cloth, dust jacket
2002 · New Castle, DE
by Tidcombe, Marianne
New Castle, DE: The British Library & Oak Knoll Press, 2002. cloth, dust jacket. Doves Press. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 272 pages. First edition. Fine in near fine jacket. This highly-researched work is the most authoritative account of the first and most famous private press of the 20th century - The Doves Press. Starting its operation in the wake of William Morris, the Doves Press became a major influence in the development of modern book design. Marianne Tidcombe reveals the intriguing story of the cutting of the famous Doves Type, the printing of Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and The English Bible. Also included is the saga of Cobden-Sanderson's (truncated)