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1Glacierman
I assume some of you are members of this organization of Fine Press enthusiasts, printers, binders, etc., but for those who are not, you owe it to yourself to join: http://www.fpba.com.
I have been a member from their founding in 1998, with a couple of short breaks, and sincerely believe you will benefit from a membership if for no other reason than their journal, Parenthesis, which is published twice a year. One issue is edited/printed in the UK and the other in the US. Standard membership fee is $45.00 (US), £28 (UK) and £35 for the rest of the world. There is also a deluxe membership which gets you a very special issue of the journal, limited to 90 copies, which contains printing examples from various member presses.
Visit their website, prowl around and join!
I have been a member from their founding in 1998, with a couple of short breaks, and sincerely believe you will benefit from a membership if for no other reason than their journal, Parenthesis, which is published twice a year. One issue is edited/printed in the UK and the other in the US. Standard membership fee is $45.00 (US), £28 (UK) and £35 for the rest of the world. There is also a deluxe membership which gets you a very special issue of the journal, limited to 90 copies, which contains printing examples from various member presses.
Visit their website, prowl around and join!
2edgeworn
Many thanks for this link. I feel that I should have been aware of this organisation, but I wasn't. I'm now a member. I've noted the very dangerous-looking lists of private presses and booksellers!
3busywine
>1 Glacierman: - agree completely....all, join! Parenthesis is always a joy to read.
4Cynfelyn
I've recently acquired second-hand copies of some early numbers of Parenthesis, including Parenthesis 3.This includes three 'Top Tens', which may be worth posting:
Dennis Hall, 'English illustrated books, 1939-1969', Parenthesis 3, p. 6.
(He lists ten illustrators in alphabetical order, and one representative book each).
1. Edward Ardizzone, My father and Edward Ardizzone.
2. Edward Bawden, Herodotus (New York Limited Editions Club, 1958).
3. Barnett Freedman, Anna Karenina (Limited Editions Club, 1951). "War & Peace is better but it is 1938 and six volumes instead of two."
4. Anthony Gross, Forsyte Saga (1949). "Could have been represented by Sixe Idyllia but it is dated 1971."
5. John Nash, Men and the fields. "It would have been good to have his Natural history of Selborne, again by LEC, but it is 1973."
6. John O'Connor, Canals, barges and people (1950).
7. Mervyn Peake, Captain Slaughterboard drops anchor (1939).
8. John Piper, Romney Marsh (King Penguin, 1950). "Could have been represented by The mountains by R. S. Thomas but as the engravings were cut by someone else I think we should discard it."
9. Ronald Searle. "We have to choose from Filles de Hamburg (1969, English version 1970) or Hommage à Toulouse-Lautrec (1969)." (Neither book apparently on LT).
10. "Sorry I only managed nine, but I couldn't quite decide if Osbert Lancaster should be here."
Dennis Hall, 'English illustrated books, 1939-1969', Parenthesis 3, p. 6.
(He lists ten illustrators in alphabetical order, and one representative book each).
1. Edward Ardizzone, My father and Edward Ardizzone.
2. Edward Bawden, Herodotus (New York Limited Editions Club, 1958).
3. Barnett Freedman, Anna Karenina (Limited Editions Club, 1951). "War & Peace is better but it is 1938 and six volumes instead of two."
4. Anthony Gross, Forsyte Saga (1949). "Could have been represented by Sixe Idyllia but it is dated 1971."
5. John Nash, Men and the fields. "It would have been good to have his Natural history of Selborne, again by LEC, but it is 1973."
6. John O'Connor, Canals, barges and people (1950).
7. Mervyn Peake, Captain Slaughterboard drops anchor (1939).
8. John Piper, Romney Marsh (King Penguin, 1950). "Could have been represented by The mountains by R. S. Thomas but as the engravings were cut by someone else I think we should discard it."
9. Ronald Searle. "We have to choose from Filles de Hamburg (1969, English version 1970) or Hommage à Toulouse-Lautrec (1969)." (Neither book apparently on LT).
10. "Sorry I only managed nine, but I couldn't quite decide if Osbert Lancaster should be here."
5Cynfelyn
Trevor Weston, 'Ten interesting French books between 1939 and 1969', Parenthesis 3, pp. 7-8.
"This period did not, I think, encompass such a vast spectrum of change and excitement in the development of French book illustration and design as the two decades from 1919 to 1939 that I wrote about in the first issue of Parenthesis. ..."
(He lists 1-9 in chronological order, and no. 10 "something of a bastard this").
1. Machiavelli, Le Prince, 'imagined' by René de Pauw (Aux Editions Terres Latines, 1944).
2. André Marty, illustrations to accompany Maeterlinck, L'Oiseau bleu (Piazza, 1945).
3. Jean Trubert, 12 Joyeux Devis - Bonadventure des Periers (Aur Trois Soleils, 1946).
4. Francois de Bondy, Framboise Pepin et ses Environs, illus. by "the hugely underestimated Touchauges" (Paris, Les Editions Nationales, 1948).
5. Eros, Epines et Roses - de Villons aux Libertins jusqu'à Saint Pavin, illus. by André Hubert (Paris, Editions de l'Odéon,1949).
6. Images de Val de Loire, text by Maurice Genevoix, drypoints by Charles Samson (Les Heures Claires, 1950).
7. Cantique de Cantiques, text printed by Bruno Durocher and the etchings by J.J.J. Regal (Paris, Abram Krol, 1952). "A gem beyond compare."
8. Cervantes,Don Quichotte de La Manche, illus. "by the undisputed master miniaturist Henry Lemarie are beyond belief" (Paris, Editions d'Art Les Heures Claires, 1960).
9. Fernand Léger: Mes Voyages, avec un poème d'Aragon et des lithographies de l'auteur (Paris, 1960).
10. France observed (Dore Ogrizek, 1959).
(A lot of French authors, books and illustrators not on LT yet).
"This period did not, I think, encompass such a vast spectrum of change and excitement in the development of French book illustration and design as the two decades from 1919 to 1939 that I wrote about in the first issue of Parenthesis. ..."
(He lists 1-9 in chronological order, and no. 10 "something of a bastard this").
1. Machiavelli, Le Prince, 'imagined' by René de Pauw (Aux Editions Terres Latines, 1944).
2. André Marty, illustrations to accompany Maeterlinck, L'Oiseau bleu (Piazza, 1945).
3. Jean Trubert, 12 Joyeux Devis - Bonadventure des Periers (Aur Trois Soleils, 1946).
4. Francois de Bondy, Framboise Pepin et ses Environs, illus. by "the hugely underestimated Touchauges" (Paris, Les Editions Nationales, 1948).
5. Eros, Epines et Roses - de Villons aux Libertins jusqu'à Saint Pavin, illus. by André Hubert (Paris, Editions de l'Odéon,1949).
6. Images de Val de Loire, text by Maurice Genevoix, drypoints by Charles Samson (Les Heures Claires, 1950).
7. Cantique de Cantiques, text printed by Bruno Durocher and the etchings by J.J.J. Regal (Paris, Abram Krol, 1952). "A gem beyond compare."
8. Cervantes,Don Quichotte de La Manche, illus. "by the undisputed master miniaturist Henry Lemarie are beyond belief" (Paris, Editions d'Art Les Heures Claires, 1960).
9. Fernand Léger: Mes Voyages, avec un poème d'Aragon et des lithographies de l'auteur (Paris, 1960).
10. France observed (Dore Ogrizek, 1959).
(A lot of French authors, books and illustrators not on LT yet).
6Cynfelyn
Curt Visel, 'Ten fine illustrated books produced in Germany and Switzerland between 1939 and 1973', Parenthesis 3, pp. 8-9:
1. Verwandlungen der Tiere, written and illus. by Richard Seewald (Zurich, Atlantis Verlag, 1943).
2. Jeremias Gotthelf,Die schwarze Spinne, with 68 woodcuts by Johannes Lebek (Wedel in Holstein, Alster Verlag Curt Brauns, 1946).
3. Ulenspiegel ... von Konrad F. Bauer, with 22 woodcuts by Karl Rössing (Hamburg, Dr Ernst Hauswedell & co., 1948).
4. Alphonse Daudet, Die wunderbaren Abenteuer des Herrn Tartarin aus Tarascon, illus. with 14 witty full-page drawings by Fritz Fischer (Hamburg, Rutten & Loening Verlag, 1960).
5. Charles de Coster, Smetse Smee, with 51 full-page drawings by Josef Hegenbarth (Heidenheim, Erich Hoffmann Verlag, 1961).
6. Stendhal, Armance, with 25 drawings by Gunter Böhmer (1966).
7. Canticum Canticorum, Das Hohe Lied, with 30 lithographs, mostly double page, by Gerhart Kraaz (1962).
8. Hugo von Hoffmannsthal, Der Rosenkavalier, with 24 full-page drawings by Wilhelm M. Busch (1965).
9. William Shakespeare, Ein Sommernachtstraum, with 81 drawings, seven on double page, by Gerhard Ulrich (1965).
10. Gustav Meyrink, Der Golem, with 70 full-page drawings by Hans Fronius (1969).
1. Verwandlungen der Tiere, written and illus. by Richard Seewald (Zurich, Atlantis Verlag, 1943).
2. Jeremias Gotthelf,Die schwarze Spinne, with 68 woodcuts by Johannes Lebek (Wedel in Holstein, Alster Verlag Curt Brauns, 1946).
3. Ulenspiegel ... von Konrad F. Bauer, with 22 woodcuts by Karl Rössing (Hamburg, Dr Ernst Hauswedell & co., 1948).
4. Alphonse Daudet, Die wunderbaren Abenteuer des Herrn Tartarin aus Tarascon, illus. with 14 witty full-page drawings by Fritz Fischer (Hamburg, Rutten & Loening Verlag, 1960).
5. Charles de Coster, Smetse Smee, with 51 full-page drawings by Josef Hegenbarth (Heidenheim, Erich Hoffmann Verlag, 1961).
6. Stendhal, Armance, with 25 drawings by Gunter Böhmer (1966).
7. Canticum Canticorum, Das Hohe Lied, with 30 lithographs, mostly double page, by Gerhart Kraaz (1962).
8. Hugo von Hoffmannsthal, Der Rosenkavalier, with 24 full-page drawings by Wilhelm M. Busch (1965).
9. William Shakespeare, Ein Sommernachtstraum, with 81 drawings, seven on double page, by Gerhard Ulrich (1965).
10. Gustav Meyrink, Der Golem, with 70 full-page drawings by Hans Fronius (1969).
