Main entry:

Cave, Roderick, author.

Title & Author:

The private press / Roderick Cave.

Edition:

Second edition, revised and enlarged.

Publication:

New York : R.R. Bowker Company, 1983.
©1983

Description:

xvi, 389 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-362) and index.
The origins of the private press -- The quasi-official or patron's press -- The scholarly press -- The press as an educational toy -- The aristocratic plaything -- Private printing and the bibliomania -- The author as publisher -- Clandestine presses I : moral -- Clandestine presses II : Immoral -- Printing for pleasure : the growth of a middle-class hobby -- Printing as one of the fine arts : William Morris and the Kelmscott Press -- After Kelmscott : the fine press in Britain -- Morris in America -- Fine printing on the Continent -- Between the wars in Britain I : the great presses -- Between the wars in Britain II : backwaters and tributaries -- Between the wars in the U.S.A. -- World War II and the aftermath in Britain -- The contemporary scene in Britain -- The United States today -- Canadian private presses -- Fine printing Down Under -- School and teaching presses -- Early presses and their types -- Morris and after -- After 1918 -- The contemporary scene.

ISBN:

0835216950
9780835216951

Subject:

Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
Private presses History.
Privately printed books.
Imprimeries particulières Histoire.
Imprimés hors commerce.
Private presses
Geschichte
Pressendruck
Privatpresse
Presses privées.
Großbritannien
USA

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 108820
Call No.: PO11479 Z231.5.P7 REF; ID:85-B17589
Status: Available