Gwasg Gregynog. A descriptive catalogue of printing at Gregynog 1970 - 1990. Limited edition
by Esslemont, David and Hughes, Glyn Tegai
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Newton, Powys: Gwasg Gregynog, 1990. Limited edition of 900 copies, of which 755 in stiff card covers. This being copy number 157. [i - vi], vii - xii, [1], 2 - 74pp. This is a complete list of books and booklets, smaller published works, commissions and ephemera printed at Gregynog since 1970. With a foreword by Lord Kenyon, Chairman of the Press and an Introduction by Glyn Tegai Hughes, who was, until 1989, a Director of the Press and Warden of Gregynog. Each entry provides a full description with details of edition, typeface, presses used, paper and binding, and the price and date of publication. The checklist of over 100 items of ephemera ranges from bookplates to keepsakes, prospectuses, certificates, invitations, menus and other items. The Catalogue contains examples of wood engravings by Sarah van Niekirk, Peter Reddick, George Tute, Colin Paynton and Christopher Wormell. There are title panels, lino-cuts and decorations by artists and designers such As Kyffin Williams, Jonah Jones and Michael Harvey, together with re-settings of printers' flowers. The appendices contain a general index and indexes of paper, presses and typefaces. Book in near fine condition. Outer card covers a little rubbed at foot of spine and some slight, uneven, colour loss. Internally very clean and unmarked.
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- Ariadne Books (GB)
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- Title
- Gwasg Gregynog. A descriptive catalogue of printing at Gregynog 1970 - 1990. Limited edition
- Author
- Esslemont, David and Hughes, Glyn Tegai
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0948714417
- ISBN 13
- 9780948714412
- Publisher
- Gwasg Gregynog
- Place of Publication
- Newton, Powys
- Date Published
- 1990
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