The Hand Press, by H.D.C. Pepler of St. Dominic’s Press, signed and numbered

$950.00

139. (St. Dominic’s Press) The Hand Press. An essay written and printed by hand for The Society of Typographic Arts, Chicago, by , Printer, Founder of the St. Dominic’s Press. Ditchling, Sussex. 1934. 79p. 9.25″ x 6.5″. Bound in rough brown handmade paper wrappers; with title on white label pasted on front cover and on spine. One in an edition of 250 copies, numbered and signed by Pepler. In fine condition.

“The Hand-Press, Pepler’s autobiographical apologia as a printer, records the substance of an address given by him to the Chicago Society of Typographic Arts, at the invitation of R. Hunter Middleton, of The Lakeside Press, Chicago. It is illustrated with facsimile title-pages from St Dominic’s Press books (Vegetable Dyes and The Mary Calendar), and engravings from St Dominic’s Press books by Eric Gill, , and others.” - Sewell, p. 27.

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