Matrix 10, John & Rosalind Randle (Editors) — 1st Edition

£135.00

Matrix 10, John & Rosalind Randle (Editors) — 1st Edition

Name: Matrix 10, John & Rosalind Randle (Editors) — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
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Publication: Andoversford, The Whittington Press, 1990

Formatting: Imperial 8vo, pp. [vi], 237.

Condition Report: Fine. The book is remarkably well-preserved, presenting a firm, square binding completely free of reading creases or structural give. The stiff card wrappers are crisp and unfaded beneath the dust jacket, while the page block remains perfectly flush, with the top edge clean and bright. Internally, the pages are pristine and wholly unmarked. The accompanying autolithographic dust jacket is similarly immaculate, showing no sunning, rubbing, or edge-creasing, and is safely housed in a protective mylar sleeve.

Catalogue Note: This is the first edition, limited to a total of 925 copies. The present copy is one of the 820 standard issues bound in stiff card wrappers, as opposed to the 105 deluxe copies bound in quarter Oasis leather. Set in 12-point Monotype Caslon, the text is beautifully printed on a mixture of Sommerville, Zerkall, and Tosa Butten papers, with monochrome halftones printed as duotones and line blocks by Blanford Graphics.

The striking dust jacket features an original design drawn directly onto the plates by Alan Powers and printed in four colours by autolithography at the Senecio Press. As the milestone tenth anniversary issue, this volume concludes with a comprehensive index covering the first ten issues of the publication.

A cornerstone publication for bibliophiles, typographers, and private press enthusiasts, Matrix 10 offers a richly illustrated, tactile exploration of the book arts. This highly anticipated anniversary issue features in-depth essays on autolithography, the art of Tirzah Garwood, and the presses of Reynolds Stone and Gerard Meynell. Generously interwoven with tipped-in paper samples, fold-out prints, and vivid photographic plates, it stands as both an essential historical reference work and a masterpiece of modern fine printing.

Book Condition: Fine

Book Authors: John Randle; Rosalind Randle

Book Publisher: The Whittington Press

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: Art & Architecture

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 243

Book Publication Year: 1990

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Softcover (Stiff Wrappers)

Illustrator: Alan Powers

Book Series: Matrix

Country/region of manufacture: Andoversford, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

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