Item #902035 Emery Walker: Some Light on His Theories of Printing and On His Relations with William Morris and Cobden-Sanderson. Colin Franklin.
Emery Walker: Some Light on His Theories of Printing and On His Relations with William Morris and Cobden-Sanderson
Emery Walker: Some Light on His Theories of Printing and On His Relations with William Morris and Cobden-Sanderson
Emery Walker: Some Light on His Theories of Printing and On His Relations with William Morris and Cobden-Sanderson

Emery Walker: Some Light on His Theories of Printing and On His Relations with William Morris and Cobden-Sanderson

Cambridge: University Printing House, 1973.
Limited Edition. Hardcover.

Limited to 500 copies printed in Great Britain at the University Printing House, Cambridge for presentation to friends of the University Printer. Printer's Preface by Brooke Crutchley. 

A discourse on Arts & Crafts movement printer and founder of the Dove's Press, Emery Walker. Chapters include:

  • Both a Figure and a Person
  • Walker As Teacher
  • Walker And Morris
  • Walker versus Cobden-Sanderson

Illustrations include:

  • Portrait of Emery Walker by William Strang, in the possession of Sydney Cockerell
  • A page from Schiller's Dramatische Dichtungen (Insel Verlag, 1905)
  • Title-page of Bridges' The Spirit of Man

Included in pocket at end of book:

  • Trial proof of the Doves Bible with pencilled annotations by Emery Walker, in the possession of Colin Franklin
  • View of Hammersmith Terrace from the north bank of the Thames (photo by John Dreyfus)
  • Membership card of the Hammersmith Branch of the Socialist League
Item #902035

8-3/8 x 11-7/8", quarter teal morocco, decorated paper over boards, vii, 36pp, 3 illustrations in text, 3 inserts in pocket rear paste-down.

Tiny bit of wear to corners, else very fine.

Price: $200.00

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