An Alphabet of Scarborough Text and illustrations by Michael Atkin A limited edition book depicting 26 images of Scarborough, each letter being illustrated with an image of the town. Illustrations being etchings and lino prints, hand printed onto Hahnemuhle 140Lbs not surface fine paper using an 1889 Albion Platen Press and an 1845 Columbian Platen Press. Text hand set in 18pt Times Italic and 18pt Bodoni Italics. The edition The complete book will only be printed in an edition of 26 fully bound copies. The images will be further printed in an edition of 26 copies of which 25 will be for sale.. These will be used for exhibition purposes and sold separately except for certain numbers in each edition which will be presented to the book purchasers as denoted below. Each limited edition print will retail at £185.00 per print unframed. The Binding. Folded and gathered, sewn to tapes by hand, attached endpapers nipped & glued. Head/tail band linen to Oxford hollows. Wassa leather spine with gold blocking Alphabet of Scarborough’ ‘An buckram cloth sides. Two tray Solander box, covered with buckram and lined with designed endpapers. Hand bound by Smith Settle of Yeadon to my specification. Approximate size of bound book 41 x 28 cms ( 16 x 11 inches)
An Alphabet of Scarborough Text and illustrations by Michael Atkin A limited edition book depicting 26 images of Scarborough, each letter being illustrated with an image of the town. Illustrations being etchings and lino prints, hand printed onto Hahnemuhle 140Lbs not surface fine paper using an 1889 Albion Platen Press and an 1845 Columbian Platen Press. Text hand set in 18pt Times Italic and 18pt Bodoni Italics. The edition The complete book will only be printed in an edition of 26 fully bound copies. The images will be further printed in an edition of 26 copies of which 25 will be for sale.. These will be used for exhibition purposes and sold separately except for certain numbers in each edition which will be presented to the book purchasers as denoted below. Each limited edition print will retail at £185.00 per print unframed. The Binding. Folded and gathered, sewn to tapes by hand, attached endpapers nipped & glued. Head/tail band linen to Oxford hollows. Wassa leather spine with gold blocking ‘An Alphabet of Scarborough’ buckram cloth sides. Two tray Solander box, covered with buckram and lined with designed endpapers. Hand bound by Smith Settle of Yeadon to my specification. Approximate size of bound book 41 x 28 cms ( 16 x 11 inches)
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