The Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1956-1990
Whittington Press, 1992. Vellum Binding. Near Fine binding. Item #9611
Folio. xvi, 225, [3] pp., frontis, plates, specimens, illus. Limited edition, one of 50 copies in quarter vellum with marbled paper over boards; this copy marked "out of series." Signed by Butcher and Dame Joanna Jamieson, Abbess of Stanbrook. Issued with a portfolio of specimen leaves from the press, both housed in a slipcase. A beautiful, fresh, fine or nearly so. The cloth-backed portfolio is foxed at the spine, otherwise it too is in fine condition, or nearly.
A comprehensive study and bibliography of this abbey press that produced some exceptionally fine printing. The annotations to the bibliography are extensive and illuminating. A rare piece of scholarship, here stunningly produced in this more limited edition. The full edition of the bibliography was limited to 350 copies.
Price: $1,250.00