-02. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. First Edition limited to 1000 copies with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post

Blackwell for the Shakespeare Head Press, 1975. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. hardback, slim octavo, a very well preserved and tightly bound copy in a very good dust jacket, the text is clean and unmarked, Illustrated in b&w, 90pp.

Oxford:: Shakespeare Head Press,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0900659262 . Limited edition of 1,000 copies. Includes 1904 prospectus in rear pocket. Pocket cover separating, else very good in a very good (two short closed edge tears) dust jacket. .

Great Britain: Basil Blackwall, 1975. Hardback. First Edition. Frank Sidgwick's Diary. Previous owners name stamp printed small to title page. Slight shelf wear to top edge of D/J. Some seventy years ago A. H. Bullen, scholar, editor, publisher and enthusiast of Elizabethan literature, resolved in fulfilment of a dream to set up a press in Stratford-upon-Avon to print an edition of Shakespeare's Works in his native twon. To that end Bullen's young publishing partner, Frank Sidwick, was seconded to Stratford to set up, and organize, a press and start printing the edition of Shakespeare. From 25th May 1904 to 23rd March 1905 Sidwick kept a diary revealing his admirable versatility in many and varied activities. His account of the setting up and day-to-day running of a small printing firm is a document of historical importance, in strange contrast with conditions in the printing trade today. This Diary was discovered recently by his daughter, Mrs. Ann Baker, and is published with an… Leer más

Stratford-Upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, 1975. 1st. Hardcover. Hardcover with dust jacket in brodart cover. Limited to 1000 copies. Record # 2231394

Publisher Not Specified, 1976-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. First edition, one of 1000 copies in limited printing. Publisher's info pamphlet in envelope on inside rear cover. Slight edgewear and bumping to bottom. Shadow of sticker on top front of DJ; DJ in protective plastic sleeve. Gilt top page edge in good condition. Binding tight. Pages slightly toned at edges, else clean.

Basil Blackwell for the Shakespeare Head Press, Oxford, first edition, 1975. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. xii, 13-90 pp, plates, 16 pp booklet in pocket. From the blurb: "In 1904 A. H. Bullen, scholar, editor, publisher and enthusiast of Elizabethan literature, resolved in fulfilment of a dream to set up a press in Stratford-upon-Avon to print an edition of Shakespeare's Works in the poet's native town. To that end Bullen's young publishing partner, Frank Sidgwick, was seconded to Stratford to set up, and organize, a press and start printing the edition of Shakespeare. From 25th May 1904 to 23rd March 1905 Sidgwick kept a diary revealing his admirable versatility in many and varied activities. His account of the setting up and day-to-day running of a small printing firm is a document of historical importance and absorbing interest... ". With an introduction by Sidgwick's daughter, and also including H. F. B. Brett-Smith's tribute to Bullen in the… Leer más

Shakespeare Head Press. Used - Very Good. 1976. Cloth, dj., 90 pp., illus. Dj. rubbed.. (Subject: Books on Books & Cartography.)