1911 · Hammersmith
by (DOVES PRESS)
Hammersmith: Doves Press, 1911. ONE OF 250 COPIES. 9 1/2 x 6 3/4" 1 p.l., 12 pp.
Original holland-backed blue-gray boards (stamp-signed The Doves Bindery to the rear pastedown), printed title. Printed in red and black. Page four with one correction in red ink, initialed "C. S." Front pastedown with Henry Young & Sons, Liverpool stamp. Rear flyleaf with Newbegins, San Francisco bookseller's ticket. Tidcombe DP-27; Tomkinson, p. 57. Edges of boards somewhat browned, spine with a few areas of discoloration, corners a bit rubbed, but the fragile binding with no appreciable wear; fine internally.
This is the second full-length catalogue put out by the Doves Press, recording their publications through 1911. As in the 1908 catalogue raisonné, this work includes remarks by Cobden-Sanderson about his approach, emphasis, and motivation. He begins by saying that his press was founded in 1900 "to attack the problem of pure typography, . . . keeping always in view the principle laid down in 'The Book Beautiful' that 'the whole duty of typography is to communicate to the imagination, without loss by the way, the thought or image intended to be conveyed by the author.'" Tidcombe notes that the British Library copy has the same correction as ours, initialled by Cobden-Sanderson. The lovely Doves typeface stands out on the bright, clean paper here, and the binding is well preserved, with none of the fraying that so often affects the cloth spine.. (Inventory #: ST20234-13)
Original holland-backed blue-gray boards (stamp-signed The Doves Bindery to the rear pastedown), printed title. Printed in red and black. Page four with one correction in red ink, initialed "C. S." Front pastedown with Henry Young & Sons, Liverpool stamp. Rear flyleaf with Newbegins, San Francisco bookseller's ticket. Tidcombe DP-27; Tomkinson, p. 57. Edges of boards somewhat browned, spine with a few areas of discoloration, corners a bit rubbed, but the fragile binding with no appreciable wear; fine internally.
This is the second full-length catalogue put out by the Doves Press, recording their publications through 1911. As in the 1908 catalogue raisonné, this work includes remarks by Cobden-Sanderson about his approach, emphasis, and motivation. He begins by saying that his press was founded in 1900 "to attack the problem of pure typography, . . . keeping always in view the principle laid down in 'The Book Beautiful' that 'the whole duty of typography is to communicate to the imagination, without loss by the way, the thought or image intended to be conveyed by the author.'" Tidcombe notes that the British Library copy has the same correction as ours, initialled by Cobden-Sanderson. The lovely Doves typeface stands out on the bright, clean paper here, and the binding is well preserved, with none of the fraying that so often affects the cloth spine.. (Inventory #: ST20234-13)
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