MATRIX 14: A Review for Printers and Bibliophiles. Number Fourteen, Winter 1994. (Deluxe Edition).
(Risbury, Herefordshire): The Whittington Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. 237 pp., many illustrations, including wood engravings, line blocks, half-tone plates, typographic specimens, broadsheets, etc.; 4to, half burgundy morocco and marbled boards. Together in a slipcase with the volume "Four Wood-engravings for Virgil's Georgics " engraved by Edward Craig for George W. Jones. Edition of 150 copies printed on Zerkall paper, 95 for Matrix and 55 for Edward Craig and the Whttington Press. Bound in pale blue boards. Wrapper for the regular edition of Matrix 14 in pocket on rear board. Order form for Matrix 15 and publications catalogue for 1994 & 1995 laid in. Linocut by Margaret Wells printed in red on orange paper of a seated man with hands clasped which was the cover illustration for this issue also in rear pocket. Fine, entirely clean and unworn. Item #23112
Superb showcase for all aspects of the world of fine press printing. Contributors to this number include Ward Ritchie, Wolfgang Tiessen, Fiona McCarthy, Sebastian Carter, Susan Falkner, Maureen Richardson, et al. Edition of 925 numbered copies (835 in wrappers), this #35 of 90 deluxe copies. John Martin's (Black Sparrow Press) copy with his small exlibris label mounted to pocket on rear board.
Price: $400.00