All Around the Block: The Fleece Press from start to finish ("B" copy together with Album of Ephemera) 2 Volumes by Lawrence, Simon - 2023

Upper Denby: The Fleece Press, 2023. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A fine new copy. All Around the Block is published in a total edition of 300 copies. For over 40 years Simon Lawrence saved spare sheets from books, offcuts of patterned papers, and ephemeral pieces with a careful plan to include them with the Bibliography, and has been included in the versions, you can be certain that the last Fleece Press book is just exceptional. The book itself is the same for all three editions, quarter-bound in cloth and stunning marbled paper sides made by Antonio Vélez Celemin. Each copy includes original tipped-in examples, including book pages, individual engravings, patterned papers and ephemeral items. (A) 210 standard copies of the book. 312 pages, about 45 tip-ins. Quarter bound in cloth and the custom marbled paper made in Madrid by Antonio Vélez Celemin, whose last major commission this has been, coinciding with the final Fleece Press book..

(Upper Denby, Huddersfield, United Kingdom): Fleece Press, 2023. quarter cloth with paper spine label over marbled paper-covered boards, made in Madrid by Antonio Vélez Celemin, whose last major commission this has been, coinciding with the final Fleece Press book. Fleece Press. large 4to. quarter cloth with paper spine label over marbled paper-covered boards, made in Madrid by Antonio Vélez Celemin, whose last major commission this has been, coinciding with the final Fleece Press book. 312 pages, and contains about 45 tip-ins. With a foreword by Sebastian Carter. Limited to 300 copies, of which this is one of 210 standard (A) copies. In fine condition. From the artist's website: "The ideal way to document everything produced by a press is to do it yourself, so I am delighted that the Fleece Press Bibliography is now coming in small batches from the binders. Compiled by John Hodgson and myself, all 106 books and about 250 pieces of ephemera are carefully listed, with additional commentaries for… Read More

Generously loaded with images of Lawrence's work--tipped in samples, reproductions of prints, engravings, sample pages, and photographs, as well as a most thorough text on the history and work of the press. The guard album contains about 40 additional sample pieces, prints, page samples, and other ephemeral items Simon has been accumulating over the life of the Press. Simon intended this book to be the last publication of the Fleece Press, and he has ensured that the Press closes with a flourish!
One of 310 copies, of which it is one of 63 B copies which are accompanied by a guard album of 36 leaves. The guard album is quarter bound in fabric with Freya Scott's marbled paper covered boards.
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