[Rarebooks] For Sale: Two Books from the Archetype Press

[John Howell]

John Howell for Books

John Howell, member ABAA, ILAB, IOBA

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Offered today, two collaborative books from the Archetype Press:

Archetype Press:

 The Archetype Press is the letterpress printing facility of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.  It was created in 1989 by the former director Vance Studley and now offers students an opportunity to learn and practice setting type and printing by hand.  Archetype Press holds a collection of rare American and European metal foundry type, wood type and ornaments and is the largest in California.  Students learn to set and print type on an impressive set of printing presses.  The books offered here are collaborative projects where each student contributes to the whole. 

 Archetype Press.  40 Mills Place.  Pasadena, CA: Archetype Press, Art Center College of Design, 2003.  Folio.  13 ¾ x 10 ½ inches.  54 unbound sheets laid in red cloth portfolio stamped in black foil.  Fine.

$ 600

LIMITED EDITION of 120 copies.  This is the fortieth, and final, collaborative book project printed at 40 Mills Place, Pasadena.  It was letterpress printed by students at Archetype Press, Art Center College of Design using metal and wood type.  The instructors for the project were Cody Clark, Heidrun Mumper-Drumm, and Gloria Kondrup, Director of the Press, assisted by Christina Aumann.  The case was hand-made by Alice Vaughan.  The introduction was written by Doyald Young.  Each copy contains an image transfer print by photographer Steven A. Heller, assisted by Vahé Alvaerdian, SIGNED AND DATED in pencil by Heller. 

 WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900).  Selections from Phrases & Philosophies for the Use of the Young.  A Typographic Tribute to Oscar Wilde on the 150th Anniversary of his Birth.  Pasadena: Archetype Press, Art Center College of Design, 2004.  8vo.  9 ¼ x 7 ¼ inches.  [45] ff.  Printed letterpress on the rectos on Vandercook proof presses by students at Archetype Press, Art Center College of Design using metal type, wood type, laser-cut masonite blocks, linoleum blocks, silk screens, and photopolymer plates; text clean, unmarked.  Quarter maroon morocco, maroon cloth sides stamped in blind on the front cover; binding square and tight.  Matching maroon cloth slip case with printed paper label mounted in a recess on one side.  Fine.

$ 350

SPECIAL EDITION of 26 copies bound and presented in slip case to the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA.  Introduction by Bruce Whiteman of the Clark Library gives an explanation of the Wilde epigrams contained herein.  Selected Oscar Wilde epigrams handset and illustrated by students of the Press. 

TERMS OF SALE: Subject to Prior Sale. Dealer discount: 10 %. Postage and insurance: $ 5.00. Check or PayPal preferred; credit cards also accepted. Institutions, dealers known to us, and prior customers in good standing may request invoice; otherwise CWO. All items are guaranteed, returnable and fully refundable within 30 days of receipt, provided prior notice of return given. CA sales tax where applicable, unless valid resale certificate provided or on file. Call or e-mail to reserve.

 Thank you for your consideration.

John Howell
310 367-9720