[Rarebooks] FS: Rummonds, Printing on the Iron Handpress

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INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO MUIR DAWSON: "Muir - Thanks for all your
help. -Gabriel, 05-10-98." 

RUMMONDS, RICHARD-GABRIEL (b. 1931). _Printing on the Iron Handpress_.
(Newcastle, De and London): Oak Knoll Press and the British Library,
1998. 4to. 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches. xxiv, 470 pp. Table of contents, 37
black-and-white photographs, illustrations, bibliography, index; text
clean, unmarked. Blue cloth, dust jacket in archival mylar, decorative
end papers; binding square and tight. Comes with partial printout from
author's website, where he addresses questions and corrections to the
book and provides new information not found in the book. INSCRIBED by
the author, "Muir - Thanks for all your help. -Gabriel, 05-10-98." From
Muir Dawson's personal collection. Fine. 

$ 125 

FIRST EDITION. Richard-Gabriel Rummonds is one of the foremost handpress
printers of the late twentieth century. This book is a well-recognized
reference book on the history and use of the iron handpress. "_Printing
on the Iron Handpress _is the most comprehensive book ever published on
the subject. Never before has a master printer written with such
authority about the secrets of his craft. … [It] belongs on the
reference shelf of every printer, printing historian, and private press
collector who wants to understand more about the demanding craft of fine
printing on the handpress." Dust jacket. 

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