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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

David MCKITTERICK

A New Specimen Book of Curwen Pattern papers

from the Whittington Press, limited to just 335 copies.

Published: Whittington Press, Andoversford, Glos., 1987

Edition: Limited edition of 335 copies.

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WHITTINGTON Press. – David McKITTERICK.

A New Specimen Book of Curwen Pattern Papers. [Andoversford, Glos.]: The Whittington Press,  1987. Folio (10 1/2 x 7 1/2in; 267 x 190mm). Title printed in black and brown. 3 leaves of plates, , 32 tipped-in samples of patterned paper. Original bucjram-backed decorated paper-covered boards, slipcase (some discoloration to slipcase).

Limited edition of 335 copies, this example numbered 150, one of 250 with a buckram spine. 

A spectacular work including petterned paper samples from Edward Bawden, Harry Carter, Claud Lovat Fraser, Elizabeth Friedlander, E.O. Hoppé, Margaret James, Thomas Lowinsky, Enid Marx, Paul Nash, Sarah Nechamkin, Eric Ravilious, Michael Rothenstein, Albert Rutherston, Graham Sutherland, Diana Wilbraham, and Althea Willoughby (the specimen of Willoughby's work was specially printed for this volume). 

"This book celebrates the co-operation between the Curwen Press and a group of artists who, between the early 1920s and the 1950s, produced the distinctive -- and distinguished -- series of pattern papers that have become known generally by the name of the Press itself" (p. xi).

  • Binding Condition: Acceptable
  • Overall Condition: Acceptable
  • Size: 10 1/2 x 7 1/2in; 267 x 190mm
  • Sold By: Shadowrock Rare Books
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