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Letterpress books with a contemporary twist
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Books in hand:
On Books
The
creative work of renowned book artist Susan Allix, with a catalogue raisonné
Just published:
Washi Memories
Papers
and photographs from a vanishing time in Japanese papermaking
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Art, architecture, poetry
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Palladio's Homes The villas of Andrea Palladio and what others have said about them |
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Into the lagoon The Venetian lagoon in 1914 with images by Leslie Gerry |
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The
Lost Colours of the Cyclades White everywhere? Not always! |
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tokonoma Twenty haiku & tanka by James Kirkup, wood-cuts by Naoko Matsubara |
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Stockholm Reflections The vibrant Stockholm waterfront as seen by artist Leslie Gerry |
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Alchemy of the Planets Images and poems inspired by space missions |
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An
Italian Dream
Dickens dreams of Venice |
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Figures
in a Setting A collection of six poems by James Kirkup, line drawings by John Watts |
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Chesil
Beach A poem by David Burnett, wood-engraving by Christopher Wormell |
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Lowlands
Away An oratorio by Adrian Henri, pastel images by Adrian Henri |
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Jump
of the Manta Ray Poetry by Carmen Boullosa, photographs by Philip Hughes |
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A
Long Story Work by Poet Laureate emeritus Andrew Motion, wood-engravings by Simon Brett |
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Tonge's
Travels The Med by cargo steamer in 1857 |
Printing and papermaking history
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Printing at the University Press, Oxford, 1660-1780, volume I: Premises, people,
paper The first volume of a major study |
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Printing at the University Press, Oxford, 1660-1780, volume II: Type The second volume of a major study |
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Printing at the University Press, Oxford, 1660-1780, volume III: Process The third volume of a major study |
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Washi memories Papers and photographs from a vanishing time in Japanese papermaking |
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The
Daniel Press in Frome An account of the early days of the Daniel Press |
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Zapf and Stauffacher A typographic collaboration |
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Making paper at Abbey Mills An account of the process used at Abbey Mills in Wales in the 1920s |
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Paper making by hand in 1953 An account of the process used at Hayle Mill by Barcham Green |
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On books The creative work of Susan Allix, with a catalogue raisonné |
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