Allen, Lewis. Printing with the Handpress. Herewith a Definitive Manual...to Encourage Fine Printing through Hand-craftsmanship. Kentfield, California: The Allen Press, 1969
Folio., 75, [1], [2, index] pp., Illustrated in black & white by Victor Seward. The engraved hand device, by Mallette Dean, which is printed in blue at the beginning of each chapter, is printed in red on the front cover. Title-page printed red, blue and black; decoration in red and blue throughout. Printed on handmade paper from the Wookey Hole Mill in England., Brown linen, decoratively stamped in red., One tiny break in the paper over the rear hinge and a couple of tiny ink flecks at fore-edge. Otherwise a fine copy of this classic text on letterpress printing, often considered the masterpiece of the Allen Press. In acetate dust jacket.
One of 140 copies., Allen Bibliography 34.
$US2000
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