An occasional newsletter about forthcoming books and events
 

April 2020

In this newsletter . . .

now in print: At nightfall on the shortest day

now in print: Michael Burghers, Oxford engraver

whatever happened to: The Oxford Fine Press Book Fair?
 

A text by Peter Davidson with a wood-engraving by Paul Kershaw

This new title is now in print. We had hoped to have it on show at the Oxford Fine Press Book Fair. Alas that was not to be. So here are some images to whet your appetite.

We have been sending out copies to Subscribers and satisfying orders. Some copies are still available of this very limited edition at £55 each plus p&p.

A monograph by Jim Nottingham and Martyn Ould about one of the finest engravers on copper

Another book that we had hoped to have on show at the Oxford Fine Press Book Fair!

An even smaller edition given that it was felt that Burghers's original seventeenth- and eighteenth-century copper plates should not be over-used. But copies are still available.

Now postponed to November 2020!

After all the hard work put in by organisers and would-be exhibitors the Fair was, not surprisingly, called off. However, the organisers - the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association - have managed to rearrange it for November this year at the same location, the Examination Schools in Oxford. We shall be there!

In the meantime, life goes on in new, internet-enabled ways. The Fine Press Book Association, which also assists in the Fair, is now running a Virtual Oxford Fine Press Fair in the form of a weekly e-newsletter to its members worldwide. Each newsletter features virtual stands for five exhibitors - presses, wood engravers, calligraphers, print-related organisations, binders, paper suppliers, ... If you're not a member, why not sign up now at the FPBA website?

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