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[004460] Butcher, David (Commentary) Pages from Presses Volume II – Golden Cockerel, Gregynog, Shakespeare Head, Curwen, Nonesuch, Haslewood Books & Cresset. Risbury, Herefordshire: The Whittington Press, 2022. First Edition. Elephant Folio. Hardback. Very Good+ / No Jacket (as Issued). ISBN: 1854281356. [11], xii-xiv, [5], 6-138pp, [4]. Half buckram in the modern style, title in gilt to spine, in a slipcase

Bright and clean

Copy thirty-six of ninety-five in this binding, with fourteen original leaves from the presses tipped in. There are three leaves from the Golden Cockerell, three from Gregynog, two from Shakespeare Head, one from Curwen, three from Nonesuch, and one each from Haslewood and Cresset

Advertised on the lower cover of Matrix 36, noting that “never before have original leaves from such high points been gathered together in a single volume, and it is unlikely they will ever be again”