THE HISTORY OF THE CATNACH PRESS, at Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Alnwick and Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, in Northumberland, and Seven Dials, London.
Pp. xliv+308, numerous illustrations (many coloured, several by hand), index; cr. 8vo; light brown buckram, printed rose paper title labels on spine and upper board; uncut; dust wrapper, quite foxed, edges lightly rubbed and split, backstrip and flap folds browned, with a couple of closed tears to backstrip; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the endpapers lightly offset, hinge starting near centre, small paper repair to top edge of half-title page and fore-edge pp. 263/4, some foxing and occasional slight soiling; Charles Hindley [The Younger], London, 1886. Second edition, trade issue. *250 large paper copies were also issued. This is an enlarged edition of The Catnach Press: a collection of the books and wood-cuts of James Catnach... (Reeves & Turner, 1869). An early example of a dust wrapper, with illustrations on both flaps as well as the back panel. John and James Catnach were father & son printers and major publishers of chapbooks in the 18th and early 19th century. Many of their chapbooks are reproduced here, some with woodcuts by Thomas Bewick. Item #164277
Price: $250.00