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[004489] Randle, John and Randle, Rosalind (Eds) Matrix – A Review for Printers and Bibliophiles – Complete Set 1-36 (plus the Reprint of Number 2 and the Index to Numbers 1-21, ie. 38 Volumes) ill. Various. Andoversford, Gloucester: The Whittington Press, 1981. First Edition. 4to. Card Covers. Very Good. Thirty-Eight volumes – Matrix 1-36 complete, plus the ‘reprint’ of number two and the index to numbers 1-21. Original card covers, the first six with an attached wrapper, later with separate DJ’s
Early volumes with lightly faded spines, one or two small nicks and minor creasing, but generally quite bright and clean, many, but not all, have the order form for the next issue loosely laid in
Matrix I (1981) – [6], 7-70pp, number 282 of 320 standard copies; Matrix 2 (1982) – [6], 112pp, number 351 of 410 standard copies; Matrix 2 Reprint (1993) – [8], 5-122pp, [2], one of 435 standard copies – this reprint includes a new article by Adrian Cunningham, postscripts to four of the articles, and the whole thing is brought “up to date as far as possible”; Matrix 3 (1983) – [6], 151pp, [1], number 185 of 425 standard copies; Matrix 4 (1984) – [6], 150pp, [2], number 300 of 525 standard copies; Matrix 5 (1985) – [6], 164pp, [2], number 63 of 635 standard copies; Matrix 6 (1986) – [6], 182pp, [2], number 67 of 800 standard copies; Matrix 7 (1987) – [6], 166pp, [2], one of 850 standard copies; Matrix 8 (1988) – [6], 191pp, [1], one of 800 standard copies; Matrix 9 (1989) – [6], 200pp, [2], one of 820 standard copies; Matrix 10 (1990) – [6], 237pp, [1], one of 820 standard copies; Matrix 11 (1991) – [6], 207pp, [1], one of 850 standard copies; Matrix 12 (1992) – [8], 3-222pp, one of 825 standard copies; Matrix 13 (1993) – [6], 234pp, one of 835 standard copies; Matrix 14 (1994) – [6], 236pp, [2], one of 880 standard copies; Matrix 15 (1995) – [6], 234pp, [2], one of 855 standard copies; Matrix 16 (1996) – [6], 203pp, [3], one of 830 standard copies; Matrix 17 (1997) – [6], 195pp, [3], one of 770 standard copies ; Matrix 18 (1998) – [6], 236pp, [2], one of 745 standard copies; Matrix 19 (1999) – [6], 245pp, [1], one of 720 standard copies; Matrix 20 (2000) – [6], 234pp, one of 745 standard copies; Matrix 21 (2001) – [6], 238pp, one of 745 standard copies; Matrix 22 (2002) – [6], 198pp, one of 740 standard copies; Matrix 23 (2003) – [6], 203pp, [3], one of 715 standard copies; Index to Matrix 1-21 (2003) – [9], ii-xiv, 72pp, one of 390 standard copies, with 110 bound in half leather; Matrix 24 (2004) – [6], 169pp, [3], one of 720 standard copies; Matrix 25 (2005) – [6], 196pp, [2], one of 680 standard copies; Matrix 26 (2006) – [6], 209pp, [3], one of 680 standard copies; Matrix 27 (2007) – [6], 209pp, [3], one of 680 standard copies; Matrix 28 (2009) – [6], 180pp, [2], one of 630 standard copies; Matrix 29 (2010) – [6], 118pp, one of 655 standard copies; Matrix 30 (2011) – [6], 113pp, [3], one of 655 standard copies; Matrix 31 (2012) – [6], 127pp, [5], one of 600 standard copies; Matrix 32 (2014) – [6], 128pp, [6], one of 600 standard copies; Matrix 33 (2015) – [6], 166pp, one of 655 standard copies; Matrix 34 (2016) – [6], 168pp, [2], one of 600 standard copies; Matrix 35 (2018) – [6], 168pp, [2], one of 600 standard copies; Matrix 36 (2020) – [6], 192pp, [6], one of ?600 standard copies (edition states 660, but that seems to include the 60 specials)
Numbers 1-13 and the reprint of number two are listed in Butcher’s The Whittington Press – A Bibliography 1971-1981 and 1982-1993 numbers 60, 64, 119 (Vol 2 rpt.), 69, 76, 82, 88, 92, 97, 103, 106, 110, 116, 120 respectively
A complete run of the irreplaceable Matrix
