The Ashendene Press
Dallas: Bridwell Library at Southern Methodist University, 1986.
Limited Edition. Hardcover.
Limited Edition of 750 copies. Designed and printed by W. Thomas Taylor, Elaine Smyth and Bradley Hutchinson in Austin, Texas. The type is Monotype Bembo composed at Mackenzie-Harris in San Francisco. The paper is Mohawk Superfine. The offset illustrations were printed by the Wetmore Company in Houston; the edition was bound by the Jensen Bindery in Austin. The lettering for the title-page and headings is by G. G. Laurens.
A history of the Ashendene Press founded by St. John Hornby in 1895 through its closure in Chelsea in 1935 after release of its final publication, A Descriptive Bibliography of the Books Printed at the Ashendene Press, 1894-1935. A total of 41 books were included. Hornsby, together with his contemporaries at the Kelmscott Press and the Doves Press, inspired a revival of printing and bookmaking as a fine art.
Item #9019668 x 11-5/8", quarter beige cloth with paper title label, light blue decorated paper over boards, xvi, 542pp, Lists, Rapid Reference Guide, Sources at Bridwell, Index, fully illustrated.
Clean, square, crisp, tight, and bright, a very fine copy.
Price: $125.00