Fine Papers At the Oxford University Press

Whittington Press, 1999. 2 volumes, housed in solander box, 44cm x 32cm. Original pale turquoise half-morocco. 85pp, unpaginated leaves of specimens. Number LX of 65 special copies, from total edition limited to 300. With it an additional portfolio of papers. Tipped-in samples, illustrations, 25 additional whole sheets of paper loose in original cloth-backed board folder, together in cloth drop-back box,… Read more about this item

Fine in a near fine solander box--several slightly worn corners and a slight mark on one side. Copy number xliii of 65 special copies. Please note: this book is very large and heavy. Extra charges will apply for the cost of shipping materials and postage above what is normal for a book. Thank you for your understanding!

Whittington: Whittington Press, 1998. One of an edition limited to 300 copies. Half buckram with decorated paper-covered boards, slipcase. About forty samples (many of them half or quarter sheets) of hand-made papers used at the OUP from 1900 to 1970 are tipped in. These samples are from the hoard of papers discovered when the OUP moved its paper warehouse… Read more about this item

Risbury, Herefordshire: Whittington Press, 1999. Large quarto. 85pp., + 38 paper specimens tipped in. One of 300 copies. In 1986, the Oxford University Press moved its paper warehouse, selling to Whittington Press many of its remaining paper specimens from books printed at OUP from the turn of the twentieth century onward. Includes samples from Strathmore, Batchelor & Sons, Brittains,… Read more about this item

Whittington Press, 1999. Hardback, buckram spine with decorated paper-covered boards, with slipcase. 38.5 x 27.5cm. [8], 85pp, [3]. Illustrations and 40 large mounted paper samples. Number 10 of 300 copies. A fine copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine.

Risbury, Herefordshire, U.K.: The Whittington Press, 1999. Book. As New. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Green 1/2 cloth, light green paper covered boards, slipcased. As issued. No. 144 of an edition limited to 300 copies, set in 14-point Centaur, printed at Whittington on Zerkall mould-made paper and half-bound with Fabriano Roma paper.… Read more about this item