1776-1876 Raithby Lawrence 1876-1976 / [editorial consultant Roy Brewer]

Raithby Lawrence and Co.

1976, First Edition. Leicester : Raithby Lawrence. Fine copy with illustrated endpapers in the original gilt-blocked cloth with gilt vignette to front board. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Vivian Ridler's presentation copy with presentation card loosely inserted . Vivian Ridler, CBE (2 October 1913-11 January 2009), ex-Faber executive was also a printer, typographer and scholar in Britain. He was Printer to the University of Oxford at Oxford University Press from 1958 until his retirement in 1978; and also established his own Perpetua Press. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 89 pages; Physical description.: 89 p. : ill.(some col.), ports. ; 30 cm. Notes: Ill. on lining papers. Subject: Raithby Lawrence and Co. - History. Printing industry - England - Leicester - History. Item #219692

Price: €65.00