The Book Becomes The Making of a Fine Edition

(Cambridge, UK): Rampant Lions Press, 1984.
8vo. 8 3/4 x 5 5/8 inches. 96 pp. Half-title, double-page title page in blue and black, 16 figures, notes; text clean, unmarked. White parchment paper spine, decorative paper over boards, spine titled in gilt, glassine dust-jacket; binding square and tight. LH823-069. Fine.
FIRST EDITION designed and printed by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, set by the Stellar Press in Monotype Ehrhardt and bound by Norman Bridge. This book is about the Rampant Lions Press edition of William Morris' The Earthly Paradise, with excursions into discussions about the production of the Rampant Lions Press edition (truncated) and more general points of typography and design. Rampant Lions Press was founded by Will Carter in 1924. He was joined by his son Sebastian in the 1960s, after having established the press as one of the leading letterpress workshops in the second half of the twentieth century. Will was joined by his son Sebastian in the 1960s, further establishing the firm as having the high-test craftsmanship and design skills. Sebastian retired in 2008 and closed the workshop.
More than 100 copies OCLC. (Inventory #: LH823-069)